freeallnovels Chapter 778 277: You ask when the god will descend, the god answers tonight_3
Chapter 778 277: You ask when the god will descend, the god answers tonight_3
"No, I'm just worried you'll break Michael Jordan's record in the Three-point Contest.""Don't be ridiculous, Ronnie. Even if I shoot with my eyes closed, I can't do worse than that 'bald egg.'"
Since February started, Qin Yue, feeling his touch smooth as ever, firmly believes he will bring back the Three-point Contest champion trophy he has longed for from Houston.
Besides being once again the undisputed top pick in the All-Star Weekend voting, Qin Yue also saw Gerald Wallace make it into the All-Star Weekend's reserve roster this year.
However, on the day the NBA officially announced the starting and reserve lists for the Eastern and Western All-Star teams, Curry, who was nursing an injury, became completely withdrawn.
Why did Curry become withdrawn?
Because the current league is in an era of Eastern strength and Western weakness.
Aside from Paul and Parker, the West has no other standout super guards, so the judges had no choice but to select the relatively unknown Mike Conley as a reserve for the Western All-Star Team this year.
In Curry's view, if he hadn't been injured, even if he couldn't compete against Paul for a starting spot, he could at least have secured a spot as an All-Star reserve.
But since reality doesn't allow for "what-ifs"...
Curry naturally can only wait until the next season to participate in the All-Star Weekend as a star player.
On February 16, the 2013 NBA All-Star Weekend officially kicked off in Houston.
In the Rookie Challenge, which began first, Barkley Team defeated O'Neal Team for a second consecutive year.
Furthermore, the Barkley Team set a record for the highest single-game score in the Rookie Challenge with 164 points.
Of course, in this match, the reason for O'Neal Team's crushing defeat was mainly due to O'Neal's retaliatory player selection in the previous draft.
Why was O'Neal's selection retaliatory?
Because O'Neal picked Irving, Walker, Lillard, and Klay for his team, he was left with Tyler Zeller to play center.
What, you don't know who Tyler Zeller is?
Exactly.
Because during the draft, Barkley intentionally left all the elite guards for O'Neal, and had already selected quality big men like "Brother Nong Mei" Davis, "Half-Beastman" Faried, Tristan Thompson, and Nikola Vucevic into his own team.
Moreover, in the guard department, Barkley also picked up the highly cost-effective "Strongest 175 on Earth" Little Thomas, Rubio, who was disliked by O'Neal for not being good at shooting, and Bradley Beal.
On the wing, the Barkley Team also boasts the "New Eagle King" Kawhi Leonard.
Just curious, with this lineup that looks good to no one but Cole, how could O'Neal Team defeat the Barkley Team, which is balanced and strong inside?
Qin Yue's close manager Evans commented on this Rookie Challenge: "Could Shaq have picked so many guards because he couldn't shoot threes and always wanted to team up with super guards during his career?"
Hearing this, Qin Yue laughed and said: "Then according to you, Charles picked so many tall players because his short stature was a disadvantage in his playing days?"
Barkley Team slaughtered O'Neal Team in the Rookie Challenge relying on a huge inside advantage.
And on the 17th, whether Qin Yue can achieve a personal NBA All-Star Weekend single event Grand Slam in the Three-point Contest has become the focus of global attention.
On the event day, in the Skills Challenge, which took place first, Lillard defeated Holiday with a finals time of 29.8 seconds.
Immediately after, Qin Yue, who appeared at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, instantly ignited the entire arena.
However, in the preliminary round, the extremely confident Qin Yue only scored 17 points.
Fortunately, the GOAT's assessment of the strength of the Three-point Contest competitors was spot on.
Given that Paul George only managed 10 points and Kyle Lowry 14 in the preliminaries...
Although the GOAT's preliminary performance wasn't great, since the other competitors insisted on letting the GOAT 'sneak' into the finals, the GOAT gladly accepted the ticket to the Three-point Contest finals.
In the finals, Qin Yue, who had the worst preliminary score, went first.
Before the match, Huang Xudong, who had gained a bit of fame in China, commented on social media: "There's no way Great Qin will win. I'll just be thankful if he doesn't perform too poorly in the finals."
Then, I don't know if it was that mysterious power from the distant East...
Starting with the first ball, Qin Yue, feeling no distractions, hit five consecutive threes from the right corner, the spot where he has the highest career shooting percentage.
In the end, missing only twice from the first three shooting spots, Qin Yue concluded his Three-point Contest finals performance with an impressive score of 27 points.
It wasn't until the match ended that Qin Yue, who had been focused on shooting, realized that all the fans in the arena were standing for him.
The crowd in Houston passionately chanted "GOAT, GOAT."
On the sideline, Qin Yue's teammate Wallace held his head in awe and remarked, "This is definitely the best shooting I've seen from him since I met him."
This is the charm of the NBA single event.
Qin Yue doesn't need to shoot this well every time.
He just needs to perform well once in the finals to win the Three-point Contest champion trophy he's dreamed of.
George R. Brown Convention Center.
Qin Yue's outstanding performance led to fellow finalists Kyrie Irving and Steve Novak both experiencing shooting mishaps in their subsequent matches.