Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 408 The perfect curtain call
"Shuh, bang, huh..."

In Houston in February, the climate was cold, with a temperature of more than ten degrees below zero. It was clearly in the south, but it didn't look like it should be in winter in the south.

Different from the cold outside, the Compaq Center in the city, the atmosphere inside the arena was hot and hot, and everyone held their breaths, waiting for the final result of the game.

At this time, the final stage of the three-point contest is being held on the court.

After nine people competed in the previous round, three people finally entered the final lineup, namely: Li Weisi, Dale Ellis and Chris Mullin.

Previously, Dale Ellis had completed his final game and scored 19 points, which was not as good as his score in the preliminary round. Using this score to compete with the other two competitors has almost declared him eliminated fate.

The person who is playing on the court at this time is Mullin. The reason why they will play in this order is because they are all ranked according to the score in the previous round.

Since Mullin is left-handed, his shooting order is counterclockwise, which is completely different from that of Ellis and Li Weisi.

But this does not affect Mullin's performance. Mullin's performance tonight is just like his performance this season, and he is in a hot state.

In the preliminaries, Mullin scored 23 points, which is already quite remarkable. You must know that there were only 20 players who scored 3 points in the first round, including him.

And in this round, Mullin's condition is even better than the first round. At this time, he has come to the last position, and Mullin has scored 20 points at this time.

The first vote, huh!
The second shot, whoosh!
The third shot, boom!
Seeing this situation, Mullin stabilized his mind and adjusted his breathing. At this time, there were still 5 seconds before the end of the game, which was enough for him to complete the remaining shots.

After some adjustments, Mullin made two shots. After the goal, he raised his hands high to welcome the applause from the scene.

25 points, which set a new record for the highest score in the three-point contest tonight. The previous highest score was 24 points created by Li Weisi in the first round.

After enjoying the focus of the camera and the flashlight enough, Mullin withdrew his hand, walked off the stage, came to Li Weisi who was warming up, and said: "Hahaha, this feeling of being watched by everyone is awesome, West, you want to Come on! Don't accidentally let me ruin your three consecutive championships."

Mu Lin's words have a condescending feeling, not the height, but the momentum in the words.

Facing Mu Lin's words, Li Weisi frowned and said, "No way, when did you beat me when it came to three-pointers?"

Li Weisi's words were as direct as ever, and Mu Lin was speechless when he retorted. In the end, Mu Lin could only say: "Okay, then I will give you a Chinese proverb you taught me, don't capsize the boat in the ditch."

"Is it really appropriate for you to describe yourself as a ditch?"

Mullin saw that he couldn't say no to Li Weisi, so he simply ignored him, went straight to the bench outside the court, greeted Curry and Price who came up, and then accepted the blessings of other players, picked up the ball After putting on the team's training uniform, he sat down and began to watch Li Weisi's performance.

At this time, Li Weisi was concentrating on it. In fact, Li Weisi's heart was not as relaxed as he appeared on the surface. After all, Mullin's 25 points was already a very high score. The three-pointer contest was inherently unstable. Probably 20+ points every time.

Of course, he won't get 5 points like someone else. Even with his eyes closed, Li Weisi's score is higher than this.

After taking a deep breath, as the whistle sounded, the game officially began.

Like a conditioned reflex, Li Weisi took the ball, bent his knees, took off, elbowed, and shot, all in one go.

Although Li Weisi's shooting movements are not standard, his movements are very stretched and look quite agile. Compared with his usual shooting speed in the game, Li Weisi's shooting speed in the three-point contest is much slower, which also makes fans They can even appreciate his shooting posture, like an elf on the court.

However, although he is usually slower than his shot, in fact, compared with other people, his shot speed is still very fast. The whole action takes about 0.75 seconds, which is already slower than his usual 0.45 seconds. nearly half.

Soon after Li Weisi finished shooting, before the ball scored, he had already started to touch the next basketball.

"Shua!" The basketball fell into the basket perfectly, without even touching the basket.

This goal made Li Weisi's eyes shine, it feels good, a good opportunity!

"Shua, Shua, Shua..." So, after the first shooting point, Li Weisi made all five shots.

If the first goal was scored, the fans hadn't reacted yet, but when the first shot was made at [-], the fans already had a shadowy feeling that something was going to happen tonight.

Sure enough, the fans' instincts were right.

On the second point, Li Weisi hit all five shots, and on the third point, Li Weisi still hit all five shots.

At this time, the entire arena was boiling, because they already knew what kind of miracle they wanted to witness tonight.

Li Weisi did not disappoint everyone, and still made all five shots on the fourth point.

Can he get full marks?
This has become what everyone is looking forward to.

Not to mention that the three-point shooting contest has only been held for four times, even if it is forty times, no one can still achieve a perfect score. This is a record that is destined to be impossible to break.

After arriving at the fifth point, Li Weisi had 12 seconds left, and the timing was just right.

On the first shot, the basketball hit the basket, but luckily it bounced into the basket. However, this also caused everyone to break into a cold sweat.

Li Weisi hurriedly stabilized and threw the second ball. This time, the basketball went into the net hollow, which felt right.

Feeling the tension from the armguard, Li Weisi remembered this feeling, and then hit the fourth and fifth shots one after another.

At this time, everyone on the scene held their breath and stared at Li Weisi with their eyes blankly.

After Li Weisi picked up the ball, there were about 1.4 seconds left in the clock, which was enough for Li Weisi to make a shot.

However, when he took the shot, he felt that something was wrong with the tightness on the armguard. The ball was shot with a little too much force.

Let alone other people, even Li Weisi himself became nervous. He couldn't stand firmly after landing and sat down on the ground, but his eyes kept following the basketball.

The basketball hit the rim, bounced high, and then fell slowly. In everyone's expectation, it slowly fell into the rim.

At this moment, all the fans cheered, people witnessed history, Li Weisi got a perfect score of 30 points, which is destined to be an unbreakable record.

Just when Li Weisi stood up and came to the field to greet everyone's cheers, on the bench, Mullin and Curry took the lead, and the 8 contestants lined up, all squatting on the ground, kowtowing to Li Weisi.

The opponents were all defeated by Li Weisi. Such a joyous move made the audience burst into laughter, and the cameras on the scene recorded this historic moment.

In this way, Li Weisi won three consecutive three-point shooting contests in a near-perfect way and became a well-deserved three-pointer king.

In an interview after the game, Li Weisi said: "Thank you everyone, I have no regrets in the three-point contest. I announce that I will withdraw from the next three-point contest..."

(End of this chapter)