The Godfather of Basketball

The attention of the second day of the NBA All-Star Game is obviously higher than that of the first day. On this day, there will be shooting stars, skill challenges and many other events, but what really attracts fans is the three-pointer contest and the slam dunk contest.

Last year, the big Dirk Nowitzki won the three-pointer, and Nate Robinson, who was only 1.75 meters tall, won the dunk title, both of which made fans hooked.

Tang Tian exchanged two seats in the second row with the one in the first row, and now he is sitting on the left and the right with Swift.

The new star who suddenly arrived at the scene attracted a crowd of fans nearby. They signed autographs and took photos together. Tang Tian became the background board from time to time.

But after the game started, Swift focused on watching the game. She was full of curiosity and asked him questions from time to time, looking more like a child learning to speak.

Seeing Swift's concentration, Tang Tian suddenly felt that it was not bad to bring her here.

Instead, McGrady and Novak, who were sitting in the front row, looked back at them from time to time with surprised expressions, as if they had discovered a new world.

After a series of events, the fans cheered excitedly, and the long-awaited event finally started.

In the three-point contest, a total of five top three-point shooters from the league were invited to participate in this event.

Nowitzki, the champion of last year's three-point contest.

Jason Terry, the three-point leader of the Mavericks, the Jets made 43% of their three-pointers this season. It is his outstanding performance that makes the Mavericks currently second only to the Rockets in the league with 39 wins and 10 losses .

Arenas, Agent No. 0, has continued his style as the league's second shooting guard this season. He averaged 8.1 three-pointers per game this season, topping the league.

Kapono, the favorite to win this tournament, with Walker and Posey being abandoned by Riley, he averaged a career-high 12.6 points per game this season, and his three-point shooting percentage is even more breathtaking 56.8%!

Novak, a rookie in the Rockets' rotation, shot 50.4 percent from 3-point range, his only bright spot.

The three-point contest is divided into two rounds, a preliminary round and a final round. The top three with the best preliminaries will enter the final, and finally the final champion will be determined.

The scoring rules have not changed much from before. They all shoot 5 points within one minute, and each point has 5 balls. The last ball is a suit, and the full score is 30 points.

Just like what Tang Tian said to Novak before, the one-minute time limit requires players to shoot quickly. The so-called fast and accurate, this is a very big test. The previous scoring record was Bulls player Hodges 25 points created in 1986.

Before the start of the game, the 44-year-old Charles Barkley of TNT's "Big Mouth" and the 67-year-old NBA "Famous Whistleblower" Dick Bavita had a lively switchback race.

The 44-year-old Barkley easily led the game. When entering the round-trip stage, Barkley began to run backwards, attracting laughter from the audience.

Swift even laughed so much that he hugged Tang Tian's arm, and lay his whole head in his arms.

Bavita was desperate, and even rushed to the ground to grab the line at the last moment, but it was a pity that Barkley won in the end.

The fans at the scene gave Bavita an encouraging applause, and Barkley then announced that he would donate all the 50,000 US dollars from the winning to charity.

This part of the fun-enhancing nature has driven the atmosphere of the scene very well. When the three-point contest is about to start, the fans on the scene are already restless.

Arenas was the first to appear on the stage, and his appearance drew cheers from the fans.

"Great General" just set a new career high in January, scoring 60 points, and his popularity is quite high.

With a whistle on the sidelines, Arenas shot quickly.

His touch is very good, the first three points are almost flawless, and finally scored a full 23 points!

The fans cheered continuously, and Arenas also raised his hands to the sky, making his iconic celebration.

Tang Tian watched with emotion from the sidelines. The scene where Arenas turned around without looking at the game-winning shot was an NBA classic.

Arenas made a good start for the three-point contest, followed by Terry.

Maybe it was because of the pressure from Arenas, Terry played very abnormally, and he only scored 10 points in the end.

The fans looked "what's the situation" on their faces, and Terry himself smiled and shook his head.

After Terry is Kapono.

Seeing Kapono's debut, there were deafening cheers from the scene. It seems that Terry's abnormal performance made them expect a lot from Kapono.

Kapono took a deep breath and shot quickly after the whistle sounded.

Tang Tian also set his sights on Kapono at this time.

In terms of shooting skills alone, Kapono does not lose to Novak, but the situation is similar to that of Novak. Poor defense and slow movement in official games are their Achilles' heels.

However, it may be that the pressure from the audience was too great. In the first point, he played a little abnormally. He only scored 2 out of 5 goals, and that didn't include flower balls.

It wasn't until the third point that he gradually regained his touch. Finally, relying on the accuracy of the last three points, his score was fixed at 19 points.

After Kapono is Novak.

Novak took a deep breath, and looked back at Tang Tian unconsciously.

Tang Tian gave him an encouraging look.

Novak nodded, and then went on stage.

In his previous life, Novak was similar to Kapono, maybe even a little worse, but this season, starting from the game-winning shot against the Heat, Novak, under Tang Tian's coaching, has both confidence and ability. He has been greatly improved, and now Novak is stronger than Kapono.

"beep!"

As the whistle sounded on the sidelines, Novak caught the ball and made a quick shot.

Under Cole's training, Novak's three-point shot speed is much faster than before, and he uses a tiptoe shot with a higher preparation.

At the first point, he got close to 4 of the 5 balls, including the final flower ball, and scored 5 points.

The audience looked excited.

Novak was the least impressive of these players, but he threw one of the best starts.

On the second point, Novak's mentality is still very stable, and he scored 4 out of 5 goals. It is a pity that he missed the final ball and only scored 4 points.

"He shot really well," Swift said at this moment, turning around.

"That's right, I teach well." Tang Tian said with a smile.

"Haha~" Swift was amused by Tang Tian's words, and unconsciously leaned his head on Tang Tian's shoulder.

Novak's third point is still very accurate, scoring 4 out of 5, including flower balls.

The fans at the scene were uncontrollably agitated.

In the last two points, Novak's performance was still very stable, only missing 2 shots.

In the end, he shot all five points and scored the highest 24 points in the preliminaries!

The crowd cheered.