Wang Feng, who traveled back in time from 2022, knows very well what is the key to establishing a player's historical status.
Championships, personal honors, and the accumulation of data.
Why is it that James has only won 4 championships, but has been evaluated by many media as the second best player in the world, ranking second in history in various star rankings?
4 championships, 4 regular season MVPs, and the upcoming unprecedented 4+1+1 project are the cornerstones of James’ historical status!
For James, he has won countless honors, big and small. He doesn't even pay attention to the honors obtained from entertainment events such as the All-Star Game.
But for Wang Feng, who has just started in the NBA, even if it is the Rookie Challenge and he produces some beautiful data, it is definitely a beneficial thing.
After all, Wang Feng doesn't believe that he will get too much playing time in the All-Star Game the day after tomorrow. The All-Star Game has always been a carnival for local American players, so he must seize every opportunity he can to increase his presence.
Although the Rookie Challenge does not attract much attention, it is still better than nothing.
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"Okay, audience friends, after a brief player introduction, the players from both sides walked onto the field, and the All-Star Rookie Challenge is about to begin!"
"Both sides jumped the ball, and Towns of the American team won the jump ball! The basketball was passed to guard Smart. The American team quickly advanced to the frontcourt. Towns entered the inside to ask for the ball. Smart lobbed the ball to Towns.
, Wang Feng rushed out of the air, stole the pass, and started a fast break! Wang Feng dribbled to the frontcourt. Clarkson, who was guarding him, was positioned a little behind. Wang Feng directly shot a top-arc jumper from the three-point line. This is not what he is good at.
Although he was in the bottom corner, he hit the three-pointer steadily! The international team took the lead!"
In most All-Star games, the players are tacitly aware of each other and focus on performances and show-offs, and will not play real defense as soon as they get started.
But Wang Feng doesn't care about you. He doesn't talk about martial arts and just steals and counterattacks with a three-pointer as soon as he comes up!
The players participating in the Rookie Challenge, as the name suggests, are all first-year and second-year rookies, with varying levels of skill. Although there are players such as Wiggins and Towns who have an overall rating of over 80, most of their ability values hover around 70.
Wang Feng's overall ability value of 78 is considered relatively high among them. He has distinct technical characteristics and is blessed with badges. In addition, not many people play real defense in the All-Star Game, so it is much easier to fight than in the regular season.
Therefore, as soon as the game started, Wang Feng frequently attacked with the ball, making pull-up three-pointers from the outside and frequently taking mid-range fadeaway jumpers.
Wang Feng plays the shooting guard position in the starting lineup of the United States team, and his opponent is Lakers second-year rookie Jordan Clarkson.
Clarkson, who is 1.96 meters tall and mainly plays the swing position of the guard, has no advantage in all aspects of his body against Wang Feng. Even Wang Feng's weak strength is the same. He is not a player good at defense in the first place, so he can only be constantly beaten by Wang Feng.
Fighting alone.
In the first quarter alone, Wang Feng seized the opportunity and took 10 shots, hitting 3 three-pointers and 4 mid-range shots, scoring 17 points!
"Wang Feng performed very actively on the court. He scored 17 points in the first quarter alone. I don't know how many points he can score in the whole game."
Wang Feng did not keep the fans waiting for long and quickly gave his answer.
In the second quarter of the game, Wang Feng did not play much time. This was an exhibition game after all. All players had to give a certain amount of playing time. However, Wang Feng, who only played for 4 minutes, still seized the opportunity to hit 2 corner three-pointers and scored 6 more points.
points, 23 points at halftime!
In the third quarter of the game, the American team, which was lagging behind, began to catch up. LaVine, Booker, Russell and other players began to exert their strength one after another. At the same time, they also began to strengthen their targeted attack on Wang Feng, who was not a martial artist.
Guy's defense.
However, no matter whether it was Zach LaVine, Devin Booker or Jabari Parker at the forward position, they could not prevent Wang Feng's offense in one-on-one defense. Wang Feng hit the target in 8 attempts.
5 goals, another 12 points in a single quarter.
At the end of the three quarters, Wang Feng had scored 35 points, and the international team had established a 20-point advantage.
In the last quarter of the game, seeing that there was no hope of chasing points, the rookies of the American team simply failed. Each player also improved their statistics. In the end, the international team defeated the American rookie team 157:145 and won the Rookie Challenge.
Wang Feng made 16 of 24 shots in the game, scored a game-high 42 points, and was successfully elected as the MVP of the Rookie Challenge.
It's a pity that the rookie game as an appetizer didn't get much popularity at all, and no one paid attention to who performed best in the game. It was just an away game.
In addition to the Chinese fans who were watching the game for Wang Feng, the American audience had no feeling at all. In terms of level of anticipation, the Rookie Challenge was not even as good as tomorrow's three-point contest and dunk contest.
After the game, Wang Feng was interviewed by reporters and his performance was quite calm.
"Wang, congratulations on winning the Rookie Challenge MVP. This should be your first personal honor in the NBA. How do you feel about it?"
"It feels pretty good." Wang Feng smiled slightly. "But I'm still looking forward to tomorrow's three-point contest."
Not only Wang Feng is looking forward to it, but many fans are also looking forward to tomorrow's three-point contest. Who among the Warriors' three outside players, Curry, Thompson or Wang Feng, is more accurate in three-pointers? Or is it a snipe and a clam competing for the fishermen's benefit?
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I have to admit that this three-point contest can be regarded as full of talents.
The Warriors alone have sent out a dream lineup of Curry, Thompson and Wang Feng. In addition to these three participating, there are also many top shooters in the league participating.
James Harden of the Rockets, Khris Middleton of the Bucks, Kyle Lowry of the Toronto Raptors, and J.J. Redick of the Clippers are all the top outside shooters in the league.
However, as a time traveler, Wang Feng knows very well that if he wants to win the three-point championship, his biggest opponents are his two teammates, Curry and Thompson!
In another time and space, in the 2016 Three-Point Contest, Curry and Thompson both advanced to the finals and staged a high-quality showdown in the finals. In the end, Thompson scored 27 points and defeated Curry, who scored 26 points, to win the three-point title.
"27 points..." Wang Feng couldn't help but grin when he thought of this score, feeling quite a headache. "If you want to win the three-point championship, it's still a little bit more difficult."