Double stars shine in Los Angeles

Chapter 72
In the evening, the Amway Center, the home stadium of the Magic, was filled with many fans early on.Three events will be held tonight, namely the Shooting Star Contest starting at 08:30, the Skills Challenge starting at [-]:[-] and the most watched slam dunk contest.Although there have not been any classic dunks in the dunk contest in recent seasons, they are still highly sought after by fans.

The front row of the court, Lin Fengzhe, Kyrie Irving, Deron Williams, Russell Westbrook, Tony Parker, John Wall.Lin Fengzhe and his group are all waiting to participate in the skills challenge.A group of point guards gathered together, smiling.

At this time, the shooting star game is going on on the field.

Shooting Star game requirements include a current NBA player, a current WNBA player and a former NBA superstar.The Shooting Star game is mainly for show. Each team consists of an active NBA player, an active WNBA player and an NBA legend.The rule of the game is that each participating team needs to complete six shots in a specific order. Only when the ball is shot at the previous shooting point can it be shot at the next shooting point, and the goal of leaving a shooting point to shoot is completed in the shortest time. The team is the winner of the championship.The competition is divided into two rounds, two teams are eliminated in the first round, and the winner is determined in the second round.

There are four teams participating in Shooting Star this year, namely defending champion Atlanta, New York, Texas and host Orlando.Atlanta's players are Jerry Stackhouse, Lindsay Harding of the WNBA East champion Atlanta Dream, and NBA TV commentator Steve Smith.The New York team is Landry Fields, New York Liberty four-time WNBA All-Star Kapil Pondexter, and former Knicks superstar Alan Houston.The Texas players are Chandler Parsons of the Rockets, four-time All-Star Sofia Young of the WNBA San Antonio Silver Stars and top commentator Kenny Smith.

The six shooting points of the shooting star competition are: 45 degrees three meters on the right, 45 degrees three meters on the left, three-pointer at the top of the circle, three-pointer at the bottom line on the right, three-pointer at 45 degrees on the left and center A long-range three-pointer.

In the first round, the Texas team was the first to play. Sophia Young and Chandler Patterson in the team made more than three shots at the fourth and fifth shooting points, which wasted a lot of time. But when the midfielder made a long three-pointer, the famous Kenny Smith hit the second shot, and it took a total of 42.7 seconds.

The second player to play was the New York team. The female player Kapil Pondexter had a good touch. Both positions were hit by one goal, and Alan Houston, known as the "shooting textbook", also made perfect shots. Lan Derry Fields made three three-pointers at the top of the circle, but Alan Houston made a super-long three-pointer in the middle of the field. It took a total of 38.7 seconds. Lin Fengzhe and others sat on the sidelines Everyone stood up and applauded Alan Houston's long shot.

The third player to play was the host Orlando team. Unfortunately, the division was unfavorable. The first, third, fourth, and fifth four shots were all shot three times before hitting. In the end, it took 1 minute and 04 seconds to be eliminated first.

The last Atlanta female player, Lindsay Harding, played well and hit a three-pointer from the midfield position, but was eliminated in 55.3 seconds.

In the second round, the Texas team took the lead. Although Sophia Young and Chandler Patterson delayed some time in the first few positions, veteran Kenny Smith hit a hit at midfield and took the total time. 47.6 seconds, such a result can be said to have grasped the trophy with one hand, throwing tremendous pressure on the New York team.

After the New York team came on the field, the first four shooting points were shot very smoothly. When the New York team started the ultra-long three-point shot in the midfield, the time was less than 18 seconds, and there was plenty of time to make a long shot. .In the end, Alan Houston made a hollow hit. It took a total of 37.3 seconds, 10.3 seconds ahead of the Texas team, and won the championship of this competition.

Soon, the award ceremony of the Shooting Star Contest was completed.Next is the first personal event that Lin Fengzhe will participate in - the Skills Challenge Competition.

The purpose of the Skills Challenge is to showcase the skills of the best point guards in the league.The content of the game is that players complete dribbling, passing and shooting in a field with obstacles within the specified time.

There is a prescribed route in the game. Players use dribbling, passing and shooting to complete the prescribed projects, and the person with the shortest time wins.The specific regulations of the competition are as follows: First, the competition is divided into two rounds. The first round is the preliminary round, which is divided into two groups, and the fastest finisher enters the second round.Second, the timing starts when the game whistle sounds, and the timing stops when the player scores the last ball.Third, players must abide by the basic dribbling rules in NBA games.Fourth, there are three required passing events and a shooting event named "top of the restricted area".Fifth, the layup and the last shot. If the contestant fails to make a hit, he needs to grab the rebound and continue shooting until he hits it.Sixth, if there is a draw between the players, an extra game is required.Seventh, if a participating player fails to complete a certain level of action as required, the referee has the right to disqualify him from the competition.Eighth, there is no time limit for any level in the competition.Ninth, the second round is the final, and the one with the shortest time will be the champion of the event.

Of the six people participating in the skill challenge this year, only Lin Fengzhe and Kyrie Irving have never participated in this event, and Deron Williams, who set the fastest record in 2008, took only 25.5 seconds.

Lin Fengzhe was assigned to the last appearance of the second group.The first group of players were Deron Williams of the Nets, Kyrie Irving of the Cavaliers, and Russell Westbrook of the Thunder.The players in the second group were Tony Parker of the Spurs, John Wall of the Wizards and Lin Fengzhe of the Lakers.

Deron Williams, who played first, was very fast. He took the ball for layups, slaloms, straight passes, ground passes, mid-range shots at the top of the free throw line, straight passes, slaloms, and layups all once. The sex passed without wasting a bit of time, taking 28.3 seconds in the end.

The second player, Kyrie Irving, was not very fast. He made a mistake when hitting the ground pass, and passed twice in a row. The subsequent shot also made a mistake. In the second half, Kyrie Irving accelerated his speed. Speed, it took 33 seconds to complete the race.

The last player in the first group, Russell Westbrook, tried four times to pass the ground pass, which delayed a lot of time. Fortunately, the subsequent process was very smooth, and it took 33.8 seconds to complete the game.

Tony Parker, who was the first to play in the second group, was very stable, and his speed was not slow. Like Deron Williams, all the procedures were passed at one time, and it took 29.2 seconds to complete the game.

John Wall, who played second, participated in the program at the All-Star Weekend last season, but was unfortunately eliminated with a time of 39.3 seconds.John Wall had problems with his through ball and took two to succeed, as did the subsequent shot, which took 32.8 seconds.This result squeezed out Russell Westbrook, and if Lin Fengzhe, who was the last to play, took 33 seconds, John Wall could advance to the final.

Before the game, teammates Kobe Bryant and Tracy McGrady of the Lakers clapped Lin Fengzhe's hands to show encouragement, and Taylor Swift, who was sitting in the back row, also encouraged Lin Fengzhe.

As the whistle sounded, Lin Fengzhe grabbed the ball for a layup, and then circled the post. When passing the ball through the wooden frame twice, the basketball went in. Then Lin Fengzhe passed all the way, and finally took 32.5 seconds, just ahead of John. · Wall 0.3 seconds.John Wall gritted his teeth in hatred for this result, and even suspected that Lin Fengzhe did it on purpose.

Since Lin Fengzhe took the longest time among the three who advanced to the final, Lin Fengzhe was the first to play.

Lin Fengzhe who played this time only gave people one feeling, that is, fast, very fast!Speed, amazing speed, as if he didn't slow down when winding around the pile.The only intuitive feeling of Lin Fengzhe's whole movement is that it is fast, amazingly fast!In the end, Lin Fengzhe finished the game with a one-handed split button.Looking at the time again, everyone in the audience was stunned. Lin Fengzhe completed all the events in the competition in only 19.3 seconds.

The result of 19.3 seconds is 6.2 seconds ahead of the record set by Deron Williams, which is amazing.The big-name players sitting on the sidelines suddenly looked overwhelmed and fainted, and the other players who participated in the competition directly made worship gestures to Lin Fengzhe on the sidelines. This shot was captured by the cameraman and turned on the big screen , All of a sudden, the whole audience started to worship in unison.

Kobe Bryant was speechless and said to his good friend Tracy McGrady, "This damn guy is too serious! 19.3 seconds! My God! I don't know how long it will take for this record to be recognized. people break."

The rest of Tony Parker and Deron Williams were stunned. They never thought that they could break this record.The two people who had no concept of winning or losing, on the contrary, performed supernormally and broke into the 25-second mark one after another. Tony Parker took 24.5 seconds, and Deron Williams also refreshed his previous record, which took 23.8 seconds.

When Lin Fengzhe stood on the podium and was asked how he felt about breaking the record, he replied, "You know, I was the first to appear, and Tony Parker and Deron Williams are both very strong. I am very strong, so I can only use my full strength to increase my speed as much as possible. I am also very surprised that I can break the record. However, I am looking forward to the day when someone can break the record I created.”

(End of this chapter)