The Skill Challenge is still in progress, and whenever there are contestants on the stage, deafening cheers burst out from the surrounding audience.

As a part of the Skills Challenge, Lucas is about to make his debut.

When the commentator on the scene shouted Lucas' name, he walked to the field with great strides and waved to the surroundings. The audience responded to Lucas with applause and shouts.

At this moment, Lucas felt endless satisfaction because he knew that the audience was all looking at him, and he was the focus of everyone in the audience!

Lucas likes this feeling of attracting attention. In normal games, ten people from both teams are on the court at the same time. Unless Lucas has a very prominent performance, he will receive such highly anticipated treatment. However, today, in his own skills challenge, he is the only protagonist!

"So much applause, so many shouts, so many cheers, so many cheers, so all these are for me!" Lucas narrowed his eyes slightly, and he was enjoying this moment that belonged to him.

In the stands in the front row behind, several players looked at Lucas with envy.

"Lucas looks very popular! So many people cheer for him."

“Others are also very popular, and there are a lot of people cheering for them.”

"If I had known that I could be so popular, I would have participated in the Skills Challenge."

"That's right? Let's wait next year, there will be an All-Star Game next year. We will sign up together at that time."

The players were discussing and the countdown began.

...

In front of the TV, Williams picked up the beer bottle, but found that the bottle was empty and he had drunk all the beer inside.

"By the way, I've drunk all the wine just now." Williams hesitated for a few seconds and decided to get another bottle of beer. After all, the show on TV today seems very interesting. Now it's just a skill challenge. There will be a shooting competition and a dunk competition. How can such a good-looking TV show be without beer!

Williams was about to get up to get the beer, and Lucas was on the stage at this time.

"The next contestant has already appeared. I'll go to the beer bar after watching his game." Williams sat down again.

...

"Lucas! 1 minute and 07 seconds, he completed all the movements of the Skill Challenge in just 1 minute and 07 seconds! Oh my god, it's so amazing, so fast!" commentator Wilson yelled at the microphone.

With Wilson's roar, the audience in front of the TV became excited. They felt Wilson's passion, and their emotions were mobilized by Wilson's passion.

In Madison Square Garden, the atmosphere on site was completely ignited at this moment, and the audience shouted endlessly.

The scene of Lucas celebrating with his hands raised, and Williams in front of the TV couldn't help but cheer. At this time, Williams was once again immersed in the skills challenge, and the matter of getting another bottle of beer was left behind by him.

The Skills Challenge is just an appetizer. In terms of the stimulation level of the round, it is definitely not as good as the shooting competition in the future. In terms of the excitement level, it is not as good as the Skills Challenge competition. In the future NBA All-Star weekend, many viewers even think that the Skills Challenge is just a time to go to the bathroom or get a pack of snacks.

However, for the audience of this era, they have never seen the Skills Challenge, nor the more intense shooting competition or the more exciting Slam Dunk competition. Therefore, in their eyes, the Skills Challenge is an unparalleled and exciting competition. No one will go to the toilet at this time, and even if someone wants to swear, they will force themselves to hold it in and wait until the game is over.

Next is the award ceremony of the Skills Challenge, and at the same time, the shooting competition has entered the preparation stage.

Fans can take a short break of ten minutes, of course the TV broadcast is not over, the camera is aimed at the player who won the Skills Challenge Championship, and the reporter is conducting a live interview with him.

The reporter had already received instructions that his interview would be delayed until the preparations for the shooting competition were completed, and then the TV broadcast screen would enter the shooting competition without any connection.

Williams was lying on the sofa, listening to the championship interview with relish, and still recalling the game just now.

"If the last player who made the game did not make any mistakes in his shooting, maybe he would be the champion."

"There is also a second player who made the ball into that box only for the third time. If his pass could be better, he might have a chance to hit the championship!"

Williams silently commented on the gains and losses of the participating players.

The champion's interview ended. The TV camera turned around and pointed it at the basket. At the same time, one shelf was placed at five fixed-point positions, and each shelf was placed with five basketballs on each shelf.

"What is this?" Williams thought curiously.

On the TV, the voice of commentator Wilson answered Williams's doubts.

"The next shot competition is to go on. Let's briefly introduce the rules of the shot competition..."

"So it's a shooting competition. Do you compare who shoots more accurately? It seems that they are all fixed-point shooting, right? What's the good thing about fixed-point shooting? There should be no highlights!" Williams said in his heart.

Compared with the shooting competition, the previous Skill Challenge is indeed enough to be "fancy and whistle". Skill Challenge includes dribbling around piles, passing, shooting and layups. Compared with the shooting competition, it is just shooting, and it is also a fixed-point shooting. This seems to many people, there are not many highlights and is not new.

The rules of the shooting competition are also very simple. There are five pitching points, each pitching point, and a total of twenty-five shots are shot. Whoever scores more wins. Compared with the cumbersome process of the Skill Challenge, it is indeed too easy to understand.

...

“Prepare, 3, 2, 1, go!”

With a command from the scene, the first contestant picked up the basketball from the shelf. He aimed and then shot the ball.

"Clang!" The ball landed on the basket and bounced out.

"Ah..." A sigh came from the audience.

The contestant picked up the second ball, this time he aimed more carefully for a moment, and then shot.

"Swoosh!" This time, the ball entered.

The audience gave applause, but before the applause was shot for the second time, the contestant was ready to shoot the third goal.

Perhaps it was too accurate to be the hit rate, and the contestant spent too many moments in aiming at the basket. When the commentator on the scene began to count down the last ten seconds, the contestant came to the third shooting point, which means he still had fifteen shots without a shot.

"Is he still able to complete it in 10 seconds?"

"It's impossible to shoot fifteen goals in 10 seconds!"

"10,9,8,7..." The countdown sound came into the ears of the contestant, and also made him realize that there was not enough time, which made him feel a little panicked.

The key point is that the audience also began to make noises and shouted the countdown together. More than 20,000 people shouted the countdown at the same time, which instantly put the contestant in greater psychological pressure.

The contestant obviously accelerated his movements and began to race against time. However, under panic and pressure, even his shooting skills were deformed.

The contestant has never scored a goal since the countdown.

At the moment when the countdown ended, the contestant walked off the field with a depressed look on his face. He finally scored only six goals. Such a bad performance was definitely not his real shooting level.

Before participating in the shooting competition, the contestant had also practiced shooting specifically, but the shooting rate of the practice is definitely different from the shooting rate of the game. For example, those inside players who are very bad free throws in the NBA in the future can have a shooting rate of more than 90% of the free throws when practicing, but they often fail to make two free throws in the game.

The tense atmosphere and environment at the game site are not available during daily practice, and the athletes' mentality will also change with the changes in the environment. "Big Heart" is not something that everyone has. Even some players with "Big Heart" cannot guarantee that when they need "Big Heart", the "Big Heart" will definitely work.

So even though the contestant had practiced before the competition, he really arrived at the competition site and could not perform as well as he was at the level of practice.

...

Williams had already seen the clues in front of the TV.

"This guy started out with too slow movements. He spent too much time aiming. When he reached the last three shooting points, he wouldn't have enough time. And the more he went to the back, the less time he was, the more he was nervous and the less he could score. It seems that to complete this shooting competition, not only did he have to shoot accurately, but he also needed to shoot quickly."

At this time, Williams did not realize that he was attracted by this "fixed-point shooting without any highlights".

Not only Williams in front of the TV, but also the audience at the scene have entered the shooting competition with all their hearts.

If the game time is not limited, the shooting competition will be really boring; if the time is sufficient, the shooting competition will not become exciting. However, a "limited time" instantly makes the shooting competition exciting. Because of this time limit, it greatly increases the uncertainty of the shooting competition, and the most exciting part of the sports competition is uncertainty.

The second contestant appeared, and he obviously learned from the first contestant's lesson and shot faster.

“7,6,5,4…”

Perhaps he was too pursuing time. When the countdown was four seconds left, the contestant had already completed 25 shots. It was precisely because he was too pursuing time that his shots were relatively hasty, with 25 shots and only 10 shots. On average, he could shoot two shots per shot point.

From the standards of later generations, if you can hit two goals per shooting point, the score may be reasonable if you can shoot a few more lottery balls. However, in the later generations, they were three-pointers, and there was no three-point line in the 1940s, and the shooting points in the shooting competition were also at the distance of the free throw line. This kind of mid-range shooting, and it was a fixed-point open space, was a bit too bad at 40%.

"This guy is shooting too quickly. He has four seconds left. Even if he aims for one more second each ball, he still has enough time to aim for four more balls. If he can score four more balls, he can score 14 points, which is much better than now." Williams in front of the TV continued to comment.

The audience at the scene also realized that if you want to win this shooting competition, it is not enough to be too slow or too fast. The best situation is to have enough aiming time for each ball and shoot the last goal at the end of the time.

"This shooting competition is harder than I thought!"

"Yes, I thought it was just a simple fixed-point shooting, but I didn't expect time to be so tight, which puts higher demands on the contestants."

"It's not OK to shoot too slowly, and it's not OK to shoot too fast. This tests the player's shooting rhythm!"

"I originally thought this shooting competition would be boring, but now I suddenly feel that this shooting competition is also quite interesting."

Before we knew it, the audience began to discuss the shooting competition in a lively manner

Shooting seems simple, but it is actually a very exciting thing, especially the moment when the basketball flies in the air, it is the most exciting moment and the time when fans are looking up to the highest expectations.

In daily games, fans may need to wait more than twenty seconds to experience this sense of expectation. The ball is sent out and transported to the frontcourt, and the ball is constantly passed, and the attack is slowly organized. Sometimes the first attack is not smooth and needs to be reorganized. Only when the last shot is taken will the moment the basketball flew in the air, and this exciting moment can there be.

However, in the shooting competition, the players will keep making continuous moves, the moment when the basketball flies in the air, and the exciting moment, it will happen once every second. This continuous sensory stimulation is something that the audience cannot feel in normal games.

When the ball is shot, the audience will look forward to whether the ball can be shot, and the answer will be announced immediately the next moment. Before the audience can come back to their senses, the next ball is shot again, and the audience is once again in anticipation. This overwhelming sense of expectation may be the charm of the shooting competition.

In the future All-Star Game, it will be more exciting than shooting at the free throw line. The three-pointer flight trajectory is longer and stays in the air for a longer time, which can bring more intense sensory stimulation to fans. Therefore, the three-pointer competition in the future All-Star Weekend will always be very popular with fans, and participants will also pay more attention to the three-pointer competition.

...

Before he knew it, the shooting competition was halfway through. Williams in front of the TV licked his lips. He felt a little thirsty, and he subconsciously picked up the beer bottle on the table.

This is the empty beer bottle just now.

Williams then remembered that he originally planned to get another bottle of beer, but because of the program that was being broadcast on TV, he was delayed.

"This shooting competition should be about to end, right? Let's wait a little longer. When the shooting competition is over, I will go and get the beer!" Williams thought to himself.

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Chapter completed!