dognovel Chapter 616 You are here to make a fool of yourself [Subscribe]
Chapter 616 You are here to make a fool of yourself [Subscribe]
The day after the rookie game was the competition of several individual events in the All-Star Game. This year, David Stern came up with a brand-new thing on a whim.
Skill Challenge!
This is a game that tests the basic skills of players, including passing, dribbling, layup, shooting and other aspects of the ability, although the game process is very short, but Stern feels that this will be a great new Tournament!
This year, as the first year of the Skills Challenge, David Stern did it personally. Not only did he set high prize money for the champion of the competition, but he also gave a false name of "King of Skills" to stimulate the players to participate in the competition. He even personally called several of the league's top guards and invited them to participate.
In the end, Stern managed to get Jason Kidd, Stephen Marbury, Gary Payton and Allen Iverson to compete.
These four people, from their name to their status, are all at the top of the league, and even their styles are completely different!
Kidd is a master of traditional point guards, 3 points, defense, counterattack, passing, he is almost the ultimate template of a traditional point guard!
Payton was the most popular type of point guard in the 1990s. He was strong, rugged, and good at playing with strength and body, and from time to time he liked to sit in the paint and bully opponents who were shorter than him.
Marbury and Iverson are representatives of a new generation of point guards. They no longer have the shadow of traditional point guards. Passing has become their sideline. In their minds, there is only one thing, that is to get ~ Score! Score! Score!
It can be said that 4 people, 3 completely different styles, and their confrontation in the skill challenge will definitely attract a lot of attention from fans.
At least Stern - thought so.
But Lin Long knows that the Skills Challenge has always been a thing that doesn't attract fans very much, in his memory. The Skills Challenge only debuted at the 2003 All-Star Game, and although he has been here since 2001, Lin Long felt that the lack of fun of the event could not be alleviated by his appearance in any year.
In particular, once the participating players are not in good shape during the game, the game can easily become a scene of hilarious comedians!
Such is the case tonight, for example.
First of all, Kidd, who was the first to play, hit the iron continuously at the two shooting points of 2 and 3 points, and smashed the basket to crooked before finally passing the test.
In the end, he was extremely embarrassed to finish his game when it took more than 1 minute.
With Kidd's thick skin, after finally ending this purgatory game, he also sat down on the field and covered his head with a towel.
So embarrassing!
Never come again!
Just when Kidd was covering himself with a towel, Iverson, who was second on the field, was not doing much better. Iverson, who had never practiced this thing before the game, was a little too excited when he changed direction and passed the obstacle. Lost the dribble... Iverson, who was called the most gorgeous and handsome dribble since Hardaway, actually lost the dribble.
Maybe this kind of thing is even rarer than Kidd making 10 consecutive 3s!
In the end, Iverson only had a score of 55 seconds because of a fumble error.
Marbury, who came on the third, did not learn from the experience of the first two at all!
Instead, he fully carried forward the failure experience of these two. First, he lost 3 shots in a row with 2 points in the middle distance, and then he accidentally dribbled the ball when he passed the obstacle. Finally, Marbury, who was a little out of balance, In the last 3-pointer, he made 5 consecutive shots before finally hitting.
His game time directly exceeded 1 minute and 30 seconds!
This time is really a bit exaggerated.
The audience on the sidelines yawned one after another, feeling boring and nonsensical.
On the contrary, the stars in the front row were all laughing so hard that they couldn't close their mouths.
For them, this is a valuable consultation to bully and ridicule them when chatting with these people in the future!
The performance of Iverson and Marbury also made Kidd happy.
He finally took off the towel from his head and comforted Marbury with a smile, telling him not to take it to heart.
That's what shame is like, as long as someone is with you, it's not a shame!
In the case of the poor performance of the first three players, Gary Payton, the last player to play, finally showed his old stability. Although he is not fast, he wins in stability and ease, and completed all the tasks with ease. The final result was also fixed at 33 seconds, ranking first!
・・・・Seeking flowers.....
The fans at the scene cheered when all the four players finished the game!
This boring game is finally over!
But when the host announced that there would be a final, all the fans were quiet again.
This boring thing, there is still another final?
In the final, Iverson, who played first, finally came up with the level of a super guard in his league, finishing the game in 32 seconds.
It's a pity that he is facing the old-fashioned Peyton. This guy is still not in a hurry or slow, and uses his own unique rhythm to complete a series of obstacles and tasks without appreciation.
In the end, all of Peyton's projects were a success. It only took 29 seconds to complete all the processes and successfully won the first championship of the Skills Challenge!
In the interview after the game, when the host asked Peyton if he would consider protecting his title of 'skill king' next year and defending his title, Peyton did not give face at all. He said, "I won't be participating anymore, I think it's more fun to sit down and watch other people make a fool of themselves.
"Of course, the premise is that if there is still this challenge next year, I feel that this thing is enough for this time!
Payton's words made both the host and Stern in the audience extremely embarrassed. On the contrary, the fans felt that they were poked into the heart by Payton, thinking that what he said was really great! They all shouted excitedly, There were even sporadic shouts of MVP!
However, the fans at this time are far from knowing that their boring tonight has just begun!
After the skill challenge is the 3-point contest. As a repertoire of the All-Star Game, this game has always been tepid. Although there are classic pictures, it is more just to warm up the slam dunk contest.
Immediately after the audience thought that they would be able to watch the most handsome, best-looking, and most exciting dunk, they immediately rejuvenated and cheered the shooters on the court!
In the end, after a series of competitions, Peja, the European sharpshooter from the Spurs, who suddenly emerged as the league's top scorer this season, with 23 points in the preliminaries and 25 points in the final, successfully won 3 points in the All-Star Game. Contest champion! Big.