Chapter 131 Don’t worry, I’ll warm up first

Author: Autumn Leaves Orange

Chapter 131 Don’t worry, I’ll warm up first

"Li Ran performed very well. He won the skills challenge championship. This is also the first time a Chinese player has won the honor of the NBA All-Star Game."

Director Zhang excitedly informed all the Chinese fans in the commentary box of this universally celebrated news.

"Next, Li Ran will also participate in the three-point shooting contest and the slam dunk contest, and tomorrow, Li Ran will also participate in the All-Star Game as the top vote-getter. Audience friends, don't go away. The commercial is back. We continue to look forward to Li Ran's success.

Wonderful performance.”

After a passionate explanation, the second highlight of the second day of the All-Star Weekend is about to begin.

There are a total of six players participating in the three-point shooting contest this year.

Mike Bibby, he averaged 5.4 three-pointers per game this year, hitting 2.1 of them, with a shooting percentage of 39%.

Although the White Devil is old, no one can question his accomplishments in three-pointers. He has taken a total of 3,999 three-pointers in his career and hit 1,517 of them. His career average shooting rate is 37.9%, making him a marksman.

undoubtedly.

Then there is the Pacers' top player, elite small forward Danny Granger.

His three-point shooting percentage this year is as high as 40.4%, averaging 6.7 shots per game and hitting 2.7 goals.

Jason Kapono from the Raptors is even more ruthless.

He is not fast, has poor physical condition, has no blocks, few steals, and poor rebounding. His defense basically relies on teamwork, breakthroughs, and dunks. He neglects his secondary offensive ability and relies heavily on assists from his teammates.

but!

Three-pointers are his only ability to gain a foothold in the NBA.

In the 2006-07 season, while still with the Heat, Kapono shot an incredible 51.7% of his three-pointers. That season, he averaged 3.1 three-pointers per game and made 1.6 of them.

This year, although Kapono's shooting percentage has declined, it is still as high as 42.8%.

He was also the champion of the three-point shooting competition last year and the year before that. He participated again this year, just for three consecutive championships!

Rashad Lewis, the second master of the Magic and billionaire man.

This floating No. 4 position is also a famous three-point shooter in the league. His career shooting rate is 38.6%. This season's 39.7% shooting rate is enough to illustrate his strength.

Da'Quan Cook, the 21st overall pick last year, plays for the Miami Heat.

Although not well-known, Cook's three-point shooting percentage in his rookie season was only 33.6%. This season, it improved by leaps and bounds to 38.6%. He is considered a very potential 3D player.

However, in the original history, Cook unexpectedly defeated many three-pointers and won the three-pointer championship this year.

The last contestant is, of course, this year's No. 13 pick, the league's star of hope, a combination of Answer and The Flash, the All-Star vote leader in his rookie season, and the champion of the New Tech Skills Challenge - Li Ran.

Li Ran didn't take many three-pointers this year, averaging less than two per game.

But his three-point shooting percentage is really unbelievably high.

He averaged 1.9 shots per game, hit 1 goal, and hit 52.5%.

Li Ran can shoot such a high hit rate largely because his shooting environment is so good.

Everyone around the world knows that Li Ran's breakthroughs are extremely sharp, which makes Li Ran's defenders often subconsciously leave a considerable space when defending him.

And Li Ran's excellent passing skills can sometimes open up ample space for shots.

For example, after he knocks the defender down?

In this way, Li Ran's three-point shots are almost all wide-open shots.

Even so, if Li Ran didn't have excellent long-range shooting ability, he wouldn't be able to achieve such an amazing shooting percentage.

The 2,000 three-pointers that are unbeatable in the system space every day are the best proof.

At this point, Li Ran is very dissatisfied with how slowly his three-point shooting ability has improved.

He even believed that there were some problems in determining the system's capabilities.

My perimeter defense is already as high as 103, but sometimes it's still very difficult to defend the league's top perimeter superstars.

And his three-point shot, obviously already so accurate, has not yet reached 90.

Coupled with other unreasonable things, Li Ran felt more and more strange about his system.

Maybe the only thing that matches him is his rebounding ability.

But now is not the time to think about these things. The three-point shooting contest is about to begin.

The first round is the preliminaries, and the three with the best scores among the six contestants will be selected to advance to the second round of finals.

Under the spotlight, Rashad Lewis appeared with confidence.

However, sometimes being confident does not mean being strong.

In the first two shots, Rashard Lewis only scored two goals and scored a pitiful two points...

Fortunately, in the next three shooting points, Lewis found his touch in time and only missed two ordinary balls, and even hit all the colored balls.

Finally, the score of 17 points also illustrates his strength.

The second person to appear was Bibby.

Bibby's state was even worse, scoring only 14 points from 5 points.

This score almost declared him eliminated.

None of the remaining four people were good.

At least, that's what the audience and fans think.

Sure enough, the defending champion Kapono, who played the third game, played steadily. Although he missed all five goals at the penultimate point, he still scored 18 points in the end.

There are three players left, and as long as someone scores 17 points, Kapono will be sure to enter the finals.

During this year's All-Star Weekend, the games on the second day all had a strange flavor.

In the skills challenge, only Li Ran himself entered 30 seconds.

The same goes for the three-point contest.

It was originally considered to be a duel between sharpshooters, but after the top five players all appeared, it became a bit like a showdown between rookies.

Without it, Danny Granger and second-year rookie Cook, who appeared in the fourth and fifth games, both scored 13 points.

Now, Kapono is first with 18 points, Lewis is second with 17 points, then a 14 and two 13s.

This means that Li Ran can enter the finals as long as he scores more than 14 points.

Will Li Ran disappoint everyone?

Li Ran, standing in the bottom corner, looked very relaxed.

He did not put his hands slightly together on the ball beside him like other players, ready to tee off at any time, nor did he simulate shooting postures to warm up.

After all, he had just made two thousand three-pointers in the system space...

With a confident smile on his face, Li Ran calmly picked up the basketball at hand and started his performance at the moment the countdown started.

On the first point, miss an ordinary ball, 5 points!

At the second point, miss two ordinary balls, 4 points!

The third point, which is the top of the arc, is all in, 6 points!

Li Ran only shot three points and already scored 15 points. This result has ensured that he can enter the finals.

At the fourth point, Li Ran continued to play steadily, missing the colored ball and scoring all four ordinary balls.

19 points!

At this time, there are still 15 seconds left.

However, at this moment, after finishing four shots, Li Ran made an action that caused the whole audience to burst into uproar!
Chapter completed!