Before the start of the competition, there was an introduction session for the players.

Wall, Terrence Ross and Paul George were introduced to the Eastern team.

He was followed by Lillard, Harris Barnes, and Don on the Western Army's side.

From the point of view of strength, the eastern army is obviously stronger.

Rose is the defending champion of the slam dunk contest, Wall is the top bouncer among guards, and George is a super dunk.

On the contrary, on the side of the Western Army, Lillard has only deducted blue 8 times in the game this season, and Tang Tian was selected by virtue of the previous over-frame dunk, and it seems that only Barnes can dunk.

However, when Tang Tian appeared on the stage for the last time, the scene erupted in deafening cheers.

Tang Tian is now the league's scoring champion, and he is playing at home, and he is the absolute focus on the field.

Barkley in the commentary box raised his hands as if he were welcoming the King of New Orleans.

This year's slam dunk contest Xiao Hua was originally prepared to be restructured, but because he was still supervised by the organizing committee, he continued to use last year's competition system.

The 6 contestants are divided into east and west, and the preliminaries are deducted twice, and the total score is added up to determine who wins the east and west.

This is the preliminaries, and the scores are judged by the judges.

Then the person with the highest score in both teams will come out for the final on behalf of the East and West.

is also two dunks, and in the end, the fans vote for the final dunk king.

The difference between this competition system and the previous competition system is that the preliminaries are not 6-person PK, but PK within the East and West troops.

Of course, when it comes to the finals, it still depends on who is stronger.

"Who will be the champion?"

Before the start of the slam dunk contest, the TNT Big Three and ESPN Duo started chatting again in the commentary seat.

It's a must-have part of their year to guess the champion.

"Reggie, you guessed right last year, you say it first." Brin said and looked at Miller.

None of the five of them were dunks, and they could only rely on their instincts, and last year, Miller's intuition made him guess Rose.

"Rose."

Miller said with a smile that he was still betting on Ross this year.

It's a safe choice, as Rose is the defending champion and has had a lot of brutal dunks in games this season.

"George." Kenny Smith followed suit and said his choice.

"He's the perfect physique, and the dunk will be very visual."

Smith is an analyst, and there is nothing wrong with his analysis, George is one of the few active players to swing with Maddie and Carter's super forwards.

And in terms of physical fitness, George is not much worse than them.

"Charles, Shaq, what do you think?"

Brin looked at Barkley and O'Neal.

"Don."

The two of them said in unison, and then they both laughed.

Barkley was originally optimistic about Tang Tian, and O'Neill was already in a state of "Tang choosing Tang, and not Tang arbitrary".

Several people differed widely in their opinions.

This shows that no one is sure to win this year, and you have to compare it to know.

Not long after they finished chatting, amid the cheers of the fans, this year's slam dunk contest officially began.

First up were the Wall and Lillard group.

Both of them are point guards, and they are worthy of each other.

But compared to it, the gap is a bit big.

Although Lillard dunked the first dunk into the pull-up dunk, because of the lack of ornamentation due to the height problem, plus the three dunks were successful, the first dunk only scored 36 points, and the spinning dunk of the second dunk was not brilliant enough.

Wall, on the other hand, made a successful spin in the first dunk, and staged a dunk on the mascot "Wizard" of the Wizards in the second dunk, which was amazing and won a perfect score of 50 points.

After the first round of PK, Wall won 93-78.

The Eastern Army took 1 point first.

The second set of matchups that followed was Rose and Barnes.

This is also the player who can theoretically dunk the two teams the most.

However, the performance of the two was a big surprise.

Rose won the slam dunk contest last year with a tribute to Carter, but he ran out of ideas this year, and his two dunks were mediocre and didn't get the judges to buy it.

And Barnes's performance was not as expected, the player who had blocked Howard in the official game, and failed to complete the action at the end of the first three dunks.

In the end, Rose won by 85-76 points.

In this way, the Eastern Forces led 2-0.

They have the upper hand.

Now it's up to Tang Tian to turn the tide in the last set of duels and win back some face for the Western Army.

However, George of the Eastern team is not a character to be messed with.

He led the team to second place in the East this season, and he was in excellent form, and his template for the draft was Maddy, who is a strong dunk in his own right.

George comes first.

There were cheers at the scene.

George is also very popular right now, as evidenced by the results of his All-Star vote.

The live camera showed that after George took a deep breath, he ran directly to the basket.

A meter away from the basket, he jumped up and turned 360° directly in the air, and at the same time, he tucked the ball into his crotch with his right hand.

It's a 360° crotch windmill!

Carter's once iconic move!

"Bang!"

George made a success.

The scene exploded directly.

This dunk success rate, this visual effect, is simply explosive!

George really deserves to be a contemporary dunk!

The judges also bought it, giving a perfect score of 50 points.

This is also the strongest dunk of this slam dunk contest.

"Man! What do I say! ”

Smith laughed in the commentary booth at this point.

It looks like he's going to be the child of prophecy this year.

Barkley and O'Neal also laughed at this time.

George's buckle is really a bit strong.

The eastern force has really crushed the western part of the lineup this year.

The pressure is all on Tang Tian now.

Tang Tian got up, and the cheers on the scene were overwhelming.

The western forces were losing and retreating, and Tang Tian was now their only savior.

"What will he do?"

Barkley then turned to look at O'Neal.

Both of them guessed Tang Tian, if they wanted to defeat George's button, they would definitely not be able to press the bottom of the box without a little effort.

O'Neill shook his head with a smile, Tang Tian didn't call his assistant to come to the stage at this time, this action is really hard to guess.

In the cheers of the fans, Tang Tian took the ball to the position of the center circle.

It looks like it's going to be a dunk that requires a lot of distance.

The cheers at the scene fell, and Tang Tian rushed forward directly with the ball.

He accelerated quickly, and when he reached the free throw line, he landed directly with his right foot, and his toes flew into the air next to the free throw line.

There was an exclamation from the scene.

This is going to stage a free throw line dunk!

There are really not many people in the history of the NBA who can complete this action, and there are only a handful of them who have completed it in the slam dunk contest!

Jordan, Dr. J, Pippen, Ibaka.

Amid the cheers of all the fans, Tang Tian glided in front of the basket as if he had put on his wings, and smashed the ball into the basket with his right hand as it fell.

"Bang!"

Again, a first-time success!

“Holyshit！”

Barkley was rough in the commentary box.

The scene exploded instantly.

Kobe Bryant and Curry on the sidelines quickly jumped up from their seats and shouted.

If there is a dunk that can be more amazing than the one George just now, it must be Tang Tian's free throw line!

Tang Tian's expression after landing was relatively calm.

Don't panic for home fans, the slam dunk contest has just begun, and the free throw line is the first to press.