Chapter 570: Appetizers
Although it is an All-Star weekend, it is actually a weekly event. Just like the All-Stars last year, all All-Star players have to participate in some activities, NBA care actions, or NBA promotional activities, so Zhang Kong naturally cannot be spared.
Fortunately, when Zhang Kong and his team arrived in Los Angeles, the All-Stars competition was about to begin. On Friday, February 18, the rookie challenge was held in the evening. This year's rookie challenge felt pretty good, but it was obvious that the first-year team was much better than the second-year team. The representatives of the two teams this year were Gibson of the Bulls, DeRozan of the Raptors, Blair of the Spurs, Corey of the Warriors, Mayhews of the Blazers, Jennings of the Bucks, Ibaka of the Thunder, Harden of the Thunder, and Holiday of the 76ers. Last year's rookie king Jennings missed this All-Star Rookie Challenge due to injury.
The first-year team is led by two No. 1 picks, and today's No. 4 pick, last year's No. 1 pick, this year's No. 1 pick, Wall, and this year's No. 4 pick, Demarcus Cousins. In addition to the three of them, there are Fields of the Knicks, and the treasures that the Spurs have won without a draft, Gary Neal! Nets' Favors, Johnson of the Timberwolves, Bledso of the Clippers, and Greg Monroe of the Pistons. Such a rookie challenge is actually to give the rookies a stage to show themselves. At least they did a good job tonight. Cousins, who was originally determined to attack MVP, did not succeed. He scored 33 points and 14 assists in the game, and performed quite well, but MVP made his alumnus, John Wall, snatched away with 22 assists. Cousins was still quite depressed. This guy's temper is really bad enough.
The All-Star Rookie Challenge is also known as the appetizer for the All-Star Game. Naturally, all the guys will arrive tonight.
Zhang Kong looked at the players off the court and felt like he was back to last year, but it was obvious that he was not as strong as this year.
The All-Star Challenge finally won the second grade in the first grade 148-140, and did not allow the second grade to be re-sold.
Thinking about the first-grade team had the chance to win the second-grade team last year, but unfortunately, because of Zhang Kong's existence, they lost.
After the All-Star Rookie Challenge, everyone from the Cavaliers went home to rest. The next day, the prelude to the All-Star Game No. 19, the NBA will play the shooting star, the skills challenge, the three-point competition and the dunk competition. Zhang Kong occupied two of the games. He originally wanted to participate in the three-point competition, but he gave it to Daniel Gibson, which is also a way to regain popularity. At least Gibson is very grateful to Zhang Kong now.
He can come to the All-Star Weekend, which means his popularity will increase, which is also a kind of advertising that is invisible.
The game on the 19th began soon, and the shooting star game was not as good as Zhang Kong and the others. In the end, Hoverde hit a three-pointer from the midfield to help Atlanta win the championship. Of course, this was just a small show that was the first to play.
Next, Zhang Kong's first game was won on the court, the All-Star Skills Competition.
In the All-Star Skills Challenge, there were five people participating, including Chris Paul, Derek Ross, Westbrook, and Stephen Curry and Zhang Kong, who played for the sophomore team yesterday. A total of these five people came to compete for today's Skills Championship.
Today, the imperial court did not broadcast the dunk competition and other games. It was broadcasted by Yulang.com. People who were invited to record the live also invited Yi Jianlian to the sidelines. Of course, after meeting Zhang Kong, the two of them were still very happy to talk for a while, and then waited for the start of the game. The game was very simple. At the beginning, they first made a layup, then circled the pile, then passed the ball directly, and hit a two-pointer in the free throw line, then passed a straight pass, and finally made a layup or dunk to complete the game. It depends on whoever uses the shortest time, and who can become the champion. Of course, this is also divided into the knockout match and the main match.
The first one to play was Stephen Curry. Curry was very fast after receiving the ball and passed it more accurately. Although he made three consecutive shots when he shot two-pointers, the speed was pretty good, and he was the first to complete it in 34.1 seconds.
The second appearance was Westbrook. He was not as fast as Curry at first. He missed one when he was hitting the ground. However, because the three-pointers and the next straight pass were very accurate, he used very little in the end. In the end, Westbrook ended all his movements with a double-handed dunk. It took only 30 seconds, which can be said to be very fast.
The third one played was Ross. He felt that the official ranking of the NBA seemed to be based on reputation. The third one was Ross, the fourth one was Paul, and the fifth one was Zhang Kong. Ross was relatively stable. He passed the first pass. Then he passed the ball twice, and made a two-pointer. He then used two direct passes. He also used two direct passes. The last layup took a total of 35.7 seconds, ranking third, and Paul was in the fourth place. However, Paul made a mistake at the beginning and did not make a layup... Curry and Westbrook were both smiling. It was really interesting.
Moreover, the first pass was not made, and he made three shots before entering, and a direct pass wasted one. As the time was getting longer and longer, Paul had no chance. In the end, Paul took 42.1 seconds and was eliminated the first one.
The last one to play was Zhang Kong. Zhang Kong just sat on the sidelines with a smile, ready to obey the coach's orders at any time.
When the DJ on the scene shouted and left, Zhang Kong rushed out like an arrow, and after receiving the ball, he easily made a layup, and then dribbled around the pile. Originally, such dribbled around the pile was not an easy task for Zhang Kong, a big man with 198 cm, but don't forget that Zhang Kong's dribbles were 90 points. Although it was a little clumsy, the situation was perfect. Especially when it came to the passing, 99's passing ability was instantly displayed. The first pass was direct, and Zhang Kong made a simple pass from behind, and the basketball went directly into the net. It was extremely accurate, and the audience couldn't help but take a breath. This was a skill competition. No one used such an action like Zhang Kong in the skill competition.
Then he passed the ball to the ground, and Zhang Kong also completed it perfectly, and then there was a three-pointer. After Zhang Kong took the ball, he took a step back. The audience in the audience was provoking the four players in front. They were all one step inside the three-point line, but you insisted on being on the three-point outside line. What does this mean? So the fans who supported other players in the game started to boo Zhang Kong, but Zhang Kong didn't care. There was a reason for him to do this, not because he ignored other people.
But because his three-point shooting percentage is higher than his two-point shooting percentage. As expected, for the first ball, Zhang Kong directly sent the basketball into the basket, then took the ball and started to circle the pile. After going around the pile, Zhang Kong also chose to use a dunk to complete his movements. He only saw Zhang Kong stepping into the three-second line and flew up directly. At the attention of the audience, Zhang Kong directly used a 360-degree turn dunk to end all his movements. Looking at Zhang Kong's smooth movements, the commentator on the sideline couldn't help but jump up. Americans like arrogant people, just like Zhang Kong's arrogant people.
So the booings just now turned into cheers in the next second, cheering Zhang Kong's strong performance.
Seeing Zhang Kong coming back, the other players could only slam high fives at Zhang Kong to show encouragement. There was no way, Zhang Kong entered the next round with an absolute advantage of 28.3 seconds. Then the players eliminated in this round were Paul who made mistakes at the beginning, and Ross who were relatively stable, Zhang Kong, Curry and Westbrook entered the final decisive match.
The first player to play in the final game was Curry. Curry performed well and easily broke the 28.3 second record held by Zhang Kong just now, reducing the time to 28.2 seconds. Looking at Curry's performance, Zhang Kong couldn't help but be amazed. This guy is really fast. Westbrook was the second player to play, but he made a mistake when he first passed, and then made a mistake when he made a second pass. He shot until the third before he entered. At this time, he had lost hope of winning the championship. The final straight pass he passed three times before entering. There was no way. He was not the type of pass player. In the end, he had no chance to win the championship. In the end, he had no chance to win the championship in 44.2 seconds. Finally, he had to look at Zhang Kong's
If he can reduce the time to 28 seconds, then he will definitely win. When Zhang Kong heard the ringing of the departure ring, he rushed out like a leopard. Obviously everyone could feel that Zhang Kong was faster than before, and made a very stable layup, and then he went around the pile. Zhang Kong's dribble was only 90, so he didn't circle the pile very quickly, but when he arrived at the passing place, Zhang Kong would be much faster, and he was almost unlikely to make any mistakes. The first pass was the pass behind the ball, and he hit a very accurate hit. The second pass was the ground. Zhang Kong basically didn't even look at it. The basketball went directly into the basket, and the shooting was still a three-pointer. The first one hit the ball accurately again, and there was no way.
Zhang Kong's three-point shooting percentage of his open three-point shooting percentage is about 85%. Such a shooting percentage is too high. He didn't even look at the next pass. He ran to the next point and threw the ball out, and did not waste a second of time.
In the end, Zhang Kong didn't play 360 degrees anymore. He accelerated to the axe-style buckle and ended his full set of movements.
After looking at the time on the sidelines, the audience covered their mouths with surprise, and Curry even covered his forehead with a smile, saying that he could not accept such a thing. In 24.4 seconds, this dazzling number appeared in the sight of the audience. Zhang Kongwu made a mistake and completed the skills competition, which was also very short in time. Not only did he become the champion of this year's skills competition, but he also easily broke the record of the 25.3-second All-Star Skills Competition maintained by Delong.
It seems that the Lakers are in trouble, and the Celtics seem to be over. This year's NBA is changing a lot!
(To be continued)hf();
Chapter completed!