Chapter 1107: Violence and the Aesthetics of Violence
Carter participated in the slam dunk contest, which raised the popularity of this year's All-Star by a large margin.
Coupled with Xiao Hua's reforms, this year's All-Star Game will definitely make history.
Because of this, the Pelicans' next game with the Magic is becoming more and more exciting.
It's also interesting to say, the Pelicans' schedule, Tang Tian chose to participate in the dunk contest, first against LaVine, then against Gordon, and finally against Carter.
The coincidence of this wave of fixtures makes people think that they were arranged in advance.
But perhaps that's what God meant.
The Magic are in a similar situation to the Timberwolves, but the difference is that they don't have as many young talents.
The Timberwolves have at least the possibility of redeeming talent, and the Magic are now in full swing.
The record is not good, and only Gordon can be regarded as talented.
Several instant combat forces, Vucevic, Fournier, and Biyombo are all the starting strength of the standard weak team, not up or down.
The duel between Tang Tian and Gordon is the only one worth looking forward to.
But even so, the Amway Arena was still full on game day.
The pelican effect continues.
There were even many people wearing Tang Tian's jersey at the scene.
For the fans of these small cities, the scene was really blood-spitting.
But there is no way for their team to be competitive, and the Pelicans were also a small city team before, smaller than them.
During the on-site warm-up, amid the cheers of the fans, Gordon performed a few folding buckles, which made the fans climax one after another.
Gordon's dunking style is completely different from LaVine's previous one.
He is characterized by violence.
With that body and bounce, as well as good body flexibility and reach, he has a visual impact than Griffin in terms of dunks alone.
The warm-up ended quickly, and the starters from both sides came on one after another.
On the Pelicans' side, Butler and Davis are resting in shifts.
The starting five Tigers, Walker, Tang Tian, Bojan, Siakam, and Dedmon.
On the Magic side, Elfred Payton and Fournier on the outside, Jonathan Simmons and Aaron Gordon on the front, and Vucevic at center.
Gordon and Dedmon's jump ball.
Gordon showed a bounce and flicked the ball back into the Magic half to kick off the game.
Payton's playmaking on the perimeter, Simmons gives Gordon a screen, and Gordon cuts under the basket.
The absence of Butler and Davis had a big impact on the Pelicans' defensive end, and Gordon didn't keep up with the help defense after cutting in.
Peyton hit the ball just right.
"Bang!"
Gordon took the ball and soared into the air, sliding straight with both hands and slamming the ball into the basket.
The cheers of the audience burst into flames.
Gordon opened with a violent dunk!
And this dunk is quite violent, and the adrenaline of people watching is skyrocketing!
Tang Tian also became a little excited after seeing it.
In the last game, because LaVine didn't have any dunk opportunities, Stevens replaced him early.
But tonight Gordon opened the dunk, which made his desire stronger.
Walker felt Tang Tian's desire for the first time, dribbled the ball to Tang Tian after half the court, and then motioned to his teammates to pull away.
Tang Tian played Simmons one-on-one.
Simmons performed well for the Spurs last season, playing from the Development League to starting the Magic, and signing a multi-million contract, and is one of the NBA's inspirational players.
His defense is not bad, but it is obviously not enough in front of Tang Tian.
Tang Tian's butterfly step of changing speed directly passed him through.
Breaking into the free throw line, Tang Tian was already ready to move under the drive of desire, and he was about to buckle when he took a step to accelerate.
However, at this moment, Vucevic broke away from Dedmon to help the defense.
He's smart enough to keep his hands up and not jump, so he can get distractions and not get whistled for a foul.
He's a player who plays with his brain.
But he stood for a second and regretted it.
Because Tang Tian's dunk action has not changed at all!
This is to be prepared to be unreasonable!
His eyes widened.
He's a big center, raise your hands and you treat me like air?!
must be trying to scare him, even if the other party is Tang Tian, it is impossible to come so far from the big center.
You're not Carter!
He cheered himself up and continued to hold on.
But in the next second, this thought of his was immediately forgotten.
Because of Tang Tian, he really deducted it!
The two of them had a physical confrontation, and Tang Tian's impact was much greater than he expected.
That's an accelerated car.
"Bang!"
In the stunned eyes of all the fans in reality, Tang Tian smashed the ball into the basket heavily through Vucevic.
The huge impact force pushed Vucevic directly out of the bottom line!
The scene was inexplicably quiet.
This...... It's really unreasonable!
The Pelicans' bench reacted immediately, and Bryant played the towel man, rushing to the sideline and waving the towel flying.
The fans at the scene also reacted one after another, and there was a burst of alternating cheers.
Some people originally came for Tang Tian, and those behind were not here for Tang Tian, but they were also shocked by Tang Tian's dunk.
It's not just violence, it's the aesthetics of violence!
Although this ball is not as good as Carter's ball with Frederick, it is enough to separate Bradley's ball from Maddie!
Today's top five ball list is already here!
The fans at the scene were excited, and the Gordon PK Tang Tian they were looking forward to appeared at the beginning!
The Magic's offense, Gordon wants to repeat the old trick, but the Pelicans have shrunk inside, and he doesn't have a chance.
This is where LaVine and Gordon are weak relative to Tang Tian, even if they are full of talent, but at least for now, they do not have the ability to exchange.
This also means that they will not have as many dunk opportunities on the court as Tang Tian.
Fournier's breakaway layup missed, Dedmon picked up a defensive rebound, and the Magic's offensive wave came back to no avail.
Looking back, Tang Tian continued to attack with the ball.
Simmons defended the ball very hard, but the result of his efforts was that he was knocked down by Tang Tianhuang.
Tang Tian rushed to the free throw line after passing Simmons, and took another step into the air.
This time Harrell jammed Vucevic, but Siakam didn't pay attention to Gordon.
Gordon took off in the air almost at the same time as Tang Tian, wanting to block Tang Tian from the side.
Tang Tian didn't dodge either.
The fans at the scene watched intently.
The bouncing of both of them was too good.
Tang Tian's jump distance was relatively far from the basket.
At first glance, it looks like two people walking through the air!
True working at height.
Tang Tian was still one step faster.
Gordon's cover was not covered, and it hit Tang Tian's hand directly.
But Tang Tian did not castrate, and smashed the ball directly into the basket with one hand.
"Toot!"
"Bang!"
The referee's whistle blew the moment the ball was scored, signaling a foul on Gordon.
2+1!
The scene did not follow the procedure this time, and cheers broke out directly.
Although this ball is not as brutal as the previous one, it is more difficult!
Gordon is not Vucevich, he has more power and better bounces.
But Tang Tian also dunked the ball in!