Rebirth of Hayes Cyclone

Chapter 207 [Stay in the limelight again, skill challenge! 】

The All-Star Weekend has entered its second day.After gaining experience, Hayes did not go to the arena early like last year, but only appeared when the audience was full, killing countless films in seconds.

Magic Johnson was sitting in the ESPN broadcast booth, waving at Hayes, Hayes walked over, Johnson said: "Chuck, the skills challenge must be won."

"I also want to win, but it depends on whether those three players make mistakes. I am at a disadvantage in speed." Hayes said.

"Fancy passing. Didn't Los Angeles practice this? If you let go of your movements, you can increase your speed." Johnson said.

Today Hayes is going to participate in the technical challenge, and people want to see what will happen if an inside player compares skills with guards.Hayes made a fool of himself in the three-point contest last season, and today everyone wants to see him break the record for the worst performance in the skills challenge.

After chatting with Johnson and Joan Barry, Hayes went to the other side of the T*NT commentary booth and greeted Barkley, Smith, Miller and others.

This time, Barkley sat honestly in the auditorium, and there was no entertainment such as racing.He is struggling with who to hack in this All-Star game.Originally, he wanted to use Kobe and Gasol's "thigh hugging" incident as an issue, but it was not easy for Kobe to come to the game with a finger injury...

Reggie Miller also chatted with Hayes, and the legendary three-pointer suggested that he go out and shoot more three-pointers.There are too few three-pointers this season, which is a waste of ability.

In addition to several major TV stations in the United States, the court Wutai also sent Yu Jia and Zhang Lili to serve as on-site commentators.

The first project to be conducted is the All-Star Mixed Shooting Game.

The specific rules of the mixed shooting game are as follows: the game includes six shooting positions, followed by a 10-yard shot from the right, a 15-yard shot from the left, a three-point shot from the top of the arc, an 18-yard shot from the right bottom corner, a three-point shot from the left, and a three-point shot from the left. Half court shot.Three people shoot separately, and the next person can only shoot after the previous person makes a shot. The winner is determined through a round of competition. The team that can complete the shot in the shortest time will win the championship.

There are four teams participating in the All-Star Mixed Shooting Game, and each team consists of an active NBA player, a WNBA player and a retired NBA star.The three players made a total of 6 goals in different positions in turn, and the team with the shortest time won the championship.This year's Star Shootout teams are defending champions Detroit, Chicago, Phoenix and San Antonio.
The San Antonio team, which once won the 25.1 Shooting Contest with a record time of 2006 seconds, beat the other three teams to win the championship with a time of 35.8 seconds.

Participants include 10-time NBA All-Star and three-time NBA Finals MVP Tim Duncan, four-time WNBA All-Star Silver Star guard Becky Harmon and two-time NBA Champion, NBA 50 David Robinson, one of the greatest players.

The second item is the skills challenge that Hayes participated in.

Wutai Yu Jia said: "This season O'Neal was not selected for the All-Star Game, which is a great pity for the fans. O'Neal is like Zhao Benshan. He didn't play the All-Star Game just like Zhao Benshan didn't go to the Spring Festival Gala. The fans collectively called for O'Neal yesterday. , but the big shark can only sit in the audience."

Zhang Lili said: "O'Neal has not played very well this season, and it is difficult for fans to vote for him. This year's funny task falls on Hayes' shoulders. Let's see if he can participate in the skills competition within 1 minute. Finished?"

Yu Jia said: "I hope he won't delay the next three-pointer contest." (Do you underestimate Hai Ye too much?)
The Skills Challenge was first introduced at All-Star Weekend in Atlanta in 2003 to showcase the passing, dribbling and shooting skills of the best point guards in the league.The competition is divided into two stages: preliminaries and finals. Four players complete dribbling, passing and shooting in a field with various obstacles. The one who spends the least time in the final is the champion.

Deron Williams was the first to play in the preliminaries. He completed the first few passes well, but wasted a little time on shooting, and finally took 31.2 seconds.

Paul, who played second, had a little trouble passing the ball, but it went very smoothly after that. After a layup, it took only 29.2 seconds.

Wade, the third player, missed the ball while dribbling. He also failed to make 5 mid-range shots. He also had trouble with the second pass. He took the most time, 53.9 seconds, and missed the final.

In order to better liven up the atmosphere, Hayes was the last player to play.

After seeing the performance of Paul and Deron, Hayes had no idea.Both guys are so fast, it's going to be hard for him to make it to the finals.Competing skills with defenders, losing is not something to be ashamed of.Hayes waved toward the audience, and the fans immediately applauded enthusiastically.No one thinks Hayes will make it to the finals, but people like to support upsets.

However, Hayes immediately surprised people. Hayes didn't care about winning or losing, so he was very open when doing moves.All his actions in the preliminaries were completed at one time.With no mistakes, he was 0.1 seconds faster than Deron, advancing to the final with a time of 31.1 seconds.

Yu Jia said: "Hayes did it without making a single mistake. He even made it to the final."

Zhang Lili said: "This is because Hayes has a good mentality. The other three are too fast and unstable. Hayes' rhythm is more reasonable."

The first person to play in the final was Chris Paul. He was under a lot of pressure, but he didn't think he would lose to Hayes. Hayes completed the action in one go, and it took more than 30 seconds. As long as there was a mistake, That's it.

At this time, Deron stepped forward and said: "Chris, if we three guards participate in the skills challenge and let Hayes win the championship in the end, it will be a failure. You must win!"

Paul thought: I really can't fail, this is the honor of defending the defender.

Wade also smiled and said, "Chris, this is your home game, you can't be ashamed in front of the old folks in your hometown."

Paul thought to himself: If I lose to Hayes, how can I be worthy of the home fans who support me?I, Paul, have no face to see Jiangdong's elders! (Where did you come from?)

Finally, Hayes said: "Come on! Chris. Don't make mistakes, because I will never make mistakes. I did nothing but practice this summer in Los Angeles."

Practiced this thing in Los Angeles for two months?How can it be?Are you born to participate in the All-Star Skills Challenge?Paul's confidence began to waver, although he guessed that Hayes might be lying too. (It’s also guesswork? It’s just nonsense.)
Amidst the cheers and cheers of the audience, Paul started.He first took the ball and made a layup easily, and the dribbling was also very smooth. When passing the ball through, Paul made two mistakes; then he shot from the top of the arc. Long-distance shooting is not a strong point, and now he is under a lot of pressure, misses again, and it takes three times to make the ball; Paul has another pass pass in the third position; A throw was used in the layup, but it missed again, which increased the time.It took 48.2 seconds in the end.

"It's bad. Paul played out of order today. Three guards and one power forward played, the pressure was too much. I remember he also shot three times at the top of the arc last season. But Kobe made consecutive misses and Paul won. He It is very difficult to beat Hayes with this score." Zhang Lili said.

Yu Jia laughed and said, "Sooner or later you have to pay it back. Hayes laughed so hard that he couldn't get up from his seat, and he laughed normally. Judging by Paul's results, unless the Leifeng Pagoda collapses and the West Lake dries up, he will be the champion." He must have taken it."

In Los Angeles, Hayes practiced the passing game much more difficult than the skills challenge.Because I practice coordination at the same time, I always pass the ball in tricks and pass the ball into the passing basket in various ways.Now that Paul's grades are so poor, Hayes has no pressure and is ready to perform well.

He first scored the first goal with a one-handed reverse dunk.Then he dribbled the ball upfield and put the ball in the basket with a back pass.Then quite arrogantly took the ball and turned around and hit the ground with his crotch to pass the ball, which was also a success.

"It's so unreasonable. Such a pass is completed in one go! Hayes seems to have got the magician's true pass." Zhang Reasonable shouted.

Many spectators in the stadium stood up and cheered, and now they all hope that Hayes can complete the skill competition once.Look at how fast this post player who averaged 12 rebounds per game can go.

Hayes also made an easy shot in the middle, and then completed a direct pass with one hand. After dribbling the ball around the obstacle, Hayes dunked the basketball with one hand and scored.This time the time was greatly shortened, taking only 29.7 seconds.

Hayes' speed was not fast, but he completed all the moves with zero mistakes, and also played tricks, which shocked a group of spectators. The champion deserved his name.

Ye Li, who was sitting with Gao Tongxuan, also stood up and applauded.Sighed: "It's so handsome, when will our family Yao Ming be able to be so popular once."

If Yao Ming participated in the Skills Challenge, it would definitely be more cool than this.

When the host interviewed Hayes, the first sentence asked: "Chuck, have you ever thought about playing point guard?"

"I'm a point forward, and if the team needs me to play point guard, I'll do it too." Hayes laughed.

Hayes was once again in the limelight.The skill challenge was not as attractive as the three-point contest and the slam dunk contest, but Hayes won the championship and brought the atmosphere to a small climax.

Then came the three-point shootout.

Kobe Bryant withdrew due to a finger injury, and Dirk Nowitzki replaced him.The six contestants are: Richard Hamilton (Detroit Pistons), defending champion Jason Kapono (Toronto Raptors), Steve Nash (Phoenix Suns), Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas Jr. Bull), Peja Stojakovic (New Orleans Hornets) and Daniel Gibson (Cleveland Cavaliers), who made six 6-pointers in the rookie contest.

There is no suspense in this three-point contest.Kapono scored 20 points in the preliminaries and won the championship easily with 25 points in the final.Gibson, who ranks second, hit 17 points both times.

Finally, the highlight of the day was the dunk contest.

The defending champion Gerald Green, Rudy Gay of the Memphis Grizzlies, former Cavaliers player Shannon Brown, who is now transferred to the Bulls, and German from the Orlando Magic who participated in the 2007 dunk contest participated in the dunk contest. White Howard.

Hayes remembered that it was Jamalio Moon who participated in the slam dunk contest in his previous life.But Moon could only get very little playing time in each game of the Bobcats, and did not attract people's attention, so the person invited by the league became Shannon Brown, who had many wonderful dunk performances in the Cavaliers.

Unlike previous years, the rules of this year's dunk contest have changed.The game is still played in two rounds, with two dunks per round.The two players with the highest total scores in the first round enter the finals. In the finals, each player has to complete two dunks. The champion is decided by netizens through online voting.

Shannon Brown's jumping ability is outstanding. He threw the ball himself in the first dunk, and scored 360 points in the "50-degree Statue of Liberty" dunk. Unfortunately, the second dunk lacked creativity, and he only scored 42 points in the mid-air dunk.

"Warcraft" Dwight Howard conquered the audience with a funny Superman dunk, defeated the defending champion Green, and became the biggest dunk king in NBA history.

(End of this chapter)