basketball dreams

Chapter 152 The Anticipated Three-Point Contest

The Masters Game is basically nothing to watch, it is completely an entertainment game organized by the NBA to attract viewers and attention.

But it is worth mentioning that this year the official invited Li Yifeng from China as a guest, replacing wyf from the previous two years and Jiang Jinfu from last year.

Although Li Yifeng is a bit inferior in terms of playing skills, his popularity in China has also successfully helped the NBA earn a wave of attention.

The Masters Tournament ended with laughter and laughter. In the end, Li Yifeng’s team won the victory. Li Yifeng played 13 minutes and scored 4 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist. Also passable.

After the Celebrity Tournament, it will be the highly anticipated All-Star Rookie Challenge. There is only one thing to watch in this game, and that is China's golden generation, Yun Chen, Yuan Junjie, Tang Yin, Xu Qianxiang, and Zheng Ye. Taiwan athletics.

The game started on time at 8:[-] p.m. local time, and Yunchen and the others appeared on the field as players of the international team.

International team starters: PG Ben Simmons, SG Tang Yin, SF Li Yunchen, PF Zheng Ye, C DeAndre Ayton.

Xu Qianxiang and Zheng Ye played as substitutes, and they did not have an advantage in terms of average statistics due to the limitations of their playing time and shooting rights.

Although this game has attracted a lot of attention, and everyone is looking forward to the performance of the players, they are all rookies after all, with limited strength, and there are many things that can be done. In addition, Donovan Mitchell, the biggest star, suffered from injuries. Missed the game, so the excitement has dropped by more than one grade.

In the whole game, the most exciting thing was the one-on-one duel between Xu Qianxiang and Lonzo Ball after his debut. Everyone saw the competition between the two in the Lakers. This was the first time the two faced each other this season. .

In the end, Xu Qianxiang won the one-on-one duel with his strong breakthrough ability, scoring three goals in a row and winning the applause.

The score was fixed at 127-119 in the last quarter, and the World Team won by 8 points.

Li Yunchen played 15 minutes and scored 10 points and 7 assists. Tang Yin played 20 minutes and scored 18 points and 2 rebounds. Xu Qianxiang played 17 minutes and scored 12 points and 5 assists. Yuan Junjie played 14 minutes and scored 7 points and 8 rebounds. Zheng Ye played 14 minutes and scored 4 points and 10 rebounds.

The mvp of the rookie game was finally given to Ben Simmons, who scored 19 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds.

In this way, the first day of the All-Star game came to an end, and all the audience looked unsatisfied. After all, the most anticipated thing in this game will be the three-point contest and the All-Star game.

That night, after the game, Yun Chen didn't go anywhere, and went straight to a nearby nightclub with Xu Qianxiang and his group of "husbands and dogs". Although he would hardly come to such a place, he made an exception today and came to accompany them Drank a lot of wine.

However, he still controlled the amount of drinking. After all, he had to participate in the three-point contest tomorrow, so he couldn't be in a bad state.

At night, he was also the first to leave, and returned to the hotel after two o'clock in the morning.

After a night of nothing, Yun Chen didn't get up until after ten o'clock the next morning, but when he opened his eyes, the situation in the room made him almost vomit out a mouthful of old blood.

In the living room of his room, there were four people lying in a haphazard manner. They were Yuan Junjie and Xu Qianxiang, who were so drunk that they were drunk.

"I'm really convinced..." A black line appeared on Yun Chen's head unconsciously, and finally carried the group of "dead pigs" into the bedroom one by one by himself and threw them on the bed.

After everything was done, he tidied up his appearance a little and went out. In fact, he had an appointment with someone today. Lillard had agreed with him yesterday that he would have lunch together today. The two hadn’t seen each other for a long time, so they wanted to chat .

After twelve o'clock, the two met at the entrance of the arena, and then sat down in a restaurant together.

Lillard didn't come alone, he was accompanied by McCollum and an "uncle" player whom Yunchen especially respected, and that was Vince Carter!
Looking at the legendary star in front of him, Yun Chen suddenly felt a sense of awe. He did not expect to see him here today.

The four of them chatted after sitting down in the restaurant.

Among the four, except for Lillard, they all have to participate in the three-point contest, so their chat topic revolves around the three-point contest.

This time, the quota for the three-point contest can be said to be really star-studded.

Eastern Rookie King Li Yunchen, legendary star Vince Carter, one of the Blazers' backcourt double guns McCollum, the last three-pointer Devin Booker, Thunder superstar Westbrook, Bucks outside core Middleton, Timberwolves core Karl-Anthony Towns and the Pelican titan Mirotic who faced the Biao Splash Brothers in the playoffs last year!
Just looking at this lineup, it can be said to be extremely luxurious, comparable to the peak matchup between Curry and Thompson that year, but no one is as completely outstanding as the two of them.

"My goal is very simple, just enter the second round, haha, you take the three-pointer." McCollum said with a smile at this time. He had no intention of being the three-pointer. Not coming at all.

Before he finished speaking, Uncle Carter on the other side began to answer him: "Then I am different from you. After all, this is the last year of my career. If there is a chance, I will definitely fight for it."

His wish is also very realistic. It's the last season of his career, who doesn't want to get an extra honor?

Playing to the level of Vince Carter, you can really enjoy the game.

After Carter finished speaking, the three of them turned their gazes to Yun Chen, and he was the only one who remained silent.

Yun Chen took a sip of the water in front of him, and said calmly: "Why are you looking at me? Since I participated, I will definitely fight for this championship. Moreover, in the field of three-pointers, I really want to prove myself .”

Yun Chen almost said what was in his heart. Although the 42% three-point shooting rate in his career so far is impressive, if he hasn't won the three-point contest, he doesn't deserve to be called a top three-pointer.

At least, he thought so.

"Hehe, Li, it may not be so easy to win the championship this time. Devin Booker can be called a lazy machine, let alone a three-pointer like Mirotic." Lillard reminded kindly.

What he said is also true. This time the lineup is unprecedentedly strong, and it is indeed not that easy to stand out among these people.

However, just after Lillard finished talking about this concern, before Yunchen could refute, Vince Carter couldn't listen anymore: "In my dunk contest back then, there were so many good players, didn't I still win in the end? Be confident in yourself."

What he said was calm and calm, but it was not so calm when it reached everyone's ears.

The year Carter won the slam dunk contest was indeed full of good players, and just one McDillar was enough to hold up any year's slam dunk contest!

"Uncle is right. It's a game. How do you know? Three points depends on the state. Before that time, no one will know the result." Yun Chen also echoed, picked up the cup and touched the three of them, and took a last drink And do.

Before he knew it, his heart became excited. Tonight's three-point contest, he was really looking forward to it!
(End of this chapter)