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Chapter 164 The Strongest Three-Point Shootout Contest in History ([-]) (Today's first update)
After Wang Dalin shot the highest score in the history of the three-pointer contest, the arena in the "First United Center" was full of joy, and the fans stood up spontaneously and gave him warm applause. The host took a long time to greet them before calming them down again.

Wang Dalin sat on the sidelines and rubbed his right arm. He didn't think that he was a champion. In history, there were many cases where he scored high in the first round of the three-point shootout and ended up pulling his hips in the second round.

Just like the Greg Hodges who kept the record before, after he scored 1986 points in the first round in 25, didn't he pull his hips in the second round?Otherwise, how could Larry Bird pretend to be successful that year?
The extra match between Peja and Persson started. The two had the same first-round results, so Persson still took the lead.

I don't know if it was affected by Wang Dalin's high score. Persson obviously lacked confidence when shooting, and he didn't maintain a good shooting rhythm...so he stretched his hips and only scored 14 points in the end.

In contrast, Peja obviously has a much calmer mind. His shooting movements are still meticulous, and his lightly jumping "heavy shot" is more suitable for the occasion of the three-point contest, and his shooting stability is very high.

Sure enough, after 1 minute passed, Peja scored 20 points again, and the feeling was too stable!

This is the case in the three-point shooting contest. Sometimes when the players in front shoot high scores, the players who play behind will often perform abnormally due to excessive pressure.

But when the players in front cast low scores, the players in the back are naturally relaxed, and it is easy to shoot good results.

Of course... there are also those who feel infected, so it's a bit of a tragedy!
So far, the three players who have advanced to the second round of this year's three-point shooting contest have been determined, namely Peja, "Gentleman Lei" and Wang Dalin.

Peja seized the time to knead his arm. He threw two waves in the first round, which was undoubtedly the one that consumed the most. Moreover, he was going to be the first to play in the upcoming final round, so he was indeed a little tired.

His big brother Chris Webber on the Kings kept cheering him on and even came to the sidelines to give him a massage himself.

The whistle sounded, and the final round of the game finally began.

Peja raised his bow and raised his hand to shoot, one after another, neither fast nor slow, and scored 5 points on 3 of 4 shots at the first point... Fortunately, he made a bouquet at this point.

At the second point, Peja's touch is still very good, and he made another 5 of 3 shots, and he made another shot at this point... Another 4 points!
Peja was overjoyed. The third point was obviously better. He made 5 of 4 shots and scored a bouquet... After three points, he had already scored 13 points. As long as the last two points do not stretch his hips, it is estimated that he will score more than 20 points!

Ray Allen, who was sitting on the sidelines, did not change his expression, but there was obviously something wrong with his eyes.

As mentioned earlier, when a player in front shoots a high score, the player who plays later is easily influenced by him.Under tremendous psychological pressure, even the "elementary school student" in later generations stretched his hips, let alone "Gentleman Lei"?
After Peja's mentality was relaxed, his state improved again. The fourth point came in a full hit, and he had already scored 19 points!

Webb cheered him loudly from the sidelines. Many people in the audience had already stood up. They were looking forward to Peja's high score... Even if he couldn't catch up with Wang Dalin, he still had a chance to equal Greg Hodges' record of 25 points.

Peja's last point was still very stable, and all the first 4 balls were hit, but the last bouquet was a little shorter, and he only scored 23 points in the end... Of course, this is already a pretty good result, and most of the time he is fully qualified to win the championship!
"Huh...huh...huh..."

After returning to the sidelines and sitting down, Peja was already panting heavily. He had already cast three rounds tonight, and the consumption was indeed a bit high.

But fortunately, he has already finished the competition, and all that remains is to sit on the sidelines and quietly enjoy the performances of his opponents.

The audience gave Peja warm applause. This excellent shooter dedicated three rounds of high-quality shooting performances tonight. He deserves the respect of everyone present.

It was Ray Allen's turn. The boss of the Bucks came to the right corner and signaled the timing referee to start at any time.

Although Peja's outstanding performance has brought him tremendous pressure, but..."Gentleman Lei"'s big heart is also well-known!

"beep……"

With the sound of the whistle, Ray Allen started to shoot quickly. He didn't deliberately slow down the tempo like in the previous round. Instead, as usual, he shot every shot very fast.

In fact, Ray Allen deliberately slowed down his shooting rhythm in the first round. It is not necessarily a good thing. Every good shooter has his own shooting rhythm. When you deliberately change the rhythm, it is likely to bring counterproductive effects.

Ray Allen's performance in this round was significantly better than the previous round. He scored 14 points in three points, and made all 5 shots in the second point.

The fourth point was another wave of 5 shots, and he scored 20 points before the last point... It was obvious that he was about to get a very high score, and he might even tie Wang Dalin's scoring record.

The audience climaxed again. Every time Ray Allen threw a ball, they would follow with a shout. This rhythm was perfectly coordinated!

Following the "beat" of the audience, Ray Allen also performed quite well in the last point, but unfortunately he missed the first ordinary goal, and unfortunately only scored 25 points in the end, failing to tie Wang Dalin's record.

In the final round, one scored 23 points and the other scored 25 points. This year's three-point contest is really a fight between gods. There has never been a three-point contest that has reached such a fierce level of competition.

The strongest three-pointer contest in history... It really is terrifying!
Wang Dalin was also very surprised, because he knew that Peja was the champion of this time and space three-point shooting contest, but Ray Allen only scored 14 points in the first round and was eliminated early.

Peja, Persson and Nash should have advanced to the final round. Among them, Nash scored 18 points in the final round, Peja and Persson both scored 19 points and tied again, and then they experienced a round of playoffs.

After a 30-second extra game, Peja finally scored 9 points, while Persson only scored 5 points. Peja won the championship with difficulty...Of course, this is a 30-second extra game, so you can’t compare Persson’s 5 points with Jordan’s 5 points!
But in this life, I don't know if it was the butterfly effect brought by Wang Dalin. Ray Allen not only successfully advanced with 22 points, but also scored 25 points in the final round!

Wang Dalin even wondered if it was because the "Hanging Force System" was deliberately making it more difficult for him... In this era when the three-point shot has not been vigorously developed, this is a bit too unscientific, right?
Tucao is back to Tucao, the game still has to continue... Wang Dalin took off his jacket and stood up, and the audience immediately gave him enthusiastic applause and cheers.

It was only now that people were pleasantly surprised to find out... This guy scored 26 points in the first round to break the record, and he never took off his coat!
This is too scary, right?
When Larry Bird won the championship in the early years, he only wore a short-sleeved Celtics training uniform, while Wang Dalin wore a long-sleeved jacket...

People can't help but think of Brent Barry's amazing dunk in 1996. At that time, he was wearing a jacket when he jumped from the free throw line and gliding for a dunk. He didn't unzip the jacket until he landed. The T-shirt inside had the words "White People Can Fly" impressively printed on it!
What does Wang Dalin want to do?
Could it be that there is something inside his coat?

"Yellow people can also vote"?
Hmm...isn't this a bit too embarrassing?
Amid the warm applause from the audience, Wang Dalin silently walked to the bottom left corner, and he was more used to starting from this side.

The host once again picked up the microphone to greet the audience. It was too noisy for them to keep applauding, and Wang Dalin couldn't start at all.

The scene finally gradually quieted down. Wang Dalin nodded to the timing referee. With a "beep" whistle, Wang Dalin let out a long breath, grabbed the ball and shot immediately... "Dang!"

The first ball was missed, but Wang Dalin's expression didn't change a bit, he immediately threw the second ball with a firm gaze... "Dang!"

Still didn't make it in... the audience already let out a sigh of regret.

The audience knew very well that the full score was only 30 points. Wang Dalin missed consecutive shots as soon as he came up. If he wanted to surpass Ray Allen, or at least tie with Ray Allen... he could only miss 23 more balls from the next 3 balls, and they had to be ordinary balls!

"call……"

Wang Dalin breathed out and continued to shoot... "Shua... Shua... Shua!"

He made three consecutive shots and scored 4 points in the first point, which is not bad.

The second point, which is 45 degrees to the left, is the most inaccurate point for Wang Dalin.According to the internal statistics of the Pistons, Wang Dalin's shooting percentage at this point is not even 40%... Of course, this is the shooting percentage in the game.

Da Ben frowned and his expression was serious. As Wang Dalin's sworn brother and an expert on offensive rebounding in the team, he knew the shooting habits of everyone on the team inside out, so he certainly knew that Wang Dalin was not very accurate on this point.

but……

"Shua... Shua... Shua... Shua... Shua..."

Wang Dalin performed super-level at this point, and he directly made a wave of 5 shots. In addition to the 3 shots after the first point, he has scored 8 goals in a row.

"Shua... Shua... Shua... Shua... Shua..."

At the top of the three-point arc, another wave of 5 shots was made. Wang Dalin's consecutive hits reached 13 goals, and his score quickly rose to 16 points.

Compared with Ray Allen's 14 points in the first three points, Wang Dalin's late start was even better.

As Wang Dalin began to make consecutive shots, the audience began to "beat" him like just now. It seems that the fans in Philadelphia are very musical... Well, in fact, in the three-point contest, no matter where the fans are, this is the case!

Ray Allen narrowed his eyes. When he saw that Wang Dalin missed two shots in front of him, he thought that his 23 points had put a lot of pressure on Wang Dalin, which caused him to play inaccurately. He didn't expect that those two missed shots were completely Wang Dalin's normal misses.

Even a super shooter like Ray Allen can't help sighing in his heart... It's terrible to score 13 goals in a row!

Wang Dalin's consecutive hit record continued, and he scored two consecutive goals at the fourth point, and finally missed the third goal.

He made 5 of 4 shots at this point, and his score has reached 21 points. As long as he gets 4 points in the last point, he can tie Ray Allen's score.

4 points can be 4 ordinary balls, or 2 ordinary balls plus 1 flower ball, so... as long as Wang Dalin can make a flower ball, even if the previous ordinary balls miss 2, it is acceptable.

but……

"Shua... Shua... Shua... Shua... Shua..."

Wang Dalin directly made all 5 shots to seal the victory, defeating Ray Allen without a goal to win the championship of this year's three-point shooting competition, and broke the new record he just created tonight.

When Wang Dalin threw the last bouquet, the audience immediately erupted. They stood up and applauded, cheered, and screamed...you can imagine how excited these Philadelphia fans were.

They witnessed the birth of a great record, and also witnessed the birth of the strongest three-pointer contest champion in history... 27 points!"That's crazy" in an American way!
After Wang Dalin shot, he looked at the timer. There were 2.3 seconds left, which showed that his shooting speed in this round was almost perfect, almost no time wasted, and the rhythm was just right... When Ray Allen finished his shot just now, his time was 5.8 seconds left!

Seeing Wang Dalin walking slowly to the sidelines, all the contestants in this year's three-point contest stood up and applauded him. Nash smiled and patted his buttocks and said, "Good boy, you are very good!"

Peja gave him a thumbs up with a smile on his face. He really admired Wang Dalin's performance tonight.

Walking in front of Ray Allen, Wang Dalin smiled and said, "Sorry, I won tonight!"

Ray Allen smiled and said, "You deserve it, congratulations!"

With such a high score of 25 points, Wang Dalin could still shoot a higher score. Ray Allen was really convinced that he lost.

After the game, the staff got busy. While taking away the racks and balls, they cleaned up all the ribbons and fluorescent sheets cast by the audience.

The host invited Larry Bird, the winner of the three-point shooting contest for three consecutive times, to be the guest of honor... Originally, their plan was to invite Mark Price. Anyway, these famous players in the three-point shooting contest are all on the scene, so they are free to invite anyone.

It's just that "Forcing the King" obviously has a strong desire to appear on the scene tonight, so he took the initiative to ask to be the award presenter. His original words were quite arrogant-"Besides me, who else do you think is qualified to present the award to Darling-Wang?"

Of course, the No. [-] small forward in NBA history is indeed qualified to be so arrogant... Before LeBron James landed in the NBA, Bird was the No. [-] small forward in history. This is recognized by everyone!
When he came to the center of the court, Bird patted Wang Dalin on the shoulder with a smile and said: "Young man, you are really good, you have the same demeanor as I did back then!"

Wang Dalin smiled and said, "Thank you for your compliment, senior!"

Wang Dalin really admires this guy who is the most pretentious in the league... Pretentiousness must be genuine, otherwise wouldn't he often fall into the situation of "pretending to be slapped in the face"?

Bird has been playing aggressively in the NBA for more than ten years and has rarely been slapped in the face, which shows that he does have the ability to act aggressively!

After receiving the golden trophy from Bird, Wang Dalin raised the trophy high with one hand, and the audience burst into cheers.

This night, the applause of the 20000 spectators in the "First United Center" belonged to only one person, and the star-studded lights in the entire Philadelphia also belonged to only one person...that is Wang Dalin!
The audience doesn't even care about the upcoming slam dunk contest anymore, even though this year's slam dunk contest is actually quite exciting.

The preliminaries of this year's slam dunk contest adopted the method of extracting the dunk moves of legendary superstars... One thing to say, this trick is really quite a gimmick.

Players need to extract the classic action of a certain legendary superstar by turning the turntable, and then reproduce this classic action on the court.

For example, Gerald Wallace had the misfortune to get "Dr. J"'s free throw line to take off and dunk. Although he successfully completed this dunk, the gracefulness of his movements is beyond praise.

Jason Richardson surprised everyone with a 360-degree mid-air twist dunk with one-armed tomahawk. Although this dunk was somewhat different from Carter's first dunk in 2000, it was no less exciting than his dunk.

This rookie from the Golden State Warriors showed everyone his amazing jumping ability, and his ability to stay in the air and physical coordination are also excellent, even as good as the "half man, half god" two years ago.

After this buckle, the attention of the audience finally shifted from Wang Dalin... Until this moment, people realized that Wang Dalin was not the only one who amazed the audience tonight!

Richardson's second dunk was even more exciting. He first threw the ball from outside the left three-point line, then quickly followed up and took off.

Faced with such a slam dunk, the audience and the five judges were obviously completely conquered. They all raised their 10 points and warmly welcomed the birth of the new slam dunk king.

In his previous life, Wang Dalin was also very impressed with Jason Richardson, the dunker. He knew that this guy would make a comeback and successfully defend his title next year.

And in next year's slam dunk contest, Richardson's dunk will be more difficult than tonight's two dunks. Many people even think that his dunk ability is not worse than Carter's, but he is too low-key, so he is not well known by the fans.

All in all, Wang Dalin thinks that he is a great dunker who is seriously underestimated... yes, a great dunker!
After the slam dunk contest, tonight's game finally came to an end, everyone at the scene gradually dispersed, and Wang Dalin and Daben also returned to the hotel together.

Tomorrow morning, they will also participate in the pre-match practice of the Eastern All-Star Team, so the two of them did not delay, and went back to their rooms to rest...

(End of this chapter)