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Chapter 178 Preliminary Results
After not being able to chat with Emma for long, Yang Ke, who was signaled by the on-site staff, trotted back to the bench after giving Emma a parting kiss.

Westbrook was doing warm-up exercises in front of the bench at this time. When he saw Yang Ke trotting over, he rolled his eyes and said angrily, "You kid, you don't know how to keep a low profile. It's rare that you don't know how to show affection and die. Is it fast?"

"I see you are jealous?"

Before Yang Ke could speak, Paul, who was married on the bench, joked with a smile.After all, except for some individual players, most players in the league have a very good relationship in private, especially players in the same position.

"I remember, aren't you chasing a beautiful woman?"

Ross obviously knew a lot of secret events, so he followed suit, but he was also very measured, and his statements were very standard.Did not disclose any important information, but it just aroused other people's gossip psychology.

Westbrook's cheeks are not as thick as usual, his face is not red and his heart is beating, but he said happily: "Isn't there an old saying in Huaguo: A slender lady is a gentleman!"

"Ha ha!"

Smiling and shaking his head, Yang Ke immediately started his warm-up exercise before the skills competition, so as to keep his body at his best.Let the body warm up to prevent accidental injuries during strenuous exercise later.

A moment later, with the whistle of the referee, the skills competition officially began. After guessing the heads and tails of the coin, Yang Ke chose the left track at will. After all, there is no difference between such tracks.

Standing outside the flat landmark line, Yang Ke and Westbrook slightly lowered the center of gravity of their bodies amid the cheers of the audience, with their arms naturally placed, completely ready to sprint.

"The confrontation in this group is wonderful. Both Young and Westbrook are good at speed. The confrontation between them should end soon."

On the commentary stage, Barkley, who had returned to his position, turned his head and looked at his partner, Kenny Smith. He raised his arms and said excitedly, "However, it is because they may end soon that it is exciting!"

Nodding his head, it was rare for Smith to disagree with Barkley's opinion, and he said quickly, "That's right, if a master fights, the winner can be determined in an instant!"

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

"Go! Go!"

While Barkley and Smith were still talking, with the referee's final countdown, Yang Ke and Westbrook rushed out almost at the same time, and they both pushed their speed to the limit in an instant!

"hiss!"

"Wow! This speed!"

"It's really amazing. The speed of the two of them is not weaker than that of a sprinter, right?"

Amidst the sound of air-conditioning and exclamation in the audience, the two people who were running at full speed had a distance. Yang Ke had a slight advantage of more than ten centimeters, leading Westbrook.

This year's skill competition uses one field and two tracks, and two players compete together, so Westbrook and Yang Ke can clearly see each other's progress.

In this way, the competitiveness of the skills competition will undoubtedly increase a lot, and they can both influence and stimulate each other. For Westbrook and Yang Ke, they are undoubtedly the latter.

Really faster than me!
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Yang Ke who was half a body ahead of him on the left, and the corners of Westbrook's mouth rose slightly, and a bloodthirsty light was revealed in his eyes.

It's like a lion seeing a young leopard. It is not only an opponent worthy of all efforts, but also a rare delicacy!
Westbrook immediately increased the speed and rhythm of his strides, squeezing all the energy in his body to the limit. The speed was sped up a little bit, and his whole body almost reached the level of running side by side with Yang Ke.

In the blink of an eye, the two completely passed the obstacle and came to the point of hitting the ground pass. As one of the basic skills of a defender, Yang Ke and Westbrook made no mistakes and passed the pass directly in one pass.

In the following direct passes, layups, and three-point shots, Yang Ke completed them very smoothly, all of which passed steadily in one go, while Westbrook fell on the three-point shot.

In the end, Yang Ke achieved an impressive result of 29.8 seconds, while Westbrook's time was 31.5 seconds, losing to Yang Ke by a small gap and missing the final.

"Hoo! Hoo!"

Panting heavily, although he lost the game, Westbrook was not disappointed, amid the cheers of Yang Ke celebrating in the audience.Walking to Yang Ke with a smile on his face, he stretched out his arms and hugged Yang Ke once.

When they parted later, Westbrook lightly punched Yang Ke in the chest with his fist, and immediately laughed and said, "Yang, your three-pointers are indeed much more accurate than mine!"

"It's just luck!"

Yang Ke was also very happy to defeat such a strong opponent as Westbrook, but when facing such a magnanimous opponent, Yang Ke still subconsciously maintained humility.

"Luck is also part of strength!"

Patting Yang Ke on the shoulder, Westbrook nodded with a smile, raised his eyebrows, and continued, "And I've heard a saying: luck is the words of the strong, and fate is an excuse for the weak!"

"Maybe, let's go back to the bench."

Nodding with a smile, Yang Ke didn't linger on this topic, but put his shoulders on his shoulders, and the two of them walked back to the bench, talking and laughing like friends.

"Is it up to us for the next game?"

Looking at Yang Ke and Westbrook who were walking back step by step, Ross stood on the edge of the venue, listening to the bursts of celebration sounding in his ears, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.Then he turned his head, stared at Curry, and said with a smile, "How about letting me see your power?"

"Right on my mind!"

With his arms hanging casually on his sides, Curry smiled and said very confidently that, as the champion of the last skill challenge, he aims to defend his title this time.

After a while, Rose and Curry exchanged sticks with Yang Ke and Westbrook. With the atmosphere of the audience undiminished, they slowly walked onto the court, took their seats, and prepared for the game.

More than half a minute later, the game ended and it came out. Curry played very steadily, and all the actions were passed in one pass. The final time only took 30.1 seconds.

Rose was also very smooth at the beginning, but he made a mistake when he hit the ground pass for the first time, and it was far away. In the end, it took 32.8 seconds. Compared with the former, it is difficult to escape the fate of being out of the game.

It didn't take long before Paul and Irving in the last group were also divided. Irving was very stable, but Paul seemed to be plagued by bad luck today.

In the game, not to mention the mistakes in Paul's basic ball control, even the pass that he is usually good at, he succeeded after two passes, and it took 42.2 seconds in the end.

In the end, the three players who entered the finals were: Yang Ke, Curry, and Irving, but their order of appearance was just the opposite.

(End of this chapter)