Chapter 94 The Challenge From Gary Payton
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"Haha, this kid's scoring ability is really explosive, another 42 points! Gary, are you under pressure? The day after tomorrow, you will face him. If he scored 40 points, I think you will definitely be scolded to death by Michael and the others, right?" Shaquille O'Neal's laughter came from the side of the court. Although he was injured, he still came to the scene. Such a highly anticipated show would not be missing from the figure of the big shark.
"Do you think I'm the rookie on the court? Just be optimistic. In the game the day after tomorrow, I will let that kid know the real NBA-level defense!" Gary Payton had reason to say that in the finals last season, he couldn't even defend Michael Jordan.
"Hahaha, Gary, then I'm just waiting!" The big shark's loud voice attracted a lot of attention. Gary Payton was also helpless. O'Neal has always been like this, and he had no choice.
Joni didn't know that Gary Payton had already set his sights on him. He was holding the rookie challenge MVP trophy in his hand, and he was happy. After all, this trophy was the first trophy he had won since time traveling. There were no trophys to win the Rookie of the Month and Player of the Month that he had won before. Holding the trophy in his hand, Joni was increasingly looking forward to the next two days of games. I heard that the champion of the three-point competition and the MVP in the All-Star Game have trophys to win.
At the end of the rookie challenge, Joni scored 42 points, which was considered to have set a record in the rookie challenge. In this game, Joni's performance was eye-catching. Not only was it 42 points, but more importantly, Joni showed a variety of scoring methods in this game, the first time he took out his empty-handed running position, the hot three-point shooting and mid-range shooting in recent times, as well as the European steps that had not been used for a long time, as well as the emergency stop jump shot, the backward jump shot and other various offensive techniques, which made people scream: Joni has actually become an offensive kaleidoscope!
I still remember how Joni just entered the NBA a few months ago. At that time, Henry Abbott had a single attack than Joni, but now, Joni already has so many offensive skills, and on the defensive end, Joni's strength has also improved significantly. Compared with the beginning of the season, Joni has improved a little more than half. Joni, who has just entered the NBA for more than three months, has already won the Rookie of the Month in three months, the Player of the Month in one month, and the MVP of the Rookie Challenge that I just got.
Obviously, Joni's rookie season is enough to be comparable to many legends. After this game, the news about Joni's first sneakers and the MVP of the rookie challenge were hyped by the media. Joni's first sneakers were called Legend, and Joni's rookie season was indeed very legendary, so the media couldn't find a place to talk. Joni's sneakers were indeed very handsome and beautiful, so the full amount of praise could no longer be stopped.
The media can't stop praise, and the exclamations of the whole United States can't stop. When the pictures of the Legend Generation were published in major media newspapers, fans suddenly went crazy. Nike's various new technologies were reflected in the Legend Generation, and the novel design also made the Legend Generation look very eye-catching. In fact, this result is predictable. After all, the Legend Generation's future generations were popular for many years, and the 2k4 that was launched in advance was naturally suspenseless.
On the second day after Joni wore Legendary sneakers and held the Rookie Challenge MVP trophy, the thousands of pairs of sneakers that the Legendary sneakers had just been launched were snatched away. This is not only because of Joni's current fame and appeal, but also the appearance of sneakers is very important.
When Joni stepped onto the three-point competition with a pair of legendary generation with silver background the next day, the whole country went crazy again. Compared with blue and white background sneakers, the legendary generation with silver background is obviously more cool and charming. The legendary generation with various background colors that Nike quickly launched was snatched away.
Joni was wearing a magical white home jersey and preparing for the three-point contest on the court. The All-Stars' second day game was to hold the three-point contest first and then the dunk contest, so Joni and the others made the appearance first.
There are still many big-name players in this three-point competition. Dale Ellis, who currently plays for the Nuggets, was the champion of the 1989 three-point competition; Steve Cole, one of the members of the Bulls Dynasty, set a league three-point shooting record in the 1994-1995 season; John Stockton, although he is more famous for assists, John Stockton's three-point shooting rate is not low, and his three-point shooting rate this season
As high as 42%; Tim Legler, a three-point shooter with a three-point shooting percentage of 52% in two seasons; Glen Rice, a rising star shooter player, was also selected for the All-Star Game this year and even a three-point shooter who can compete with Reggie Miller; Trimells, a center with a height of 6-foot-10, set a record of 13 consecutive three-pointers across two games; and center Sam Perkins, who is now playing for the Seattle Supersonics.
As for Jonny, there are exactly 8 players, and these eight players will compete for the final winner through two rounds of games. Among the other seven players, Jonny's biggest opponent should be Steve Cole. Steve Cole in these two seasons is in its peak state, especially the original champion of the three-point competition this season was taken away by Steve Cole.
As for other players, although they are good at strength, they are still somewhat different from Joni now. However, in the real Joni's heart, the other seven players are not considered opponents at all. Joni has very high confidence to defeat everyone else. After all, he has the open three-point skill bonus of Revenge Spear, and every three-pointer in the three-point competition is an open position, so Joni only needs to aim at the first ball, and I believe there will be no problems with the next move.
Dale Ellis was the first to play. He started from the shooting point in the bottom corner. All the first four orange balls hit. When it came to the ball, he was a little nervous and missed the shot. Then the next four shooting points, Dale Ellis' performance was much worse. In the end, he only scored 11 points, a not-so-good score. The full score of the three-point competition was 30 points, 5 shot points and 4 orange balls each, a total of 20 points, and each shooting point also had a ball, a 2 point, a total of 10 points, which was 30 points.
Steve Cole, who played next, performed very well. He made consecutive shots, starting from the first shooting point in the bottom corner to the middle shooting point, Steve Cole actually did not miss a single shot! He directly completed 10 consecutive shots! It was not until the shooting point in the middle that Steve Cole adjusted his hand shape and missed a goal.
Even the commentator couldn't help but exclaim: "Steve Cole is crazy! He is crazy, the tenth goal! His condition is really good, oh! No, this goal is finally not scored!"
In the end, Steve Cole scored a high score of 22 points!
Then Jonny appeared. According to the commentator, Jonny was under great pressure now.
"Jonny is under great pressure. Before the three-point competition, we predicted the championship favorites of Steve Cole and Jonny, but now Cole has scored 22 points, second only to Chris Hogans' 25 points, and Craig Hoggings' 24 points are fourth in history, so we can see that Jonny's pressure is indeed very high. Although this is only the first round, Steve Cole is in very good condition. We don't know what kind of condition Jonny can do."
Everyone is looking forward to Joni's performance in the first round. The first round is an 8-man game, and the four with the highest score advance to the next round. Generally speaking, as long as they can score about 20 points, they can advance, so Joni's pressure is actually not great. But given that Steve Cole is Joni's strongest opponent, and Kerr scored a high score of 22 points in the first round, it naturally puts pressure on Joni.
Joni took a deep breath and stood at the bottom corner. The timer at the scene sounded a countdown. When the command to start sounded in the timer, Joni grabbed the ball in front of him and took action.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! The sound of basketballs rubbing against the nets five times in a row, and a burst of exclamations sounded in the court.
"Oh! Five goals in a row!"
Joni also quickly moved to the shooting point on the right side of the arc top and grabbed the basketball again.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! There were five consecutive sounds of basketballs entering the frame, and the whole field was a little crazy, with 10 consecutive wins! Joni actually made a 10 consecutive wins!
Then, the shocking thing continued. Joni felt that the shooting point in the center of the arc top made five quick shots, and continued to hit all the shot point. Then, the shooting point on the left side of the arc top made five quick shots, and continued to hit all the shots!
At this time, the audience in the audience, and even the audience in the United States, could no longer be described as shock. Almost everyone had the same expression, widened their eyes, held their breath, and watched Joni, who continued to move quickly to the last shooting point on the court without moving.
"20 consecutive shots! 20 consecutive shots! It's really amazing. This is a magical performance! Joni has already scored 24 points! This is the highest score in this game. Now we should look forward to Joni's last shooting point to play! Can he continue to hit?" The commentator was excited and breathed not very smoothly. He spoke very quickly and introduced the current situation on the court.
When Joni quickly moved to the last shooting point, even his opponent was looking forward to it. Steve Cole, who had just scored 22 points, watched Joni take action again. When the same sound came out, Steve Cole hugged his head in disbelief.
And the sound of swish and swish was still endless. When the timer beeped, the audience went crazy.
"Oh oh oh! All over! It's actually all over!"
"No! All of them, has he broken the record?"
All of them were hit, and Joni raised his hands high, and he was a little excited. Looking at the fans who cheered for him on the sidelines, Joni knew that he was shocked again.
Chapter completed!