Two Hundred and Ninety: Met the Opponent

Compared with last year's offseason, Rachel has matured a lot in terms of conversation and questioning.

Unlike most female reporters, Rachel is by no means a faceless vase, after all, she used to be an excellent basketball player.

Because of this trait, Rachel's fame has skyrocketed this season. After becoming famous for her interview with Link during the offseason, Rachel began to attract fans like crazy.

Today, he has a relatively high reputation in the journalist circle. So, not only fans, but even 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. Hearing that Ray is coming to interview the starting forward of the Western Conference Stars today, Durant is still looking forward to it.

Little did they know, Rachel ran right up to Link...

The interview wasn't long, but Link and Rachel had a great chat. The two are already friends, so there is not much barrier between them, and the conversation is very smooth.

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

The interview with Rachel was just a small episode. For the rest of the day, apart from attending the press conference and fans Jia Lianhua, Link was practicing three-pointers and trying to maintain his touch.

During training, Link made all the shots and scored 30 points. But in training, it's normal to do this kind of thing, and Curry can hit more. As a result, in the three-point contest, Curry's highest score was only 27 points, and it was still under the rule of a full score of 34 points in the future.

Among all the players participating in the three-point contest, only Link practiced the most. As Kobe said, Link is also very competitive, but he is quietly competitive.

The time finally came to the evening, today's highlight, the NBA's individual events finally began.

The first one started was the Shooting Star Contest. The attention of this competition was not as high as the next three, mainly because this competition was composed of teams composed of NBA stars, WNBA stars, celebrities or ordinary people. The entertainment nature was greater than the competition nature.

After the Shooting Star Contest, there is a Skills Challenge. This year's Skills Challenge is still full of defenders, but Link knows that it won't be long before more and more comprehensive big players will also appear in this event.

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

After that, Link actually felt nervous. Because the three-point contest he had prepared for a long time was about to begin!

"This year, the lineup of the three-point contest is still very strong. The most high-profile player is undoubtedly Link. This is his first time participating in the three-point contest, and he is also the one with the lowest qualifications among all the contestants. I am very much looking forward to what kind of performance I can show in the game.”

Before the game started, Kenny Smith and Barkley brought the topic to Link. It can be seen that his popularity now is really different from before.

"No matter how Link performs, I bet he can surpass Michael Jordan, hahahahahaha!" Barkley grinned badly. Every year in the All-Star Three-Point Contest, he would inevitably start with Jordan.

In the All-Star three-point contest, Jordan only scored 5 points in 25 shots. This record has not been broken so far, and it is still the lowest scoring record in the three-point contest.

He made an unbreakable record with just one shot, Jordan is worthy of being the god of basketball.

"Indeed, Link's shooting has always been very stable, and it is rare for him to suddenly feel bad. This is related to his hard training. It is said that Link spends a lot of time every day on maintaining his touch. Therefore, every game, as long as If the team needs him, he can stand up."

"That's right, even if it's a pass, he can pass the ball directly into the basket! He deserves to be the man who scored 2 points after making a pass error."

"Hahahahahaha!"

If Link hears that he is being teased again,

It is estimated that the heart of wanting to die is already there.

After stepping onto the court, Link felt a sense of oppression. So many fans, so many top shooters, so little time... Shooting in this environment is really different than shooting on the practice field, or even shooting in a regular game.

It's no wonder that there are always a few shooters who fail in the three-point contest every year.

When everyone was warming up, Link had the most reporters around him. He has attracted much attention, and everyone expects Link to win the championship in one fell swoop. Invisibly, this also increased Link's pressure.

Link's strategy for himself is very simple, that is, don't be in a hurry. Especially when throwing a flower ball, you must not make a hasty shot. Sometimes shooting too fast is not necessarily a good thing. As long as there are no special circumstances, the shooting time is generally enough.

During the warm-up, Link found that the defending champion James Jones had a frighteningly high shooting percentage, and the sound of the net rolling never stopped.

James Jones, a player with a mediocre career history, has traveled north and south in the league relying on one-handed three-pointers.

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

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

Had he known that Link would replace Joe Johnson in the game, Durant would definitely not refuse! The three-point contest is not interesting, but it is very interesting to fight for the championship with Link!

A beautiful reporter can't win you, but you can always win with three points!

It's a pity that Durant can only sit in the audience now, praying that Link's opponents will perform better.

The preliminaries began, the first appearance is the Heat point guard Chalmers. He scored 18 points as soon as he came up, which is a very high head.

Immediately afterwards, Anthony Morrow came on the stage. He scored only 14 points after shooting a round, basically unable to escape the fate of being eliminated.

The third one is finally Link's turn!

The moment he played, the cheers in the arena reached their peak. Now he is definitely the most popular basketball player in Memphis, not one of them.

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

Link's heart was beating wildly. He stood next to the basketball with his hands on his chest, ready to take the ball at any time.

I didn't expect, I didn't expect that this kind of entertainment competition would actually put such a lot of pressure on the players.

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

"Beep~~~" The electronic buzzer sounded, and Link got the first ball and threw it quickly.

Everyone was ready to raise their arms and cheer, but the first pitch Link threw was a hit!

"Fuck!" Link cursed secretly, and then threw the second ball, still iron!

"Is this challenging Jordan!?" Barkley yelled, and Jordan said he wanted to hit someone.

Link realized that he shot too hastily, so he began to adjust the third ball. As a result, Link scored all three goals in the first position, and scored 4 points with the flower ball!

At 45°, Link continued to hit consecutively! The first four balls were all hollowed into the net, but the last flower ball failed to be thrown, and it was still 4 points.

The top of the arc, this is Link's favorite position, he made a full shot, 7 points!

"Awesome, Link has already scored 15 points after shooting from three positions!" Kenny Smith knew that Link would not disappoint!

But as the shooting time became less and less, Link didn't play so well in the last two positions, and he was still too anxious. In the end, they scored 21 points and ended the preliminaries.

Link shook his head annoyedly after finishing the vote. If the last two points are stable, he will definitely get higher points. It seems that he is 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! If you can get more than 20 points, it's amazing!

"Link raised the passing line again! He scored 21 points in one fell swoop, and Anthony Morrow will definitely be eliminated!"

After Link, there were two big guys, Ryan Anderson and Love. One scored 17 points and the other scored 18 points. Neither scored 20 points. It seems that Link has no opponent this year!

Finally, the defending champion James. Jones played. People are not optimistic about Jones. After all, he has played too little time this season. God knows how he is now.

As a result, Jones, who was considered to have the least chance, just went up and made a fuss. He surpassed Link's 21 points and scored 22 points, which is only 3 goals away from the highest record in history!

"James Jones, a great three-point shooter! His shots are perfect, and he can always find the position of the basket! We thought Link, who scored 21 points, was a well-deserved No. 1, but the defending champion obviously I don't want to give up my title. With 22 points, James Jones advanced to the next round with the best score in the first round!"

Looking at Jones who was celebrating his victory, Link gritted his teeth. There is an opponent who can shoot 20+ points, and the championship is not easy to win.

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