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Chapter 354 Three Point Contest!

Today is a variety of individual events, the first is the skills challenge.

It was officially announced before the game that Beverley withdrew from the game due to injury and was replaced by Mudiay.

This year's skill challenge is also very interesting. If you count Green, there are 4 big men participating.

Xu Xiang cheered for Cousins ​​loudly on the sidelines, and he had the best relationship with Cousins ​​among the competitors.His opponent is his future teammate thick eyebrow.

In the first round of the preliminaries, Clarkson VSSCJ McCollum: At the beginning, both sides went hand in hand, and encountered bottlenecks in the passing link. McCollum won the first three-pointer to win.

Thomas Jr. vs. Mudiay: Thomas Jr. was significantly faster and won.

Green vs. Downs: Downs wins.

Green: He hit the pass and took the lead. However, he failed to make three-pointers at the last moment. Towns made the first hit and ended the competition and won.

Cousins ​​vs. Anthony Davis:

Cousins ​​started to dribble and missed, but made a three-pointer at the last moment.

Round [-]: CJ McCollum vs. Thomas Jr.:

McCollum made a dribble error at the beginning, and Thomas Jr. went all the way to win.

Towns VS Cousins:
Downs made a pass and hit, took the lead, and won.

It was Towns and Thomas Jr. who entered the finals. Everyone believed that Thomas Jr. would win, but only Xu Xiang held a different opinion.

In his memory, Downs upset Thomas Jr. in this skill challenge to win.

Sure enough, the speed of the two soaring in the final round was basically the same, and Downs even took the lead in terms of stature.

Everyone exclaimed. Fortunately, the two suddenly became inaccurate for three-pointers, and Towns took the lead in hitting a three-pointer to win.

The fans burst into laughter for a moment. They didn't expect Towns to win the championship. What a big upset.

At the same time, Xu Xiang "comforted" Cousins, "Look at you, if you beat Downs just now, would you have won the championship now?" Cousins ​​looked regretful. He actually didn't make too many mistakes in the second round, but Towns performed very well in the second round.

After the skill challenge is over, the three-point contest will be held immediately!

Xu Xiang and the others have already taken their positions and started trial casting one by one.

The rules of the three-point contest are not repeated here. There are five points, and each point has at least one bouquet. Participants can also choose a bouquet point. One of the bouquets is worth 2 points, and the ordinary ball is 1 point. The time limit is 1 minute, and the full score is 34 points.

Today is a gathering of masters, and it is obvious that Curry, Clay and Xu Xiang are the three who are most vocal about the championship.

Xu Xiang chose his flower ball at the top of the arc. He was the third from the bottom to play, followed by Lowry at home and defending champion Curry.

Before the game, Green and Kevin Hart played a friendly match, and the two sides drew 12-12, which also eased the tense atmosphere of this year's three-point contest.

Everyone is training in batches, and the time is not long, that is, a back and forth.

Curry followed Xu Xiang, "Xu, this time the championship is still mine." He looked very confident.

Xu Xiang glanced at him like he was holding a stick, "If he remembers correctly, this guy didn't successfully defend his title, but lost to his teammate Clay."

In his previous life, Xu Xiang always felt that he did it on purpose, but now it seems that he shouldn't be, because he really wants to win.

Soon, the trial period was over, and everyone sat back on their seats. Mallory sat behind him with Xu's father and Xu's mother. They all looked very nervous.

The first one to play was Clay. He was wearing his Warriors jersey and was standing in the right corner. His order was from right to left, and the flower ball was in the left corner.

As the exciting music sounded, Clay started!

The first point feels good, 5 of 4 shots, the second point is 5 of 4, and hit the final bouquet, the third point is 5 of 3, and the fourth point is all 5 shots!
The audience burst into cheers. Could it be that the game is about to end before it starts?
It's just a pity that his flower ball shooting was not very good, only 5 of 2, and finally scored 22 points.

This score is quite satisfactory, not too good. In the case of a full score of 34, a score of 23 or above should be considered excellent.

The second player was the bearded Harden. Xu Xiang gave him a high-five. He was the least stressed, because everyone thought before the game that he could not win the championship.

"Come on, James, shoot well!"

Xu Xiang cheered him up.

Because of the style of play, there are not many people who like Harden in the United States. Even in later generations, when he scored 30+ games in a row, some people still questioned him.

Harden flicked his beard and nodded fiercely.

The first point is 5 of 2, the second point is 5 of 4 and hits the bouquet, the third point is his bouquet point, 5 of 3, the fourth point is 5 of 5, and the fifth point is 5 of 2, hitting the bouquet.

In this way, his score came out, hitting 6 balls and scoring a total of 20 points, two points less than Clay.

The people behind are under a lot of pressure. In the case of three people entering the finals, if they want to appear, they must not score less than Harden.

Redick played third, and his bouquet was selected in the right corner.

The three-point shot from the bottom corner is definitely better than the top of the arc, so most people choose the bottom corners on both sides as the ball point, or a 45-degree angle, and rarely choose the top of the arc like Harden and Xu Xiang.

The first and fourth points were all 5 balls, but the flower ball was also not grasped well, and it was also 20 points.

The pressure on the people behind was even greater in an instant.
If you want to qualify this time, you have to score more than 20 points, otherwise you have to play a playoff.

The fourth player to play is the teenager Devin Booker, and his bouquet was selected in the right corner.

The start was not good, and only 2 goals were scored in the first two points, but 4 ball points were scored, which was also 20 points.

The fifth player to play was CJ McCollum, whose flower ball was selected at a 45-degree angle to the left.

The first point was all missed, the third point was all hit, and the bouquet was also good. The final total score was also 20 points!
A dramatic scene appeared!

All the players who participated in the three-point contest were also stunned, laughing and applauding one after another. This is really a new thing. I didn't expect that the first five players actually scored 4 20 points!
Oh my God!

"Ha..." The whole audience was in an uproar. Now, unless the next few players scored more than 20 points, as long as two players scored less than 20 points or equal to 20 points, there would definitely be a rematch.

However, thanks to the emergence of four 4 points, Clay's probability of qualifying has increased a lot, because now he will be kicked out unless the three players who did not appear later all score more than his 20 points, otherwise he will be in the finals. So Xu Xiang congratulated him in advance.

(End of this chapter)