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Chapter 225 Three-point contest [First update, please subscribe]

In the interviews with the news media after the game, Lu Yu answered reporters' questions as always, and credited his teammates for winning the MVP.

"We had a lot of guys on our first-year team who could score, as long as I passed the ball, they could put the ball in the basket, and that's why we were able to win. Always running out of the open, and Gasol, I was teammates with him for the first time, it felt great, he could score easily after the pick and roll, whether it was down or to the high post, I just need to find him on the court Just, of course, and Jason Richardson, his dunk is great, hopefully he wins the slam dunk contest tomorrow."

In this game, Jason Richardson scored 15 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists. Only one free throw in the [-] points was a field goal. In fact, all of them were dunks.

It makes sense for the Warriors to pick him at No. [-] instead of Arenas, his physical talent is not comparable to Arenas, and it's no wonder Richardson has a higher status on the team than Arenas. Some.

Although he is also a rookie, with the same ball rights, the scoring efficiency of Arenas' outside shooting is definitely not as high as that of Richardson's attacking frame type.

But no one knows that with the implementation of no handchecking, Arenas will start to become more and more popular.

Just like an ignorant teenager, as he grows up, he realizes the beauty of Auntie.

Jason Richardson's brightest moment was the 2006-07 season when the Warriors welcomed Don Nelson, known as the "mad scientist," as their new coach.

Under the leadership of the new coach, the Warriors achieved a record of 42 wins and 40 losses this season and entered the playoffs as the eighth place in the Western Conference.

This is Richardson's first playoff trip.In the first round of the playoffs against the top-seeded Dallas Mavericks, the Warriors advanced with a score of 4:2, creating the first black eight miracle since the playoffs adopted a best-of-7 system.

In the second round of the playoffs, the Warriors lost to the Jazz with a total score of 1:4, and the Black Eight Miracles failed to continue.

After the Black Eight, the Warriors abandoned Richardson, followed by the Bobcats, the Suns, the Magic, and the 76ers until he retired.

It is true that his team in the Suns had a better record. The Suns once reached the Western Conference finals, and Richardson also scored 42 points in a single game in the first round of the playoffs, but Richardson was not like this at that time. The absolute core of the team.

On the other hand, Arenas is different. Since he defected to the Wizards because of the Arenas clause, Arenas has always been the core of the core in the Wizards.

Of course, this is something.

The reporter continued to ask: "Many people are looking forward to your performance in the All-Star Game. Do you have any plans for your performance in the All-Star Game?"

Lu Yu shook his head: "I'm not thinking so far now, I'm thinking more about tomorrow's three-point contest."

The reporter asked: "Do you have the confidence to win the three-point contest tomorrow?"

Lu Yu said with a smile: "I don't dare to say this. I think the level of players who are good at shooting in the league is not much different. It is very important to play on the spot. For example, Michael, he has performed abnormally."

Even a great man like Jordan has a black record.

For example, he only scored a historical record of 5 points in the three-point contest. I am afraid that no younger generation can break it, and he is destined to be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

Many fans only know about this dark history of Jordan, but they can't figure out the beginning and end of this history.

After all, it is a well-known fact that Jordan is not good at three-pointers. In this case, why did Jordan appear in the three-point contest?
For a long time, many fans have been puzzled by this.

In fact, the reason is very simple. I said once before that although the Jordan Slam Dunk Contest won the movie essence Wilkins in 1988, the process was quite criticized.

Although Jordan is known for his competitive spirit far exceeding ordinary people, this does not mean that he does not have self-knowledge and does not understand the tricks of his victory over Wilkins.

This is undoubtedly a huge humiliation for this self-respecting superstar.

But he also knew that even if he did it again, he would not be able to ensure that he would be able to defeat Wilkins in an upright manner.

In the "Jordan Law", Chicago famous reporter Sam Smith made it clear that the reason why Jordan refused to participate in the slam dunk contest was actually because he was afraid of losing the game.

On the other hand, the league needs Jordan to show up in the slam dunk contest, because without Jordan, the first two days of the All-Star Game were almost unheard of.

However, Jordan's determination was very strong, and he came up with an idea that was not an idea, that is, cheating.

He got the Bulls to declare his injury relapsed, preventing him from participating in high-intensity games like the Slam Dunk Contest.

When things developed to this point, everyone understood that trying to persuade Jordan to participate in the slam dunk contest was an impossible task.However, this injury scam also pushed Jordan into an extremely dangerous situation. Many fans believed that Jordan was too selfish, and even many media followed behind.

After the farce of cheating injuries, the NBA has realized that it is difficult to persuade Jordan to participate in the slam dunk contest.

After all, with Jordan's high popularity, even if he participates in the three-point contest, which he is not very good at, he can attract a lot of attention, which is of great significance to the overall attention of the NBA All-Star Weekend.

However, no one thought that Jordan would make a fool of himself in the next three-point contest.

The super scorer, who is not good at [-]-pointers, was almost on the verge of emotional breakdown during the game. When he made the last few shots, he even started to try one-handed shots. The results are predictable.

5 points, only 5 points, the most embarrassing scoring record in the history of the three-point contest was born.

Lu Yu's remarks made fun of this history.

The reporters also laughed and said that Lu Yu was the only rookie in the league who dared to ridicule Michael Jordan.

Even Jordan didn't seem angry when he heard it: "I hope Lu Yu can break my record."

He was just joking to himself.

After all, compared to Lu Yu's ruthless refusal to try out at the beginning, it was already very kind to tease Jordan's black history in front of the media.

On February 2th, the First United Center in Philadelphia was full of people, and the first three-point contest was about to start.

Lu Yu was long overdue here.

Lu Yu does not have full confidence in the three-point contest, because this time his opponents are quite strong, Ray Allen, Peja, Pierce, Nash, Wesley Parson, Steve Smith, Steve F Nash.

By the way, and his teammate Ah Q, Richardson.

The key is that Lu Yu never trained to take the ball from a rack and then shoot. In Lu Yu's view, this kind of shooting has little to do with the game. You can't practice hard for a while, just for the fans of the All-Star Game. Put a comparison in front of you.

Before the All-Star Game, Lu Yu was as busy as a spinning top and really didn't have time to train this thing.

And the three-point contest, although there is a factor of strength, luck is also very important. Even a top three-point shooter like Curry, who has participated in seven three-point contests, has only won two three-pointers.

There are still a lot of fans at the scene today, but the three-point contest, which has always been undervalued, still hasn't attracted enough attention. What everyone really likes to watch today is the slam dunk contest.

At this time, there were still some NBA players watching the excitement on the sidelines. Some of them just came to cheer for their teammates who participated in the game, such as Artest and Arenas. Today, the Bulls have Lu Yu and Quentin participating in the three games. The split, while the Warriors' Jason Richardson was in the slam dunk contest.

In fact, Arenas only came to cheer Jason on the surface, but actually came to cheer Lu Yu.

When Lu Yu was playing, he saw Artest and the others and walked over to greet them.

Artest said: "Don't worry, as long as you don't lose too ugly in this game, it doesn't matter..."

Arenas said: "If it is me, there is definitely a chance to win, if you go, it is not necessarily."

Lu Yu: "???"

Didn't the two of you come to cheer together?

The first Wesley Parson to play, the Cleveland Cavaliers' Wesley Parson made his first appearance in the 1995-point contest, the 3 All-Star Weekend Rookie Challenge. The player made 142 of 67 47-pointers this season, with a shooting rate of 4%, ranking fourth in the league.

As soon as the referee's whistle blew, he picked up the ball and threw the first basket. The result may be because he was nervous, he even threw a three-point shot, which made the audience burst into laughter.

Artest and Arenas were sitting behind Lu Yu and couldn't help laughing when they saw this scene.

"Lu, your opponent doesn't seem to be very strong," Arenas said jokingly.

Artest said: "This may just be an appetizer. The real masters should be Stojakovic and Ray Allen."

Ray Allen won the three-point contest last year, and Stojakovic lost to Ray Allen in the finals last year, so this year's stunt is also Stojakovic's revenge battle.

Arenas rubbed his hands: "I said, guys, it's not interesting for us to just watch, why don't we have some fun?"

Arenas is a dog who can't change and eat shit. He likes to put up a lottery wherever he goes. As soon as the game starts, he proposes a bet.

"Then you must beat Ray Allen?" Artest laughed: "If I had to choose, I would definitely choose to support my teammates, but unfortunately your teammates only participated in the slam dunk contest."

"Of course I'll beat Ray Allen, so that's settled, how about a $[-] bet?" Arenas said.

Ten thousand dollars?
Hearing this, Lu Yu suddenly turned his head and asked, "Can I participate in your bet too?"

He clearly saw Arenas' face twitch, probably recalling some not-so-good memory.

Lu Yu just felt that this guy was too arrogant. When he was in college, he only dared to block $[-]. He only played in the NBA for a few days, and he dared to bet $[-].

"Of course." Arenas said.

"Then I will press..." Lu Yu thought for a while: "Press me to win."

Pressing others always feels that others are not reliable. After all, after I participated in the three-point game, who knows if the final result will change.

"Lu, I think you shouldn't be too confident. You must know that many top shooters have suffered in this project. Are you sure you want to press yourself?" Artest said.

"I'm sure." Lu Yu nodded.

"Okay, then I'll press... Stojakovic." Artest thought about it, considering that ten thousand dollars is not a small amount, he finally chose the safer Peja.

Lu Yu had his own pressure anyway.

As for Ah Q, I'm sorry, it's not that I despise you, it's that you are really unworthy.

"Okay, the bet is officially in effect, let's finally see who can win the skill competition." Arenas rubbed his hands excitedly and looked at the court.

At this time, Parson had finished the last shot, and the referee gave the statistical score.

22 points!
Arenas and Artest looked at each other. They just made a bet and didn't watch the shots on the court. I wonder if it's too late to regret choosing this Parson?
　Sorry for the late update, it's still three updates today...

　　
　
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