Wemby and Paul, disqualified from the skills challenge for skipping shooting rules
The controversy exploded after Victor Wembanyama and Chris Paul were disqualified for trying to cheat in the rules in the obstacle career presented to the players running through stations with several exercises of passes and shots.
San Francisco – The attempt to Victor Wembanyama and Chris Paul to win the crown of NBA Skills Challenge in it Star Game From Saturday night he ended quickly when the stellar duo of San Antonio was disqualified for not trying to make real attempts of shooting.
The controversy exploded after Wembanyama and Paul were disqualified for trying to cheat in the obstacle career that the players running through stations with several exercises of passes and shots.
The two players had started the first round and were booed loudly by the crowd for not trying to make real attempts of shots, simply throwing the balls from the shelves. They were finally disqualified.
According to AM850 Research, the draft attempt format for the Skills Challenge implies that a player complete shots from three separate locations in a sequential order, moving from each shooting location after a success or three valid shooting attempts.
With disqualification, Paul has participated six times in the skills Challenge without win According to AM850 Research.
Cleveland’s duo, Evan Mobley and Donovan Mitchell, joined to finally defeat local heroes Moses Moody and Draymond Green and win the competition.
The Cavaliers were first in the final round and toured the field in 1 minute, 0.3 seconds, while Mobley and Mitchell easily hit almost all their shots from three points of the court in their first attempt.
Moody was easily the first round for the Golden State duo, but Green failed the three breast passes and had difficulty hitting his shots. He could not even reach the last two stations before the time to match the time established by Cleveland was exhausted.
The rookie team formed by Zaccharie Risacher, from Atlanta, and Alex Sar, from Washington, was also eliminated in the first round, with a time of 1: 20.6 that left him 1.2 seconds behind the cavaliers.
With information from The Associated Press.
