Compared with last year's offseason, Rachel's perspective on speaking and asking questions has become much more mature.

Unlike most female reporters, Rachel is definitely not a vase with a shame, after all, she was once an excellent basketball player.

It is precisely because of this characteristic that Rachel's fame has soared this season. After becoming famous due to an exclusive interview with Link during the offseason, Rachel began to attract fans crazily.

Nowadays, she has a great reputation in the journalist circle. Therefore, not only fans, but also many players are eager to cooperate with her.

Durant is undoubtedly one of them. He has been paying attention to this sweet-looking female reporter for a long time. I heard that Rui is coming to interview the Western Conference Stars forward today, Durant is still looking forward to it.

Little did he know that Rachel actually ran to Link directly

The interview was not long, but Link and Rachel had a very pleasant chat. The two were friends, so they didn't have much gap between each other and the conversation was very smooth.

After the interview, Link found that Durant had left the training hall. I don’t know where the dark-bellied guy went to secretly curse himself.

The interview with Rachel was just a small episode. For the rest of today, except for attending press conferences and fans Jia Lianhua, Link was practicing three-pointers and trying to keep his feel.

During training, Link scored all the goals and scored 30 points. But in training, it was normal to do this. Curry could still make more than 90 shots in 100. As a result, in the three-point competition, Curry's highest score was only 27 points, and it was under the rule of 34 points in the future.

Among all the players participating in the three-point competition, only Link is the one who practices the most diligently. As Kobe said, Link is also very competitive, but he is just secretly competing.

Time finally came to night, and today's highlight, NBA individual competitions finally began.

The first thing to start was the Shooting Star Competition. The attention of this game is not as high as the next three events, mainly because this game is composed of NBA stars, wnba stars, celebrities or ordinary people participating in the competition, and the entertainment nature is greater than the competitive nature.

After the Shooting Star Competition, it is a Skills Challenge. This year's Skills Challenge are still all part of defenders, but Link knows that in no time, more and more comprehensive big players will also appear in this event.

In the end, the "French sports car" Tony Parker was still old and won the championship in the Skills Challenge.

After that, Link felt nervous because the three-point competition he had been preparing for for a long time was about to begin!

"This year, the lineup of the three-point competition is still very strong. The most highly-watched player is undoubtedly Link. This is his first time participating in the three-point competition and he is also the one with the least qualifications among all the contestants. I am very looking forward to what kind of performance he can perform in the competition."

Before the game started, Kenny Smith and Barkley brought the topic to Link. This shows that his popularity is really different from before.

"No matter how Link performs, I bet that his performance can surpass Michael Jordan, hahahaha!" Barkley smiled wickedly. Every year in the All-Star three-point competition, he will inevitably have to start playing with Jordan.

In the 1990 NBA All-Star three-point competition, Jordan scored only 5 points in 25 attempts. This record has not been broken yet and is still the lowest score record in the three-point competition.

Just one move, he made a record that could not be broken. Jordan deserves to be the god of basketball.

"Indeed, Link's shooting has always been very stable, and he rarely has sudden poor feel. This is related to his hard training. It is said that Link spends a lot of time every day to maintain the feel. Therefore, every game, as long as the team needs it, he can stand up."

"That's right, even if it's a pass, you can pass the ball directly into the basket! It's worthy of being a man who successfully scored 2 points after a pass mistake."

"Hahahahahahaha!"

If Link heard that he was teased again, he would probably have the desire to die.

After stepping into the court, Link felt a sense of oppression. So many fans, so many top pitchers, and shooting in such a short time in this environment is really different from shooting on the training ground, and even shooting in regular games.

No wonder, every year there are always several shooters who fail in the three-point competition.

When everyone warmed up, Link had the most reporters around him. He attracted much attention and everyone hoped that Link would win the championship in one fell swoop. Invisibly, this also increased Link's pressure.

Link’s strategy is very simple, that is, you must not be in a hurry. Especially when you shoot a ball, you must not take action in a hurry. Sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing to take action too quickly. As long as there is no special situation, the shooting time is generally enough.

During the warm-up, Link found that defending champion James Jones' shooting percentage was so high that the Nets' rolling sound never stopped.

James Jones has a mediocre career experience, and he relies on three-pointers to travel around the league.

It seems that today, Jones will become a very powerful opponent.

After a brief warm-up, the game officially began. Durant also watched the game on the sidelines. The league originally invited him to participate in the three-point competition this year, but he refused.

If you had known that Link would replace Joe Johnson in the competition, Durant would definitely not refuse! The three-point competition is not interesting, but it would be very interesting to compete with Link for the championship!

If a beautiful reporter can't beat you, three points will always beat you!

Unfortunately, Durant can only sit in the audience now and pray that Link's opponents will perform better.

At the beginning of the preliminary round, the first appearance was Heat point guard Chalmos. He scored 18 points from the beginning, which was considered a very high start.

Next was Anthony Morrow's appearance. He scored only 14 points in a round, and basically couldn't escape the fate of being eliminated.

Third, it’s finally Link’s turn!

The moment he came on the court, the cheers in the stadium reached. Now he is definitely the most popular basketball player in Memphis, no doubt about it.

"Link is here, I just hope he doesn't break Michael Jordan's 5-point record."

Link's heart was beating wildly. He stood next to the basketball, putting his hand on his chest, ready to start picking up the ball at any time.

I didn’t expect that such entertainment events would put so much pressure on players.

However, Link tried hard to adjust his breathing. If he was nervous, his shot would definitely be inaccurate.

"Beep~" the electronic beep sounded, and Link got the first ball and quickly shot it out.

Everyone was ready to cheer, but the first shot that Link threw actually hit the iron!

"Fuck!" Link cursed inwardly, then shot the second ball, still iron!

"Is this challenging Jordan?" Barkley shouted loudly, and Jordan said that he wanted to hit someone after hearing this.

Link realized that he had to take action, so he began to adjust the third ball. As a result, Link scored all three balls in the first position, and scored 4 points with the ball!

When he reached 45°, Link continued to hit continuously! All the first four balls were hollowed into the net, but the last ball was not shot, and it was still 4 points.

The top of the arc is Link's favorite position. He directly scored all the shots, 7 points!

"Awesome, Link scored 15 points after three shots!" Kenny Smith knew that Link would not disappoint!

But as the shooting time became less and less, Link did not perform as well in the last two positions, and he was still too anxious. In the end, he scored 21 points and ended the preliminary round.

After the ball, Link shook his head in annoyance. If the last two points were stabilized, he would definitely get a higher score. It seemed that he was not particularly satisfied with his performance.

But all the players and fans watching the game stood up and cheered for Link, because 21 points is the highest score so far today! Those who can score more than 20 points are amazing!

"Link raised the passing line again! He scored 21 points in one fell swoop, and Anthony Moro is bound to be eliminated!"

After Link, there were two big guys, Ryan Anderson and Love. They scored 17 points and each scored 18 points, but they didn’t score 20. It seems that Link doesn’t have an opponent this year!

Finally, defending champion James Jones appeared. People are not optimistic about Jones, after all, he has too little time to play this season, and God knows how he is in his current state.

As a result, Jones, who was considered to be the least chance, went up and beat Link, surpassing 21 points, and scored 22 points with only 3 goals and the highest record in history!

"James Jones, a great three-point shooter! His shooting is like a perfect shot, and he can always find the position of the basket! We thought Link, who scored 21 points, was well-deserved first, but the defending champion obviously did not want to give up his title. 22 points, James Jones advanced to the next issue with his best result in the first round!"
Chapter completed!