What Wang Feng said was so crazy. Who could give up a color ball worth 2 points in vain in this kind of game where everything is a matter of money?
Even if Wang Feng, who has won multiple championships in the three-point contest, gives up the ball so casually, he still risks being eliminated in the first round.
Wang Feng smiled slightly and said nothing more.
He could see that the contestants, including Curry and Thompson, were obviously a little angry, and the mocking effect was full.
At this time, the arena has been rearranged, and Eric Gordon, who is the first to appear, is ready.
When he participated in the three-point contest two years ago, Gordon could still be praised and promoted as the favorite to win the three-point contest. But now, there is only one favorite to win the three-point contest, and that is the three-point contest champion for five consecutive years.
Wang Feng.
At the beginning of the game, Gordon's performance was quite satisfactory, scoring 24 points in the first round.
Joe Harris of the Nets, who came on next, scored 22 points.
Zach LaVine of the Bulls, who appeared third, scored 23 points and temporarily ranked second.
When the fourth player came on the stage, a dark horse was born.
Buddy Hield from the Sacramento Kings, although he averaged 20+5 per game last season with the Kings, and currently has 20 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3 assists this season, he is at the bottom of the league.
He is the king of the team, so his popularity is not high, and not many people really think that he is a star whose strength and data match.
However, in the first round of the three-point contest, Hield felt so good that he actually scored 27 points in one round of shooting, which shocked everyone.
27 points is not considered the highest score in the previous three-point contest, but there is basically no problem in getting such a score in the first round and entering the finals.
The next person to appear immediately after Hield was Thompson.
Thompson's scoring average this season has been stable at around 25+, which is a career high. If he knew what happened to him in another time and space, he would definitely be grateful to the Lakers for eliminating the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals last season, which prevented him from affecting himself.
Serious injuries throughout his career.
Today, Thompson is at his peak and in excellent condition. Although he did not score as brightly as Hield's explosive 27 points after shooting, he still scored 26 points steadily, directly pushing Gordon, who scored 24 points, into third place.
But even the third place is temporary, because there are still two favorites off the court who are not on the stage, Curry and Wang Feng.
"King, are you still prepared to give up a ball of different colors now?"
Smiling towards Wang Feng, Curry strode onto the field.
Curry also participated in the last three-point contest, but due to poor performance, he was eliminated in the first round.
As the most famous three-point shooter in history, Curry has participated in many three-point contests, but has never won a championship. Although it is only an entertainment three-point contest, it is still a bit embarrassing to say it. After all, Curry has three three-point contests in his career.
The total number of points made has almost caught up with Ray Allen, becoming the true number one in history, but he can't even win the three-point contest championship.
Therefore, this time Curry has made considerable preparations. He has begun practicing three-pointers long before the start of the All-Star Weekend, striving to achieve success in this three-point contest.
Facts have proved that Ku Ritian is still the same Ku Ritian, especially when the Warriors do not have Durant this season, Curry serves as the offensive banner of the Warriors, averaging 30+ points per game, and is in pretty good shape.
After shooting in the first round, Curry directly outscored everyone in front of him, scoring 29 points, ranking first!
Wang Feng: "..."
It's really a bit stressful...
Curry scored 29 points, Hield had 27 points, and Thompson had 26 points. This means that Wang Feng must score at least 27 points to enter the finals.
What's more important is that he has to take the initiative to give up a color ball, which means that in fact, he has to get the same 29 points as Curry to theoretically enter the finals!
Curry came off the court and high-fived Thompson to celebrate. There was already a hint of joking in everyone's eyes.
"You are so pretentious, are you too high to be able to stand down?"
They felt that Wang Feng must be feeling very uncomfortable now.
If you want to steadily advance to the finals, you cannot give up every ball. But in that case, his arrogant words about giving up a colored ball would become a joke, and it would be even more embarrassing to advance to the finals in this way.
What on earth would he do? Everyone became curious.
At this moment, the audience on the court still didn't know what happened before the game. In their opinion, Thompson should be hanging. With Wang Feng's strength, it is not easy to score more than 26 points.
Wang Feng stood at the first shooting point with a smile on his face. "Haha, do you think I dare not really let it go? Then give it a try!"
"squeak--!"
As the whistle blew, Wang Feng, the last player to appear in the finale, started shooting!
But with the first ball, Wang Feng surprised everyone.
I saw him quickly picking up a colorful ball, and then... throwing it aside without even pretending to shoot.
"???What the hell?"
The audience on the field was a little confused. Where was Wang Feng playing?
In the competition seats, the smiles on the faces of all the players disappeared, and their eyes were full of disbelief and shock.
"How dare he really play like this?"
What's there to be afraid of?
Wang Feng, who lost the first ball, held his breath and concentrated, then quickly and smoothly threw all the remaining balls into the basket.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
The remaining four colored balls at the first shooting point, with the blessing of the purple three-point shooter badge in the bottom corner, all shot smoothly into the frame, and the score was 8 points!
Then Wang Feng quickly came to the second point, and the hot zone hunter badge was activated. All five balls at the second point were hit, and he scored 6 points!
The third shooting point is the top arc position where Wang Feng is least good at. At this point, Wang Feng has slowed down his shooting speed in order to be more stable, but even so, he still missed 2 of the 5 balls. Fortunately, in the end
The colorful ball was hit, and Wang Feng scored 4 points at this point.
Coming to the fourth shooting point, which is the 45-degree angle on the right, this is also the area where the hot zone hunter's badge is effective. With the blessing of the golden All-Star badge and the high three-point ability value of 97, Wang Feng made 5 shots.
4 hits, another 5 points!
After finishing the first four shooting points, Wang Feng's score has reached 23 points!
In the next right corner, as long as Wang Feng can score 3 goals, his score will be tied with Thompson, and he will have a playoff with his opponent to qualify for the finals. And if these 3 goals include color balls, Wang Feng will be able to score 27
Tied with Hilder in points and directly entered the finals.
Can Wang Feng do it?
The answer is of course yes.
"Brush! Brush! Brush..."
The continuous sound of brushing the net made the hearts of several players participating in the competition become colder little by little.
Warm applause and cheers began to ring out on the court.
Wang Feng missed all five balls in the last shooting spot, hitting all of them and scoring 6 points.
Total score 29 points!
Wang Feng and Curry tied in the first round and directly entered the finals tied for first place.
But with both 29 points, Wang Feng and Curry are qualitatively different!
Everyone saw that at the beginning of the game, Wang Feng casually threw a basketball aside.
Although I don't know exactly what happened, the audience has somewhat figured it out now.
"Holy crap! Did Wang Feng give in to the ball just now? Give up a colored ball?"
"Are you so arrogant?"
"The most exaggerated thing is that without even shooting the first ball, Wang Feng was still tied for first place with Curry, scoring a high score of 29 points!"
"I remember last year Wang Feng seemed to have reproduced Larry Bird's phrase "You are all here to compete for second place. I didn't expect that he would be able to do something new this year, and it was much more powerful than Bird's ridicule. After all,
No matter how much Bird pretends to be cool, he can only talk about it, and he still goes all out in the game honestly. Wang Feng really gave in, and he can still be in first place even though he missed one more fancy ball!"
The audience was in an uproar, but all the players in the competition seats were silent.
Dominance...
Somehow, this word comes to everyone's mind involuntarily.
If we say that in other areas, the NBA is still at a stage of dissatisfaction with each other, but when it comes to three-pointers, or the three-point contest alone, Wang Feng is really the most dominant player in the league.
Even Curry must admit this.
In fact, in terms of three-point ability value, there is still a slight gap between Wang Feng, who is currently 97, and Curry, who has reached the full value of 99. However, the bonus effect of the badge has completely smoothed the numerical gap and provided Wang Feng with worthy benefits.
More stable than ordinary machines.
The only thing to blame is that Curry does not have 2K digitization. He cannot hold multiple shooting badges like in the game. The stability is much worse than Wang Feng.
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Wang Feng, Curry, who scored 28 points in the first round, and Hield, who scored 27 points, successfully entered the finals, while Thompson, who scored 26 points, had no choice but to be eliminated.
After a short break, the finals began.
Hield, who had the lowest score in the first round, took the shot first.
Perhaps due to the influence of Wang Feng, Hilder's performance in the final was very average. He only scored 21 points in one round of shooting.
When coming off the court, Hilde had a wry smile on his face.
In fact, from the moment he saw Wang Feng still score 29 points even if he missed a shot, his heart was already in a state of confusion.
As he walked off the court, he said to Curry: "Come on."
Curry couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.
The competitor actually cheered for him, which shows how much the opponent didn't want Wang Feng to win.
But Curry could only smile bitterly. "I'll try my best..."
If it were a three-point shooting contest in an official game, Curry would definitely not be inferior to Wang Feng, even if his current three-point shooting percentage in the regular season is lower than Wang Feng.
But in a competition like the Three-Point Contest, which purely competes on three-point shooting percentage, he has no confidence in defeating Wang Feng.