The All-Star Slam Dunk Contest has been in existence since 1984 and has passed for 28 years until 2012.

For the event itself, bottlenecks are inevitable.

There is no doubt about the physical fitness of NBA players, so what is it that makes the slam dunk contest fail to bring the thrilling feeling of the past to the audience?

Originality!

What is most lacking in the 21st century is not only talent, but also creativity!

Too many dunk moves are reused, making the slam dunk contest itself less fresh and expectant.

So much so that in order to give new vitality to this event, the league had to revise the rules again and again to allow more spectators to participate in the game.

In this year's slam dunk contest, the rules were changed to "no judges, regardless of the preliminaries and finals, each person has three chances to dunk, and finally through the vote of fans around the world".

As it turned out, this was nothing more than a failed reform.

The lack of creativity has already put the dunk contest in big trouble, and the lack of talent has completely turned the sport into a chicken rib.

That's right, it's the lack of talent, and the huge NBA actually finds a slam dunk contestant with a superstar temperament.

Take a look at the list of participants in this year's Slam Dunk Contest:

Rockets of Chase Badinger, Pacers Paul George, Jazz Jeremy Evans and Timberwolves rookie Derrick Williams.

Come on, even Pickle Pepper at this time didn't grow into an All-Star caliber player, which means that none of the players in the competition even had an All-Star.

I have to say that the meaning of the slam dunk contest as a standard for top superstars is declining indefinitely, which is the most helpless thing.

Among them, LeBron James has more or less to bear a little responsibility. Whatever the reason, his failure to compete is a lack of a big spot in the event.

If it weren't for Erniu winning the championship two years in a row and reversing the trend in time, maybe the current situation of the slam dunk contest would be even worse.

Erniu has completed its historical mission to win the championship for two consecutive years, and fans are looking forward to the birth of the next super dunk king, but at present, it seems that no one in the league can take on this responsibility.

Eddie said to CP4, who is less than three years old next to him, "It's a waste of our time. To be honest, even if the league randomly draws a few people to participate in the league, it may be better than this slam dunk contest. ”

Eddie's words were unanimously agreed by Erniu and Paul, the rules of failure, the failure of players, and the failure of the game, if this continues, there is really no need for the slam dunk contest to exist.

"The only thing I'm looking forward to now is that Dad will win the AMVP tomorrow!" said Eddie.

CP4 paused and asked, "Why not my dad?"

Eddie was about to retort, but Erniu interrupted, "I've already won three consecutive AMVPs, so I don't really care about that." However, it will not be easy for the cannon to win this trophy, because the league usually gives the trophy to the player with the most points in the team. ”

Paul then said, "You mean I want to make more moves?"

Erniu shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's up to you to decide, but tomorrow you only have to defeat one opponent first." ”

"Kobe Bryant!" Paul gave a direct answer.

Erniu smiled and nodded, indicating that the expectations of the two were exactly the same.

Before this year's slam dunk contest, Kobe Bryant's personal score had reached 244 points, leaving only 18 points away from Jordan's All-Star record of 262 points.

"If it's Kobe, I don't think it's a problem!" Eddie said.

"I also support Kobe, he plays so handsome!" CP4 also reversed.

"Who is your Lao Tzu?" Erniu and Paul cursed in their hearts at the same time.

Those who don't want to be admired by their children don't want to be adored by their own children, but one thing to say, even if Erniu and Paul can now join forces to complete the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant's style of play is indeed full of appeal.

If you don't score, you have to vote, and if you don't vote, you won't win......

(Why don't teammates pass if there is an obvious vacancy?)

It's impossible to pass the ball, it's impossible to pass the ball in this life, you can't score when you pass it, and you can only maintain the game by hitting iron......

Well, well, the above style is actually not Kobe, and it might be more appropriate to replace it with a twitch like Nick Young.

What the two bulls and the three guns didn't expect was that in the locker room of the Western All-Stars the next day, a guy offered to compete for AMVP.

Speaking of which, let's first talk about the circle of Western All-Stars.

The biggest is naturally the circle of Erniu and Paul, in fact, this circle also covers the widest range, including Westbrook, Kevin Love, and Kevin Durant are all in this circle.

The first two are alumni of Erniu UCLA, while the latter are rookies of the same class as Erniu.

And the person who proposed to compete for AMVP was none other than KD, who privately communicated with Erniu and Sanpao, saying that he wanted to get more shooting rights in the game that day.

Erniu himself didn't have much opinion, and Paul was also very simple: "If you have a good hand, I will definitely send the ball over." ”

The Black Mamba is also not cold, he communicated with Erniu and Sancang many times before the game, although he did not clearly say the specific goal, but there are some things that never need to be detailed.

Ruan Erniu took the opportunity to joke to his friend Westbrook, "Do you have any ideas?"

Wei Shao's answer was even more straightforward: "I'll do it if I have the ball, it's as simple as that!"

Erniu suddenly spoke, this is simple and rude, but if you want to fight for AMVP, it seems that this is really the most effective way.

The west has its own mind, but the east is the same.

Including James, Wade, Griffin, Howard and others are all interested in AMVP, among them, Howard is undoubtedly the most interested, because Orlando is his home stadium after all.

However, the transfer scandals in the summer have undoubtedly made it extra difficult for the Sparks at home, and it is obviously not an easy task to win the AMVP in such recent circumstances.

Players from both sides returned to the field after completing their respective warm-ups.

Andrew Bynum and Dwight Howard were in charge of the jump ball in the center circle, while Erniu made his first appearance at power forward in the All-Star Game.

"Smack!"

Ann won the jump ball, he was also a first-time All-Star, and his jump was even quicker, and Bynum, who was also considered a trade chip this summer, clearly wanted to prove his worth in front of the world.

This season, Anzhu's progress is obvious to all, and in this era of the withering of big centers, he can enter the Western Conference All-Star starter, which is still relatively convincing.

Erniu takes the basketball in the back and then throws the ball to Paul.

Paul firmly controlled the ball across the halfcourt, hit the ground, and sent the ball to Kobe Bryant for the first time.

Kobe Bryant raised his hand and shot!

"Brush!"

Mamba showed his fangs from the start, and it was clear that he was going to overtake Jordan today.

Derrick Rose controlled the ball past half court and then sent the ball to James, who opted for James to distribute the ball in the absence of a playmaking point guard.

D. Wade made a reverse run and ran out of space, and James immediately sent the ball over.

Cheek flank 18 feet raise your hand and shoot!

"Bang!"

It's a pity that I didn't hit!

Ruan Erniu took the backcourt rebound and immediately found Paul with a long pass.

Paul quickly pushed forward and hit the basket directly.

Rose's defense is not out of position, but the intensity of the defense is not great, and the All-Star break has just begun, and it is still show time.

CP3 suddenly slapped the basketball hard, and after a slowdown pause, Paul played a trick and the ball passed under his left armpit and flew backwards.

He was followed by Kraft Nguyen, who wore the number 88 red jersey.

The Celestial Empire rose to its feet, gliding through the air before an explosive tomahawk slammed the ball into the basket.

Although I didn't want to grab AMVP, this doesn't mean that Erniu doesn't perform at all.

On the offensive end of the East, Griffin cut the basket in the air, received a pass from James, and made a mistake under the defense of Erniu, not because Erniu deliberately defended him and did not give him a chance to perform, but because Griffin himself did not grasp the ball.

Switch between offense and defense!

It's Kobe Bryant again!

Mamba received a pass from Erniu across the court, slammed directly into the basket, and completed the offense with a simple split.

Again, don't look at Erniu blocking Bryant's championship dream twice in a row, but these two people really don't have a direct contradiction.

Compared with O'Neal, who has teamed up with Kobe to win three championships, the relationship between Erniu and Kobe may be better than that of the Sharks.

In fact, being Kobe's opponent may be easier to get Kobe's respect than being Kobe's teammates.

Why does Kobe Bryant look up to Laga Bell, if the latter hadn't locked his throat, Kobe would not have publicly expressed his appreciation for this guy.

Mamba, who returned to the half, smiled and slapped Erniu with a high hand, looking in a good mood, and it was obvious that Kobe Bryant was one step closer to Jordan's All-Star scoring record.

At 7:0, from the beginning of the game, the East was a little stunned, and they haven't fully come to their senses.

In the next offensive round, Howard finally got the ball inside, and he faced Bynum and tried to open the scoring for the East with a hook.

As a result, An Zhu, who participated for the first time, was engrossed in the sparks, and faced the spark with a positive hat.

Erniu won the rebound and immediately started the "Bull Sprint" mode, 3VS3 in the frontcourt.

THE HIGH TWO BULLS MADE A BEAUTIFUL NOLOOKPASS, THE BASKETBALL WAS DIALED TO THE RIGHT VACANT POSITION, AND DURANT RUSHED TO CATCH THE BALL.

"Brush!"

10:0！

The West scored in double figures, and the East has yet to break the duck egg.

Fortunately, someone finally stepped up at this time, first James quickly sent the baseline ball to find D. Wade, and then the cheek was a half-court empty catch, and passed the ball directly to the basket......

"Boom!"

The spark, which had just been blocked, avenged with an arrow, and Anzhu's defensive position was too far away, so that it gave the spark behind him a chance to hit the basket directly.

In the subsequent game, the two sides went back and forth, and began to divide each other, and all kinds of violent deductions and empty connections emerged in endlessly.

After all, it's an exhibition game, and no one will be disappointed to block a dunk before the critical moment.

Kobe Bryant and Erniu scored double-doubles in the first quarter at the same time, while Durant also scored 6 points, 41:28, with a strong opening game, the Western All-Stars led their opponents by 13 points in the first quarter of the game.

The game started quickly in the second quarter, and the starters such as Erniu basically sat off the court, and Scott Brooks was nominally an assistant coach, but his work was actually the head coach's business.

With LaMarcus Aldridge, Kevin Love, Kobe Bryant, Tony Parker, Russell Westbrook and others on the court, the style of painting in the West has changed significantly, and the original frequent air catches and dunks are gone, and it has been transformed into a more unpretentious style of play.

In positional battles, rely on transmission to find shooting opportunities, of course, provided that the ball does not fall into the hands of Wei Shao.

Once in the hands of the turtle, you can either shoot against the defense, or simply hold the ball and hit the basket.

Not to mention, Wei Shao's way of dealing with it is simple and rude, but it does meet the viewing standards of an all-star, since he is an all-star, if he doesn't have a violent dunk with overflowing talent, how can he be embarrassed to call himself a star among stars.

Bryant scored a few more points and continued to get close to Jordan, but the entire second quarter belonged to Durant and Westbrook.

The Thunder had two fewer assault baskets and a repeated, mid-to-long-range shooting to further help the Western All-Stars consolidate their lead.

At the end of the half, 93:69, the lead in the West had reached 24 points.

This is obviously not good news for the east.

The break passed quickly and the two sides were back on the pitch.

As soon as he got on the field, Er Niu noticed that the momentum of the eastern team had changed, yes, they unified their thoughts in the locker room, and it seemed that they were ready to fight!

The subsequent game also verified Erniu's conjecture, and the momentum of the game changed instantly as the defense was strengthened in the east.

James stepped up first, and he made three three-pointers in just one minute, helping the team close the score gap in an instant, and then the Eastern All-Stars began to erupt en masse, closing the score again and again.

The game became more and more hot, and D. Wade even slapped Kobe Bryant with a nosebleed when defending Kobe Bryant once.

As it turned out later, Bryant's nose bridge was broken, and he had to play with a protective mask in the regular season that followed.

The east gave the west a dull stick, and the west also had no reason to show weakness, as the score continued to be chased closer, but in the west, Erniu and Durant still made good use of their super personal ability to stabilize the game.

At 112:128, the third quarter of the game ended, and the difference between the two sides was only 16 points, which was no longer enough for the All-Star Game to ensure that the West won the game completely.

The final quarter of the game became a regular season-level battle.

At the last moment, the audience in Orlando on the sidelines was on the defensive end of the East, and even shouted one defense after another!

The Eastern All-Stars are also really hardworking, and the score between the two sides has been chased to 152:147 1 minutes before the end, and the ball is still on the Eastern side.

At the critical moment, the East passed the ball wrong, James passed to his friend D. Wade, but Wade did not catch the ball, causing the basketball to slide in Wade's hand and then fly directly out of the sideline.

Erniu didn't let the game drag on, and at the last moment, he played a single game in the low post, and after a false shake tricked Griffin, he leaned lightly and then threw the basketball in his hand.

"Brush!"

"Toot!"

Goal Score!2+1!

The game ended with a two-bull hit a free throw, and then Deron Williams and Wade both missed three-point shots.

At 155:147, the West had the last laugh.

Durant got the first AMVP of his career with 36 points and 6 rebounds in a single game, Erniu scored the biggest double-double of the game with 28 points and 19 boards, and exerted the greatest energy in the limited playing time, while Kobe Bryant surpassed Jordan's All-Star total scoring record with a total of 272 points with a 27-point performance in this game.