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Chapter 243: Curry in another three-point battle. Half of the Western Conference All-Stars are from the Thunder. A galaxy battleship?
But what he didn't expect was that when the All-Star Game was approaching, his agent Schwartz told him that since he was the previous champion, the league had specially pulled him in even though he had not signed up, even though this would result in two players on the same team in the three-point contest.

Lin Chuan could only helplessly say to Curry,

"Hey, I didn't expect that I would have to participate. In this case, I can only let you take it this year."

This attitude made Curry laugh.
"Do I still need you to give way?! I'm the top three-point shooter! Last time it was just an accident! This time you can just wait for me to use this as a stepping stone!"

Lin Chuan scratched his head, stared at Curry and couldn't help laughing.

Curry was confused.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Ha, if you don't accept my toast, then I'll have to show my true abilities again and let you know why I won the championship last year!"

In the blink of an eye, the All-Star Weekend officially begins.

After the opening of other insignificant games, the three-point contest officially began.

This time, the three-point shooting contest is still divided into the Eastern and Western Conferences.

The rule is that only the players with the highest scores on both sides in the first round can enter the finals.

There are five points, four points are 4 ordinary plus 1 color, and the colored ball is 2 points.

Finally, choose a full-color ball.

A total of 34 points.

First round.

The East started first.

The players were Afflalo, Bill, Irving, and Joe Johnson. In the end, Bill successfully advanced to the finals with 24 points.

Coming to the West, the players are Belinelli, Lillard, Curry, and the last one to play is Lin Chuan.

Belinelli, who played first, performed very well. As a player who should have entered the finals in history, he only missed 3 shots in the first four points and finally scored 26 points.

Lillard then played poorly, scoring only 19 points and was eliminated early.

It was Curry's turn. He calmed down and found his best form.

As the historical three-point king, his three-point level is ranked first in NBA history!

The first point was a perfect hit! The second point that followed was also a perfect hit!

In just 25 seconds, he easily scored 10 consecutive hits.

The third colored ball point was at the top of the arc. Curry took the ball and shot, but missed the first shot.

But this did not affect his mentality, his shooting speed did not slow down at all, and he hit the target three times in a row.

But the fifth ball was missed again.

Curry became a little impatient.

He knew Lin Chuan's level. If he didn't perform well in the fourth point, he would most likely be eliminated and wouldn't even have a chance to play in the finals, let alone the three-point championship.

At the last fifth point, he glanced at the time and saw only 8 seconds left, which was a bit too late.

He could only speed up his shooting.

Although the accuracy dropped, he still scored four of the five goals.

The final score was 27 points.

The buzzer beater was Belinelli.

Seeing his own results and listening to the cheers of the fans in the New Orleans stadium, he slowly walked off the court and passed by Lin Chuan.

"So, it looks like I'm going to make it to the finals?"

"Just wait and see."

Lin Chuan smiled and walked onto the field.

He can do it with just 27 points!
After all, he has been pretending before the game and has never failed so far, so he can't make an exception!
Lin Chuan took a few deep breaths, walked to the first point, and then signaled to start.

He picked up the ball and started shooting.

Dangdang Dangdang!
The first three shots all missed.

Not only the fans, but even Curry was confused.

If this continues, Lin Chuan will be eliminated for sure!

But Lin Chuan on the field didn't seem to be disturbed at all.

Losing three goals in a row didn't have much impact on him.

The next two goals were scored steadily.

After all, you need to get at least 34 points out of 27, not counting the colored balls, as long as you don't lose more than seven balls. And he still has room for error for four ordinary balls or two colored balls.

enough!
The second point.

It is the colored ball point selected by Lin Chuan.

But at this time, others were not optimistic about his performance at this point.

Because he just shot 5-for-2 at the last point.

It’s hard to describe how it feels at this point.

But Lin Chuan seemed to be cut off from himself ten seconds ago.

He hit all the colored ball spots!
All of a sudden, with three shots left to go, he already had 14 points!
The subsequent top of the arc position.

Lin Chuan became more and more confident.

There is no other reason, this position is his dessert.

He made all five shots with ease.

At this time, he has already scored 20 points!
Currently, there are 10 balls left to be thrown.

In the blink of an eye, just 20 seconds later, he went from the bottom of the Western Conference to representing the Western Conference in the finals!

Curry no longer had his previous relaxed attitude off the court. He couldn't help but straighten up and his expression became serious.

Could it be that he really wants to surpass me?

Lin Chuan arrived at the fourth point.

His touch was not very good at this point. The previous 12 consecutive hits seemed to have pushed his luck to the limit. He only scored 3 goals at this point, and the last two-point ball also fell to the side.

Come to the last point.

Lin Chuan came up with a shot, but missed again.

There were only four balls left, and he had 23 points at this time. Lin Chuan aimed slightly, and then shot the remaining four balls out like a string of beads.

Swish!
Swish!
clang!
Swish!
The last colored ball went into the net, and Lin Chuan also scored 27 points in the end, tying with Curry!
Lin Chuan maintained the shooting pose and turned his head to glance at Curry, as if to provoke him.

Curry slowly stood up and walked onto the court.

According to the rules of this tournament, if the first round is tied, an extra 24 seconds will be played to determine the real qualifiers.

And these two people happen to be members of the same team.

The league had a sudden idea and decided to let the two play back-to-back at the same time in the baskets on both sides of the court.

Curry put his hands on his hips and chewed on his braces.

"Let me lead the West to win the championship. You should get off the court and take a rest."

Lin Chuan shook his head.

"If you want to win the championship, you better wait until I stop participating."

After that, the tension between the two grew, and they started the game at the same time at both ends of the court.

The moment the stopwatch started ticking, both of them shot the ball at the same time.

The sounds of swiping the nets rang out one after another.

The audience on the sidelines also exclaimed that it was very exciting.

I've watched so many All-Stars, but I've never seen this scene.

Both of them were very serious and tried their best to shoot.

They were playing at the same time and couldn't even see the situation of their opponents. They could only work hard to score and find ways to score as many goals as possible.

Swish!
As the countdown ended, the last ball shot by the two players at the same time went into the basket.

The two came to the center of the court, waiting for the result of the game to be announced.

"24 seconds overtime! Curry, make 8 shots!"

The audience on the sidelines applauded and Curry held his breath.

8 goals may seem like a lot, but it's actually a little worse than the first round. After all, we have to race against time, so the hit rate will naturally be lower. "Lin Chuan, score 9 goals!"

"Ness!"

Lin Chuan raised his right fist, feeling a little excited.

After all, I did defeat Curry head-on in the 1v1 three-point contest. Even though it was an entertainment game, it also proved that my three-point shooting level is not bad now.

"Congratulations."

Listening to Curry's congratulations, Lin Chuan could tell that he was a little frustrated, so he whispered in his ear,
"It's okay. I'll snatch a championship from you and then I'll win another championship for you this summer."

Curry smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"Come on and defend your title as the three-point champion."

In the final, Lin Chuan faced Bill and appeared more relaxed.

Bill's three-point shooting level is much worse than Curry's.

The final was a bit tense and I only scored 18 points.

Lin Chuan only made a slight move and defeated his opponent with a score of 24 points.

He also defended his three-point contest title in New Orleans.

Two consecutive three-point kings!
The next day, the much-anticipated All-Star Game finally opened.

The lineups of both sides have also been officially released.

Eastern Conference starting lineup: George, Anthony, James, Wade, Irving.

Eastern Conference bench lineup: Hibbert, Bosh, Johnson, DeRozan, Wall, Millsap, Noah.

Western Conference starting lineup: Lin Chuan, Griffin, Durant, Harden, Curry.

Western Conference bench lineup: Love, Paul, Westbrook, Nowitzki, Howard, Ibaka, Davis, Thompson.

Kobe, who was supposed to be in the starting lineup, was absent due to injury, so Harden was replaced in the starting lineup.

Since then, three of the five starting players in the Western Conference All-Star Game are current Thunder players, and one was a member of the Thunder two years ago.

There are also two substitutes, Westbrook who just left the team last year, and Ibaka and Thompson who are still starting for the Thunder this year.

Seven of the 14 are players related to the Thunder.

It accounts for 50%, so terrifying!
This exaggerated ratio also makes many people think that the entire Western Conference is almost becoming a plaything of the Thunder.

The Thunder are a galaxy battleship comparable to Real Madrid.

The starting lineup came on stage.

Lin Chuan glanced at him, then stared at Griffin and said,

"All the people in the West are mine, how are you going to play?"

Griffin touched his head, totally confused, then glanced at the people present and suddenly realized.

Then he was shocked.
"Damn it! I didn't notice that they were selected as the starting lineup before, but now look, why are all of them players from your Thunder team? Are you guys trying to dominate the league?!"

Lin Chuan crossed his arms and laughed.

"The four of us will pass the ball to each other, and you just follow the run!"

Harden on the side quickly stepped forward and said,

"Hey! I'm not from the Thunder! Don't talk nonsense, I'm from the Rockets, I've been playing for a year and a half."

"Oh, then you should run back too!"

Durant watched Lin Chuan going crazy and couldn't help but be speechless.

"Kevin, does he do this often?"

Seeing Curry beside him looking a little confused, Durant nodded and said,
"That's about right. Don't become like this."

At this point, Curry also joined in, with his hands on his hips and biting his braces.
"That's right, I won't pass the ball to you guys, just run back!"

Durant was even more speechless.

Curry is also a naturally humorous guy, but he was led astray by Lin Chuan after just half a season.

Having said that, Lin Chuan was just joking and wasn't planning on going crazy.

On the court, he was prepared to play more selflessly.

Pass the ball to your teammates more often and cooperate with everyone in some fancy ways.

Especially with my teammates and former teammates.

After all, it is the All-Star Game, not a serious competition that counts towards the results, so the most important thing is to have fun.

It would be really boring if you just pick up the ball and attack endlessly, using any means necessary to win the AMVP.

The game officially begins.

During the jump ball phase, Lin Chuan suddenly discovered that the current starting lineup adopted a voting mode of three frontcourt players and two backcourt players.

As a result, all three starters in the Eastern Conference frontcourt are small forwards.

James was forced to the center position by Vogel.

Watching James, who was much shorter than him, jumping the ball with him, Lin Chuan put his hands on his eye sockets and looked around.

"What are you looking at?"

James said with a cold expression.

He didn't like Lin Chuan, especially after being humiliated by him several times, he hated him even more.

Originally, he wanted to pretend to be magnanimous and recruit him. If they could be on the same team, he could also forgive his impolite behavior.

But I didn't expect him to be so disrespectful and humiliate me in public in front of so many people at the Knicks' home court.

This also caused her attitude towards him to take a sharp turn for the worse, quickly becoming cold.

Although these attitudes are unilateral from James towards Lin Chuan.

Lin Chuan, on the other hand, didn't care about the other party's attitude towards him. After entering the league, he had never been nice to James even for a second.

Seeing James asking questions, Lin Chuan suddenly showed a shocked expression.

"Who? Who's talking!"

James couldn't hold back his temper anymore and said sternly,

"Lin Chuan, don't play dumb! This is the All-Star Game, that's enough!"

Lin Chuan pretended to look at it for a while, and finally looked down at James, then showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

"Oh, it's James. I thought the guy who was going to jump ball with me didn't show up."

James suppressed his anger and said in a low voice,
"I'm going to jump ball with you, stop talking nonsense."

Lin Chuan put down his palm, touched his chin, and said in a calm tone,
"I'm looking for your center. You let a 2-meter-tall guy jump the ball with me. You Eastern Conference players are really funny. You can't even find a bigger guy. How about we lend you a few guys to jump the ball for you?"

"Stop talking nonsense! Let's not compete anymore!"

The anger that James had suppressed with great difficulty broke out again.

Seeing this, the referee hurried out to smooth things over and asked Lin Chuan to stop talking.

Lin Chuan could only curl his lips, put away the thought of disgusting James, and stand ready for the jump ball.

The basketball was thrown, and James' legs flew into the air as if they were equipped with springs.

Anyway.

His physical fitness is still top-notch in the NBA.

His jumping ability is about 110 centimeters. He wanted to take the lead and grab the basketball with his jumping ability!
Just when he thought he had won, he saw Lin Chuan taking off like a rocket, leaping up and getting the basketball before James.

James had an expression of confusion and shock on his face.

He didn't know why the guy in front of him suddenly became so physically strong.

Lin Chuan didn't care what he thought.

The moment he jumped onto the ball, he immediately started running.

Then he motioned to Curry to give him the handsome one.

Curry smashed the ball to the ground and the basketball flew straight up.

Lin Chuan took advantage of the situation and jumped up into the air.

For a moment, his head was level with the rim.

He grabbed the ball firmly in the air, and then smashed it vertically with force!
(End of this chapter)