On February 20, Beijing time, the 2022 NBA All-Star Single Event Skill Challenge, the first time in history under the new format, 3 people and a team competed. After the first three rounds of competition, the rookie team won the first promotion with the comprehensive skills of the third round of the team, the Cavaliers and antetokounmpo team were equal in points for overtime, and Garland's super far three-point kill helped the Cavaliers advance. In the final round, the half-time shooting competition, Mobley won the fatal kill, and in the end, the Cavaliers took the least amount of time, and Mobley, Allen and Garland successfully won the Skill Challenge.
List of entries
This year's NBA All-Star Skills Challenge adopts a new format, with a total of 9 players divided into 3 teams, as follows:
Rookies: Barnes (Raptors), Cunningham (Pistons), Gidy (Thunder)
Antetokounmpo: Alphabet Brother (Bucks), Alphabet Brother (Bucks), Alphabet Brother (Development League Raptors 905 Team)
Cavaliers: Allen (Cavaliers), Garland (Cavaliers), Mobley (Cavaliers)
Contest Rules
The 3 teams compete for 4 rounds, the first three rounds are team shooting, team passing, team comprehensive technology, of which team shooting and team passing winning team get 100 points per round, team comprehensive technology winning team gets 200 points, the first three rounds of competition after the highest number of points of the two teams to advance to the final round.
The first round is a team shot, one person per team shoots, the remaining two pick up the rebound, each player has 30 seconds, 5 shooting points from 10 feet to 30 feet, each point value from 1 point to 5 points, players can not shoot consecutively at the same point, the sum of 3 players score determines the team score, and the highest scoring team gets 100 points.
In the second round, team passes are made, each team completes 3 target passes in 30 seconds, each player makes at least one pass at each target position, the same player cannot pass the ball twice in a row in the same target position, and 2, 4 or 6 points are awarded for completing each target pass, and the team with the highest total score receives 100 points.
In the third round, the team integrated technique is carried out, and each player has to complete five challenges, and the minimum team will receive 200 points in time. In the final round, there is a half-time shooting competition, and the team with the least time wins the championship, and if neither team can complete within 1 minute and 30 seconds, an overtime game is required.
Game review
Team shots in the first round
The rookie team took the lead, and after Gidy missed the start, he then scored 16 points on consecutive shots. After Cunningham missed a three-pointer, he hit consecutive hits from the bottom corner and the middle distance, and then the bottom corner and the whistle continued to hit the iron, scoring 10 points. Barnes hit just one mid-range and one bottom-corner three-pointer to score six points, and the rookie team combined to score 32 points.
Antetokounmpo then played, with Alphabet hitting five-pointers first, followed by a three-pointer at the top of the arc, but then scored eight straight points. Alphabet Brother also hit the first 5-point shot on the basket, and then hit another arc top three-pointer after hitting the iron, and also got 8 points. Alphabet Brother hit consecutive irons, scoring four points with only one last whistle hit, and an Antetokounmpo scored a total of 20 points.
The host Cavaliers made the final appearance, Allen hit a arc top three-pointer and a mid-range hit to get 5 points, Mobley ultra-long 5 points and mid-range and other consecutive hits, and then the arc top missed and the whistle was far away, but also hit a mid-range shot during the period, scoring 18 points. Garland hit consecutive long-range three-pointers, arc-top three-pointers and three-pointers, one person blasted 21 points, so that the alphabet brother also stood up and applauded, the Cavaliers totaled 44 points, so that the Cavaliers won this round to get 100 points.
Team passes in the second round
The rookie team came on to make a mobile target pass, and the three of them passed the court at the same time, which was a bit confusing, and then the three of them changed positions to continue passing, and finally scored 88 points.
Antetokounmpo moved the ball back and forth in this round, performing on a par with the rookie team, also scoring 88 points.
The host Cavaliers did not perform well, especially Tanhua Mobly's passing mistakes, and the Cavaliers scored only 70 points. In the case of a tie between the rookie team and the Antetokounmpo team, the calculation of small points to see the success rate of the pass success is higher, and the final Success Rate of the Antetokounmpo team is higher, and the round of narrow victory earns 100 points.
The third round of team integrated technology
Rookie Gidey made a pass mistake as soon as he came up, then completed a three-point shot and a dunk, Cunningham threw a three-point shot from the bottom corner, Barnes dribbled on the basket, changed direction and then made a three-point shot and finally completed a 360-degree dunk, ending the game with 1 minute and 18 seconds.
Antetokounmpo came on, the alphabet brother's throw missed, followed by a three-point miss, dribbling over to give the alphabet brother a relay. Alphabet brother throw hit, three points are not hit, after completing the layup to the letter brother, the letter brother throws hit, the bottom corner of the three points is also a succession of iron, and finally the basket has not enough time, so the time has exceeded the rookie team.
Rookie Allen took the lead in passing the shot, then missed the bottom corner three-point shot, Mobly threw consecutive shots, and then hit consecutive bottom corner three-point shots. Garland continued to relay throws and did not score three points in the bottom corner, surpassing the previous two teams, so the rookie team won this round with 200 points.
As a result, the rookie team won the third round of counterattack and jumped to the first place with 200 points, while the rookie team and Antetokounmpo were 100 points in the first three rounds, and the two teams were three points far away. Alphabet brother and Garland competed, alphabet brother first failed to shoot, Garland successfully hit the kill, so the Cavaliers eliminated The Antetokounmpo team, and joined the rookie team to advance to the final round.
Half-time shooting in the final round
The rookie team continued to take the lead, failing to shoot in the first two rounds, and Cunningham then completed the hit, which took only 9.9 seconds to complete. The Cavaliers then came on the scene, Allen missed, and then Mobley successfully hit a blow to win, and in the end, the Cavaliers won the championship in the least amount of time.
(Drunken Lying Floating Life)