The rules of the Shooting Star Competition are simple-
There are six shooting points on the court, namely the 45° mid-range distance on the left and right sides, the three-pointer on the right bottom corner, the 45° three-pointer on the left, the three-pointer on the top of the arc, and the three-pointer on the last extremely long distance in the middle circle, which is the most difficult.
Six shooting points, a group of three people, they play in turn, the previous one makes a shot, and the latter one takes over.
The team that takes the shortest time is the champion of the shooting star.
The Charlotte trio had already practiced it when they were in the Charlotte Apartment Training Hall.
The division of labor between the three was also very clear. The first CNY was handed over to Li Ke. After the shot, he retreated to the bottom corner. The second CNY is handed over to Boss Qiao. After the shot, he went outside the 45° three-point line on the left.
Then there were Lauren Jackson's three-pointer at the top of the arc, Li Ke's three-pointer at the bottom corner and Boss Qiao's 45° three-pointer on the left.
The last three-pointer was the three of them taking turns to play. Whoever got in first would be considered the ball.
Lauren Jackson has fewer roles. According to Li Ke and Lauren Jackson's meaning, Boss Qiao should be replaced with Lauren Jackson, at least Lauren Jackson is still active.
But that's Michael Jordan, he doesn't allow himself to play soy sauce, even if it's just a shooting star.
...
The New Orleans Arena is about to play.
Li Ke was still a little worried. His simple victory or defeat was already under a lot of pressure, plus the Shark's transaction...
It's hard to bear!
Looking around him, he was wearing a not-so-fitting Bobcat jersey, and Boss Qiao jumped twice.
Then he noticed that Li Ke was looking up at the sky at this time, stopped and patted Li Ke: "Don't be nervous, Sheldon..."
Li Ke curled his lips and wanted to say: Stop pretending, boss!
Don’t think that Li Ke doesn’t know. Li Ke knows everything. Boss Qiao jumped those two times to cover up the fact that he was short of breath.
Nervous? Boss Qiao is obviously the one who is really nervous.
Lauren Jackson doesn't matter, she's just a guest appearance anyway.
As for Li Ke, he is good at mid-range shooting and other things without confrontation. Do you need to be nervous?
He was just worried that the Phoenixes were too strong overall, and Nash and Steve Cole were both top pitchers.
WNBA's Dorothy style is also biased to shooting. In the 2006 season, 45.2% shooting percentage and 39.7% three-point shooting percentage, if you are in the NBA, you will also be the top-notch one.
Just these three teams, the result of a two-pointer shot is enough for the other three teams to look up to it.
"This is going to be a failure..."
The stadium gradually became noisy, and the host announced: The battle for the All-Stars on the second day began!
Then there was the appearance ceremony of the Shooting Stars Competition.
Boss Qiao looked for a wall to lean on it, looking in a hurry at all.
Li Ke is similar, they all know that Boss Qiao must be the big shot, and the appearance order of the Charlotte trio will be put to the end.
"First of all, let's welcome the defending champion of the Shooting Stars Competition, Detroit Team! wnba Detroit Shocks Svencash, 2004 US Basketball Finals MVP Chaunce Billups, and the US Basketball Team two-time champion member, Detroit Shocks head coach Billland Bill..."
Although the host's voice was very loud, the audience at the New Orleans Arena did not give face, but only fragmented applause and cheers rang out.
The embarrassing thing was not the host anyway, so he immediately called out San Antonio and then the Phoenix.
From beginning to end, the atmosphere in the stadium was very cold until-
"Finally, let's welcome the Charlotte team who participated in the first game this year! wnba Seattle Storm Lauren Jackson, All-Star Rookie MVP Li Ke, and Michael Jordan!"
Boss Qiao looked questioning, why did he lose any decoration?
However, the audience only burst into applause, cheers, and shouts for this moment...
“michael!michael!michael!michael!”
“…”
With such enthusiasm, Boss Qiao just waved to both sides with a smile.
Kenny Smith shouted: "After 5 years, Michael Jordan has reappeared on the NBA field!"
Boss Qiao was very calm, Lauren Jackson was a little confused, Li Ke had a serious expression, but his heart was also full of excitement.
"Michael is back, this battle is really eye-catching..."
Charles Barkley turned his head and looked at the man between him and Kenny Smith, Scott Pippen.
That's right, for this shooting star competition, Tnt invited Pippen.
“There are many retired celebrities, but Michael only has one.”
Faced with Barkley's words, Pippen simply said this.
Yes, there is only one Jordan, he is so phenomenal that David Stern has been looking for it for many years to create the next Jordan...
"So, it's time to talk about the draw in the preliminary round, Scottie, which one do you think Charlotte will play?"
"The same order as the appearance, the last one."
On the court, the first round of preliminaries was drawn.
If he failed, Na Bu Gu and Duncan drew three notes one after another. By Li Ke, he had no choice.
Just like this, I opened the note with a question mark, without any accidents.
"The last one..."
The preliminaries began, and the defending champion Detroit played first.
In the first two mid-range shots, Svencash and Billups made one hit, and Ranbir, who was clamoring to pull Jordan off the altar, missed two three-pointers at the top of the arc, and did not hit the box until the third time.
Svencash's bottom corner three-pointer wasted four chances before he threw the ball in.
Fortunately, Svencash hit the first shot in the middle circle.
The timer stopped the table, and the host on the scene announced loudly: "The Detroit team took 57.6 seconds!"
This result is not good, but in the Shooting Star Competition, which has a very fluctuation in the results, there are still opportunities to enter the finals, but it is quite slim.
The second one to play was the Phoenix.
Li Ke could clearly feel that Boss Qiao was serious. He stretched out his neck and looked very seriously.
Swish, swish, swish!
The sound of clear brushing the net was endless. The Phoenix team was indeed very smooth. Nash and Dorothy made both a one-time shot, with three-pointers at the top of the arc, Steve Cole was also sure to win, and Nash only spent two chances at the bottom corner.
However, Dorothy scored three times at 45° on the left.
Then they tried the three-pointer in the middle circle twice, and they knew that Nash had a shot into the soul, and the final time was: 35.8 seconds.
"35.8 seconds, this is a straight-to-finals. The Phoenix puts great pressure on the San Antonio and Charlotte who are about to play next."
A 35.8-second result, if you enter the final, you will be a quick win.
Phoenix's terrifying strength was reflected in the preliminary round.
However, Boss Qiao only had a serious expression. In the preliminary round, Charlotte did not need to face the Phoenix head-on. In the end, they only needed to make sure their results were higher than Detroit and San Antonio.
As for San Antonio's shots are better than Phoenix, there is little chance.
Sure enough, the San Antonio team, who was the third player to play, encountered big trouble.
"David Robinson, the first shot, no goal!"
"I tried the second time, but I still didn't go in."
"The third time..."
It was not until the fifth time that the general made the seemingly undifficultural shot.
Although San Antonio has been going smoothly since then, with long shots in the middle circle, he only consumed two opportunities to shoot, and Duncan hits with one blow.
The final time still reached 44.7 seconds.
Detroit has been eliminated, and Duncan Gujing Bubo's eyes turned to Charlotte.
"It's time for us to play, come on!"
Boss Qiao stretched out his right hand and hit Li Ke and Lauren Jackson with his palms respectively.
"Charlotte is playing, listen to the cheers on the scene. In any case, Charlotte is the most popular team for shooting stars!"
Boss Qiao has already stood in his position, and Li Ke is the same. The Charlotte team's strategy has been initially revealed to the world.
The beep countdown, and the whistle that started just sounded, Li Ke, holding the basketball in both hands, jumped and threw the ball out.
Swish—!
"No problem, Sheldon hits it with one blow!"
"Next, it's up to Michael!"
Under the basket, Lauren Jackson picked up the basketball and threw it to Boss Qiao.
Boss Qiao didn't aim at any, and threw it out with his hand, swish!
"I've entered, Michael is Michael!"
Kenny Smith shouted, Pippen nodded with a smile, and Barkley was unhappy: "It's just a mid-range shot, let's take a look at the three-pointer!"
In this order, Boss Qiao must shoot a three-pointer, and it will be at a position 45° outside the three-point line, which is the most difficult of the three-pointers.
Li Ke was under the basket, and he gave the basketball rackets to Lauren Jackson at the top of the arc.
At the top of the arc, Lauren Jackson missed the first shot, and the second shot hit the box.
Then it was Li Ke, the bottom corner three-pointer shot...
Swish—!
"Sheldon is Sheldon, it's too stable!"
At this time, it was a 45° three-pointer for Boss Qiao, Lauren Jackson passed the ball, and Boss Qiao's first move...bang!
"The first shot... didn't make it!"
"This is Michael I am familiar with!"
Lauren Jackson got the rebound and passed the ball.
Boss Qiao's second move...bang!
It was not until the fourth shot that Boss Qiao made a 45° three-pointer.
At this time, time had reached 33.8 seconds. They had no chance to surpass Phoenix anymore, but they still had a sharp lead over San Antonio unless they made a very poor three-pointer shot in the middle circle.
Li Ke came first with a three-pointer in the middle circle and didn't enter with a clang.
Then Lauren Jackson, who didn't even enter with a clang.
Boss Qiao glanced at the basket, swish!
The cheers burst out from the audience-
"Oh my God!"
With this move, he surprised the three people on the commentator's seat.
Barkley shouted exaggeratedly: "Michael, hit a three-pointer in the middle circle, and he completed his redemption!"
“…”
Responding to him was the silence of Kenny Smith and Pippen.
"The final time for Charlotte team: 40.8 seconds."
"Shooting Stars Competition, the keeper of history, San Antonio is out!"
So, the decisive battle came.
Steve Cole came on stage with his new teammates.
"First shot, Steve Nash, no problem!"
"The second shot, if Steve Cole is here, there is no problem!"
"Doracey's three-pointer in the arc, got in!"
“…”
"In the end, the middle circle three-pointer, Dorothy didn't enter, Steve Nash entered, the timer stopped the table!"
"30.5 seconds, a better result than the preliminaries!"
"The Phoenix is ​​going all out!"
Off the court, watching the Phoenix complete their performance, Li Ke's expression was solemn and pulled Boss Qiao: "Michael, let me give it to me with the 45° three-pointer?"
Boss Qiao hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Okay!"
Steve Cole walked towards this side: "Michael, you know, you made a mistake, in my field, challenge me, Shaq belongs to Phoenix."
Nash looked confused, what? Shaq?
Nash, who knew that he had such a bet, would have let him go.
The most unsuitable team for Sharks: Phoenix Suns, this is a fact that everyone knows, except for Steve Cole.
Boss Qiao couldn't refute it because the shooting star was indeed Steve Cole's territory.
In 2006, Steve Cole played for San Antonio, partnered with Tony Parker and Kanedra Vicci, and shot a 25.1-second shooting star competition best result.
"Stop talking nonsense, Steve!"
Boss Qiao swept away Steve Cole with a cold face and elbow that he had not used for many years.
Behind him was Li Ke and Lauren Jackson, and then: "The 45° three-pointer is mine, Sheldon, go there!"
Li Ke was driven to the opposite side by Boss Qiao again, and he was confused about this.
Why did it change just by saying it?
But when the countdown of the timer sounded, Li Ke immediately became serious.
If you have the last try, you will be successful if you fail.
"The final, Charlotte's round!"
"Look at the first shot, Sheldon..."
Swish!
Then there was Boss Qiao, who shot in the middle and hit it with a swish!
With a three-pointer at the top of the arc, Lauren Jackson hit Li Ke hard in the heart.
But the second attempt followed, with a swish, it was still in, and there was no big problem.
Li Ke’s bottom corner was also a swish!
He is so steady that he can't be cheaper.
The next test is Boss Qiao.
"A 45° three-pointer, the first shot!"
Bang!
Without any surprises, Li Ke grabbed the rebound and threw it to Lao Qiao.
The second shot... Old Qiao jumped up.
Swish—!
"The ball went in, and the second time went in. Time just reached 23.6 seconds. Charlotte still has a lot of time to spend on the last shot!"
It's said it's a lot of time, but in fact it's only 6.9 seconds. If you hit two or three times, you won't have time.
For the Charlotte team, the fault tolerance is not high.
However, no one thought that after the Phoenix scored 30.5 seconds, Charlotte still had a chance to turn the defeat into victory.
This is very exciting and very nervous.
Everyone's breathing was rapid, including Steve Cole on the court, Nash on the court, Li Ke on the court, Lauren Jackson and Boss Joe.
Until Li Ke grabbed the basketball and raised his hand and shot casually...
Swish—!
The entire New Orleans Arena is quiet!
"Damn it, hit it with one blow???"
"Sheldon's super long three-pointer? Did he take the game away?"
boom--!
The audience cheered, cheering wildly for it!
Old Qiao was stunned for a moment, and the next second, he rushed towards Li Ke from not far away. He hugged Li Ke, roaring wildly, regardless of his image.
"It's so beautiful, Sheldon! You're so crazy about it!"
TNT, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley's voices intertwined and overlapped:
"There is a three-pointer that is super long, Sheldon, who cooperated with Michael Jordan and Lauren Jackson to win the championship of this shooting star competition!"
Chapter completed!