Chapter 379: Difficulty for Yourself?
Jordan laughed because what Sun Hao said really had his style.
Although the Shooting Star project is only a single event of the All-Star Game, most people don't dare to talk about it at all.
In addition to him, it may be Sun Hao.
It's really that the more he gets in touch, the more he likes Sun Hao.
The fans at the scene cheered because Sun Hao made them love him no matter what he did or said.
It was at this moment that they realized that the successor to Jordan that Stern was looking for was the person in front of them!
In the past, looking for Jordan's successor was to find a style of play and a figure, and Finley, Hill, and Kobe Bryant were almost all like this.
But maybe they're all wrong, because it's not his technique that's really obsessed with Jordan, it's the breath of a strong man.
And that's exactly what Sun Hao has!
James: Meow meow?
James' focus is different from most people's, he cares about Sun Hao's previous sentence.
What does it mean that O'Neill said that the championship they want to win is not one, nor two, nor three, but four, five, six?
Meaning, no one else wants a championship?
No, that can't be.
He wants to defeat Sun Hao and get back his nickname of "Little Emperor", he is the chosen one.
He's not going to let that happen!
At this moment, the fighting spirit in James's heart was unprecedentedly high.
In fact, many people talk about huddles when they talk about James, hit iron when they talk about Kobe, and join the enemy when they talk about Durant, all ignore one point: people will change.
Not to mention players, even people, there will be several stages in their lives, and the roles and mentality played in each stage will change greatly.
Kobe Bryant was a qualified second-in-command during the OK period, and then became the crazy bigot, and by the time he put on the number 24, he matured and became a near-perfect basketball player;
James also has a mental journey, when he first entered the league, he was the same as the ".1" he tattooed, and he said in an interview that "I don't want to be the next Kobe, I want to be the first LeBron", he was also a dragon slayer boy at the beginning.
As for reality turning him into an evil dragon, that's after that.
After the Shooting Star Competition, the Skills Challenge will follow.
Last year's defending champion, Nash, participated for the second year in a row.
He didn't play much in the shooting star, but when he arrived at the skills challenge, he killed all sides and easily defended his title.
Immediately following the Skills Challenge is the Three-Point Contest.
Because there is still no Sun Hao in this year's three-point competition, the attention is still average.
However, there was a scene in the game that made Old Man Joe laugh into an emoji again.
The Suns' Joe Johnson shot an 8-point shot in the game, a good tribute to Jordan!
Sure enough, there is a reason why Johnson was later called the "modern Jordan" in history.
In the end, the Suns' Gent Richardson defeated Leonard, the last three-point king, and successfully won the three-point contest.
This also proves that the quality of this Suns team, although it is a sudden emergence, but its strength is real.
After the three-point contest, it's the most anticipated part of the day: the slam dunk contest!
The expectations of the fans were already vividly reflected when the players were introduced on the spot.
The overwhelming cheers seemed to tear down the roof.
This has something to do with Sun Hao's previous outstanding performance in the shooting star.
A player who shoots so well and dunks is extremely powerful has never been seen in the history of the NBA!
But now those two points are concentrated in one player.
Even if he doesn't have the identity of a Chinese player, he can be a big hit.
Of course, what fans are looking forward to now is that this player can actually lift the championship trophy of the slam dunk contest.
Because that's the best proof of uniqueness.
J.R. Smith, Stoudemire, James, Sun Hao!
This is also the order in which the four appear.
The organizing committee knows that the theme of this year's slam dunk contest will most likely be James PK Sun Hao, and all the appearance order of the two is arranged later.
The competition is about to start, and the photographer on the scene gives the female reporter a lens.
The reporter interviewed the judges of the slam dunk contest.
This year's five-member panel of judges is star-studded, with Wade, oh sorry, no Wade, it's Wilkins.
In addition to Wilkins, the "best of human cinema", there are also "Skywalker" David Thompson, "Iceman" George Gervin, "Dr. J" Owen.
The female reporter asked who they supported.
David Thompson and Irving both chose James, and Gervin chose Sun Hao.
Thompson and Irving chose for different reasons, with Thompson basing his losses to Richardson last year and his ability to compete for a championship.
Irving, on the other hand, thinks that Sun Hao's dunk is mainly creative, and it is difficult to win the championship of the dunk contest in this way.
As for Gwen, he seems to be paying more attention to Sun Hao's game.
"I support Dr. J's point of view, but I think Son still has a good chance because his dunking ability and his dunking ability have improved a lot compared to last year."
"Have you watched Sun's game? Is it because he broke your single-quarter scoring record? ”
The reporter then asked.
Gwen laughed and nodded.
The record that has been sealed for 27 years has been broken, and it is difficult not to pay attention to it.
After the reporter interviewed the judges, the competition is about to start.
The first to appear was the young JR Smith wearing the No. 23 jersey.
Smith is a rookie selected by the Hornets with the 18th pick this season, and has been focused on developing in his first year in the league, and has played more than 30 starts.
He averaged 10.2 points, 2 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.
Of course, the most important thing is athletic talent.
Many people have the impression of J.R. Smith staying in his famous scene of dribbling to the end, but he is actually a very physical dunk.
In his early years, one of his classic gifs was to dodge the defense in the air and turn the body to dunk in real combat, and was exclaimed to get the "Jordan experience card".
This is also the reason why he was selected for this year's high-profile slam dunk contest.
Sun Hao also looked at Smith at this time.
Well, Smith looked a little confused.
That's right, it's this adjective, confused.
But although he looks confused, his initial attempt shows that he is a ruthless person.
The first thing he tried was to change hands behind his back and dunk!
The difficulty factor of this dunk is already very high.
Unfortunately, he started two unsuccessful attempts in a row.
It wasn't until the third time that he dunked the ball in.
Moreover, his feeling of confusion made people unconsciously give him a low impression.
In the end, the judges gave a score of 45 points.
Judging from the results, this deduction is a bit low.
However, in the first deduction, there is nothing wrong with the judges being conservative when giving points.
After Smith, Stoudemire was next.
Historically, Stoudemire made it to the finals this year, and a large part of the reason he got in was Nash.
That's right, it's the one who gave Sun Hao a header in last year's slam dunk contest.
Then, now that Sun Hao has taken the road of "Little Overlord", "Little Overlord" naturally has no way out.
But Stoudemire clearly has more than just ideas.
Without Nash, he can also buckle!
His first dunk was a baseline sprint, and then he folded the lever for a dunk!
This ball is like Gordon's folding buckle in history!
The only difference is that when dunking, Stoudemire's legs are stretched and closed, not as thoroughly as Gordon.
However, this is already difficult!
"Bang!"
And he dunked the ball in one go!
There was a stirring at the scene.
The judges gave a final score.
Stoudemire ended up scoring the same 45 points as Smith.
After the two people in front of them finished dunking, James and Sun Hao, who were still sitting on the court, glanced at each other and got a message from each other's eyes.
This year's judges are a bit strict.
And then there's James!
The scene has erupted in cheers.
Smith and Stoudemire are just foreplay and warm-up in their opinion, James is on the court, and the good show has just begun!
In fact, don't say it, Sun Hao is also very curious about how James will deduct it.
You must know that James's dunk is often complained by fans that "in addition to tomahawk dunks, there are also tomahawk layups".
In last year's slam dunk contest, it can be said that he almost deducted everything he could, and this is the second year in a row to participate, Sun Hao has a headache for him wanting to move.
James set off, rushed to the free throw line with the ball, and then smashed the ball straight to the rebound.
"Bang!"
The ball smashed relatively high, and the arc was relatively flat, the force was relatively large, and the ball rebounded back by a large margin.
After James grabbed the ball in the air, his arm had a natural tendency to be pulled back by the inertia of the ball.
But it's this trend that gives people a very violent visual impact.
Then, Sun Hao was stunned for a moment.
"Bang!"
James hits the board and catches the tomahawk dunk!
Sure enough, it was Tomahawk again......
But tomahawks belong to tomahawks, but it's violent to look at!
The scene also burst into cheers in an instant, and many viewers raised the 10-point sign in their hands.
Tomahawks, in fact, also divide people.
James' excellent arm span, coupled with his big movement of pulling the ball, makes for a great visual impact.
In addition, compared with last year, this ball is a smashing board and empty tomahawk, and the difficulty has increased a lot.
There is also the one-time completion, which gives people a simple and rough feeling.
In the end, the scores given by the judges echoed the reaction of the fans.
50 points!
The first perfect score of this year's slam dunk contest has appeared!
James was biting his nails a little nervously while waiting for the score, but when he saw the score, he shook his hand and screamed excitedly.
Sun Hao was worried that this guy would accidentally bite off his nails one day.
Of course, this thought of his was only fleeting, because he was the one who appeared immediately!
The attention of everyone at the scene fell on Sun Hao.
Last year, Sun Hao's performance in the slam dunk contest was automatically labeled as "creative" by fans.
So how he will buckle this first button is still worth paying attention to.
However, Sun Hao didn't look for a helper when he first came up this year.
He took the ball to the 45° angle on the right side of the three-point line, adjusted his breathing, and rushed straight to the basket.
This seemingly ordinary, but unusual move on Sun Hao, attracted the attention of fans to him.
Sun Hao: This is, don't play creative and play difficult?
Soon, they realized that they had guessed correctly.
Sun Hao rose into the air when he entered the forbidden area, and began to turn his body when he took off.
Is this another 360?
No, it's not.
Sun Hao's jump position was not enough to complete a 360° dunk.
Sure enough, Sun Hao had already started to pull the ball when he turned to 180°.
He pulled the ball under his knee and picked up a small windmill!
"Bang!"
Sun Hao obviously came prepared, just like James in front, in one go!
The 180° turn of the small windmill is more difficult than Smith's first buckle!
The scene also burst into cheers and whistles in an instant, and many people raised the 10-point cards in their hands and shook them back and forth.
On the judges' bench, Gwen was the first to show a sign with 10 points.
He obviously has a little preference for Sun Hao.
Owen and the others looked at each other and gave a score of 10.
However, Thompson gave it a score of 9.
After the final score, Sun Hao scored 49 points.
Gervin put down the sign and turned to Thompson with a puzzled look.
Sun Hao changed the creative dunk method of last year's dunk contest and played a difficult dunk, and he did it in one go, which is definitely not too much to give a full score.
Thompson, that's a bit biased.
But Thompson didn't seem to care.
In fact, he is not really prejudiced against Sun Hao, but he looks at Sun Hao with creative expectations.
This time, Sun Hao's deduction was a little different from what he expected in his heart, and it was a normal reaction to give 1 point less.
Sun Hao didn't care.
The first button, he just used it to warm up.
And the purpose of his buckle is also to raise people's expectations of him.
He actually knows what Irving and Thompson said, it's hard to win a championship in a slam dunk contest with creativity alone.
He came to win the championship this time, and he must have prepared more than creativity.
This button, like the previous synopsis, tells everyone this first.
At the end of the first dunk, although Sun Hao did not get a perfect score, his score was also ranked second, higher than that of Smith and Stoudemire.
His hopes of reaching the final are still high.
Smith's second buckle.
At this moment, Sun Hao saw James and Smith standing up together!
This is?
When James walked to the basket to get the ball, Sun Hao realized that James was going to be Smith's assistant!
This scene looks a little weird.
Historically, Smith didn't become teammates with James until the Cavaliers.
Although the current James is different from the history to the Nuggets, Smith has only just entered the league and played for the Hornets!
There is only one reason for this situation, the two should have known each other privately, and the relationship is not bad!
Sure enough, all encounters are reunions after a long absence?
Sun Hao was thinking that the cooperation between the two had already begun.
James hit the ball under the basket, and then Smith rushed in and took to the air to catch the ball...... Be born.
The cooperation between the two still lacks a little tacit understanding.
Make a mistake, do it again!
This time James adjusted his hitting point, and the moment Smith rushed in and took to the air, he felt like he had found the most comfortable dunk spot.
"Bang!"
A flowing backhand pull-up dunk and Smith dunked the ball into the basket in one go!
Smith, who landed on the ground after success, roared angrily, turned around and bumped his chest with James.
The judges were quick to give their scores.
50 points!
Smith scored 95 points with two dunks!
This time, the scene was restless.
Because of Smith's dunk in the second round, it can be regarded as raising the difficulty coefficient at once.
The three people who didn't deduct it, if there is a mistake, they will be eliminated directly!
Sun Hao looked at James at this time.
James, is this a matter of making it difficult for himself?