The Fifth Point Guard

After Shen Tong won the MVP and was interviewed by a large number of reporters, another Chinese player who was watching the game was also surrounded by reporters.

Wang Zhizhi, who plays for the Dallas Mavericks, is full of smiles and answers all questions.

Facing the reporter's interview, Wang Zhizhi first expressed his congratulations to his younger brother Shen Tong. When talking about himself, Wang Zhizhi said that the most uncomfortable thing for him in the NBA was some people's groundless accusations against him: "When I didn't come to the NBA, , It means that I can’t play at all, I just walk around for a while at most; when I get on the court, I say I play in garbage time, or in unimportant games, and I can’t score points if I get on the court; And that’s all. However, I am still very grateful to these guys, because this can motivate me even more. They said that I will accept my shortcomings and try my best to correct them. Then I want to see what they will say something."

After participating in the first game in the NBA, Wang Zhizhi said that he had made up his mind.

Whether Chinese players can play in the NBA and gain a foothold in the NBA, Wang Zhizhi is now full of confidence.

"Shentong has become the idol of young people in China. He has proved the strength and potential of Chinese players, and my next goal is to become the main player in the team."

At the end of the interview, Wang Zhizhi also sent Chinese New Year blessings to Chinese fans in advance.

February 10th is Chinese New Year's Eve.

In the days of celebrating the new year, the NBA presented two appetizers on the 30th day of the new year, a dunk contest and a three-point contest.

As for the dinner, stay on February 11th, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Due to the drastic change in the rules of this slam dunk contest, there are not many superstar players who signed up, such as Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady and others who were very popular before, including the popular Chinese player Shen Tong. , did not sign up for the competition, which made the fans feel sorry.

However, the four players who signed up this year are not lacking in highlights.

Last year's slam dunk king Mason continued to participate this year, in addition to the Rockets guard Steve Francis with dynamite strapped to his legs, Jason Richardson who just played the NBA Rookie Challenge yesterday and performed well, and the Kings' very Rookie Gerald Wallace who can jump.

According to the pre-match predictions, experts are unanimously optimistic about the defending champion Mason or Francis winning the championship. After all, Mason, who wore the title of last year's slam dunk champion, has proved himself, and the guy Francis lost to in the last slam dunk contest was Vince Carter.

As for Richardson and Wallace?

Farewell, the rookie is just here for the fun.

However, the progress of the game greatly exceeded the predictions of these brickmakers.

Championship favorites Mason and Francis were eliminated in the first round.

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Francis scored only 77 points, while Mason scored 84 points, but the two rookies played even better in the first round.

Wallace scored 87 points and overwhelmed Mason to enter the final, while another rookie Richardson scored 98 points.

Richardson fully proved the strength of muscular man + explosive power, like a tank with wings, blasting the basket to pieces.

This visual impact caught the eyes of the judges.

In the two rounds of the final, Richardson scored 36 points and 49 points respectively, and finally defeated Wallace, who scored 80 points with a total of 85 points, and won the slam dunk trophy.

After the slam dunk contest, it was the three-point contest that Shentong participated in.

The contestant who gets the most points in one minute is the winner.

There are a total of 5 shooting points in the game: there are two symmetrical bottom angles, two symmetrical 45° angles, and the other one is at the top of the arc.

There are 5 balls at each shooting point, 4 of which are orange, 1 point for hitting, and the final flower ball is red, blue and white, called "money ball", 2 points for hitting.

5 positions, a total of 25 balls, a full score of 30 points.

A total of 8 players signed up to participate in this three-point contest, namely the defending champion Ray Allen from the Bucks, Wesley Payson who played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Mike Miller, a sophomore from the Magic, and the Mavericks. Point guard Steve Nash, Celtics' Paul Pierce, Clippers' Quentin Richardson, Kings sharpshooter Peja Stojakovic and Nets' Chinese cannon Shen Tong.

This time the three-point shooting contest is also a bright star. The participation of Ray Allen, Nash, Pierce and Peja will undoubtedly increase the gold content of this three-point shooting contest champion.

Ray Allen and Peja are popular candidates for the championship.

As a rookie, Shen Tong, who was the first to play, played easily without any pressure.

After missing the first two shots in the first position, Shentong gradually found his touch, then got out of control, and finally scored a high score of 22 points.

Shentong's proof put pressure on the players behind.

Some players still played normally under pressure, such as Peja, who scored 20 points.

Even the guy who was not optimistic before the game played exceptionally well. Payson from the Cavaliers finally scored 19 points.

Of course, there are naturally players who are out of order under pressure. Ray Allen only scored 14 points, and the worst was Pierce, who only scored a poor 8 points.

After the first round of knockout rounds, the top three Shentong, Peja and Payson entered the final.

Payson, who scored 19 points in the first round, was the first to play. Perhaps due to his high expectations and pressure, Payson's performance was quite abnormal, and he scored 5 points, which was worse than Pierce's 8 points.

During the entire 1 minute, everyone kept listening to the sound of "Dangdang", as if this is not Philadelphia, but Los Angeles.

After Payson ended, Peja, who played second, even asked the staff of the venue to re-calibrate the position of the basket.

However, the recalibrated basket seemed to make Peja very uncomfortable, and he only shot 9 points.

When Peja's score came out, the scene turned the camera on two people.

One is Paul Pierce, whose 8 points were quite competitive in the final. Pierce also burst out laughing when he saw the camera being shown to him.

The second is the third Shentong who is ready to play.

In the situation where the first two players are in a miserable situation, as long as Shentong plays normally, the championship will basically be won.

When the bell rang to start the game, Shen Tong took a deep breath and started his performance in the final.

In the first two positions, Shentong scored 10 points to end the suspense.

In the end, Shentong, who fought easily, became more and more successful, and scored a high score of 24 points amidst the applause of everyone.

After winning the MVP of the Rookie Challenge, Shentong won the three-point shooting contest.

The score of 24 points also tied the Cavaliers' Mark Price's highest score in the game when he won the 1994 three-point contest.

In the interview with the champion, Shen Tong said a classic acceptance speech: "I guessed the ending, but I didn't guess the process. (laughs)"

After the first three events, many critics, including Charles Barkley, believe that the quality of this year's rookies is quite high, no less than the golden generation in 1996.

They beat the sophomores in the Rookie Challenge, and also won the slam dunk contest and the three-point contest.