Legendary star

Chapter 238 The Defending Three-Point Contest Champion
"Meng, come on." When Meng Xu tidied up his jersey and left the bench, there was also a cheer from behind Meng Xu. Meng Xu turned his head and saw a female fan wearing his No. 5 Spurs jersey. It looked familiar, and after smiling at the female fan, Meng Xu turned his head and walked towards the court.

25 points, Meng Xu murmured silently in his heart. It takes 25 points to enter the second round of the finals. He is so full of bragging in the player channel. It would be really funny if he was eliminated in the first round. Now Meng Xu I am also considering whether to use the All-Star 3-point shooting card, after all, there are still 2 chances to use that card.

"Let's see the situation first, and we'll talk about it in the last round." Meng Xu stood at the first point, holding the basketball in his hand and waited for a while, then stood on tiptoe and threw the basketball in his hand. He made 5 of 3 shots at one point and scored 4 points.

Next is Meng Xu's best shooting area. With the sound of swishing, Meng Xu hit 14 goals at the middle point and scored 17 points. After the first 4 points of shooting ended, Meng Xu took At 21 points, as long as the last point is normal, then Meng Xu will join hands with Nowitzki and Ray Allen to enter the second round of the All-Star 3-point contest.

When Meng Xu made all 5 shots at the last point and scored the highest 3 points in this All-Star 27-point contest, the MCI Center Arena, which was still quiet just now, erupted into cheers like a tsunami.

"Larry, it seems that you are right." Looking at Meng Xu, who was calm and not even sweating, Craig Hodges agreed with Larry Bird's opinion for the first time , Compared with those young players who are nervous when they come to the big scene, the better the opponent plays, the better this little guy will play. This is a born player with a big heart.

"That's right, Craig, you have to trust my brother's vision." Larry Bird responded to Craig Hodges with a smile, and at the same time looked proud.

After a short break, the finals of this year's All-Star 3-point contest officially began. The first player to play was Dirk Nowitzki, who scored 25 points in the first round. This year's All-Star 3-point contest can be It is said to be the most intense year in history. Compared with the usual 20 points or even lower, you can win the championship. Compared with this year's 3-point competition, you can't enter the second round with 24 points.

"Larry, I now have an urge to compete with these little guys." Seeing Nowitzki who was getting ready, Craig Hodges also showed a hint of envy Whether it is Craig Hodges or Larry Bird, in the era when they won the championship three times, no one could pose a threat to them. In Craig Hodges' heart, there was no Competing with Larry Bird in the All-Star 3-point contest has always been my biggest regret, because I really had no opponents in my era. Compared with the loneliness of having no opponents, Larry Bird must also be deeply Have experience.

"Craig, you will be blown away by them." For Craig Hodges, the three-time 3-point champion, Larry Bird is actually very disdainful in his heart, if it is not that he does not want to continue to participate in the 3-point contest , that round is up to you to win the championship.But like Craig Hodges, Larry Bird also had some of the same ideas. In his era, there was really no competitiveness, so that he knocked them down in his training clothes, and even Now, I am quite old, but in the Pacers, no matter whether it is God's left hand Chris Mullin or Reggie Miller, these marksmen are not my opponents. I only need one hand. Beat them when it comes to shooting.And when Larry Bird saw Meng Xu, a kind of idea was really ignited in his heart, wanting to compete with Meng Xu on the court.

Nowitzki, who was the first to play, obviously has some problems with his mentality now. He missed 3 shots at the first point, and one of them was a one-ball and two-point goal. Nowitzki found his touch in time and hit 20 of the next 17 shots. However, Nowitzki's total score was only 22 points, which was slightly bigger than the previous round's 25 points.

After Nowitzki, it was Ray Allen who played. Although he had a calm expression on his face, Ray Allen was still somewhat stressed in his heart. After all, Meng Xu scored a high of 27 points in the last round. point.After adjusting his mentality a bit, Ray Allen shot quickly, and finally shot all 25 shots. Although Ray Allen hit 11 consecutive shots in the middle, he missed two shots due to the two bottom corners. Because of the flower ball, when he saw that his total score was 23 points, Ray Allen also shook his head and left the field.He scored 3 points in the final of the 23-point contest, which is already the third highest score in history, second only to Mark Klepp in 94 and Meng Xu last year.This is a score that is likely to win the championship, but when he thought that Meng Xu hadn't played behind him, Ray Allen lost all confidence.

"It's time to play tricks again." After seeing Ray Allen's 23-point shot, Meng Xu also smiled brightly. It seems that he will fulfill his promise and achieve the two consecutive championships in the All-Star 3-point contest. .

When Meng Xu was the last to enter the court, all the fans stood up and shouted in unison: "Close your eyes to shoot, Close your eyes to shoot..." At the same time, the big screen in the center of the stadium also played the last year's video again. A clip of Meng Xu participating in the All-Star 3-point contest.Meng Xu scored 3 consecutive goals with his eyes closed at the last moment of the 5-point contest last year, and then won the championship. The scene was really shocking. Although Jordan had shot with his eyes closed before in the game, it was at the free throw line. Meng Xu is farther outside the 3-point line, and it was previously recognized that Meng Xu is not good at the bottom corner. The difficulty of the two is not the same.

When Meng Xu waved to the audience, walked to the first shooting point, and grabbed the first basketball, the referee on the sidelines blew the whistle to start the game.Then Meng Xu shot all 5 basketballs at the first point at a very fast speed. At the first point, Meng Xu only hit 3 goals, just like Dirk Nowitzki and Ray Allen. Meng Xu also missed the one-point bouquet.

"Is there something wrong with this bouquet? All three of them failed to make a shot." Seeing the bouquet that Meng Xu also threw, it spun twice on the basket and was finally swiped out, Larry Bird He also said with a playful face, this is really too coincidental.

When it was the turn of the middle 3 points, Meng Xu started to hit consecutive shots again. In last year's finals, Meng Xu hit 13 shots in a row. The audience is now looking forward to Meng Xu breaking his own record.

But this time, Meng Xu missed two shots in a row after hitting 6 shots in a row. Finally, after throwing all 3 shots at the middle 15 points, Meng Xu scored only 19 points in total. He wanted to beat Ray Allen. , the last point must be guaranteed to get at least 5 points.

When Meng Xu stood at the last shooting point, the audience shouted again in unison: "Closeyoureyestoshoot, Closeyoureyestoshoot..."

"Ding, the All-Star 3-point shot card has taken effect, and the host will have a 100% chance to hit the next 5 shots." After hearing a pleasant system prompt, Meng Xu closed his eyes expressionlessly.Soon on the big screen at the scene, there was a picture of Meng Xu closing his eyes tightly.

"Shooting with eyes closed again, shooting with eyes closed again." When the picture of Meng Xu closing his eyes and holding a basketball reappeared, the entire MCI center arena immediately boiled.Still 4 points behind Ray Allen, and dare to use such an unreliable shooting method in the eyes of others, how confident Meng Xu is in his shooting.

Compared with the previous players who kept the audience silent during the game, now every time Meng Xu hits a ball, the audience will burst into cheers, and finally when the last ball is thrown, Meng Xu turns around directly. Open your arms and walk towards the center of the field.

"Larry, this guy is exactly like you." Seeing Meng Xu, who closed his eyes and started to celebrate his victory after the basketball was thrown, Craig Hodges remembered again that he was sitting in the audience The audience watched Larry Bird participate in the 3-point contest. Larry Bird, who was wearing a training suit, was one point behind before the last shot, and Larry Bird stretched out after throwing the ball He pointed out his own finger, and while celebrating the victory, he ran to the middle of the court, and Meng Xu was even more exaggerated now, with his eyes closed.

"Craig, I think this is the only thing you said right today." Larry Bird, who had already stood up, applauded Meng Xu's outstanding performance while responding to Craig Hodge s.

And when Meng Xu made the last shot, defeated Ray Allen and Nowitzki with a total score of 25 points, and defended the championship of this year's All-Star 3-point contest, all the players participating in this year's All-Star 3-point contest , all stood up from the bench and gave Meng Xu his own applause.Standing on the sidelines, Lei Allen, while feeling sorry for himself, also sincerely admired Meng Xu.

"Meng, congratulations." When Larry Bird handed the trophy symbolizing the championship of the All-Star 3-point contest to Meng Xu's hands again, Meng Xu raised the trophy of the 3-point contest to the cheers of the audience. After holding it high, this year's All-Star 3-point contest has officially come to an end.

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