Chapter 498: Tribute to Yi Jianlian
It can be seen from the description of this slam dunk contest in the pre-game report that the entire media is still looking forward to this dunk contest.
Most fans also agree with the media reports that this slam dunk contest is indeed "full of beasts" in their opinion!
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Last year's rookie DeRozan was at the front, followed by Ibaka and McGee, and Griffin was the last to host the All-Star Game, enjoying the biggest cheers in the audience.
"This guy is really popular!"
Xiao Si and Yi Jianlian sat on the sidelines and watched the game, listening to the mountain roar and tsunami caused by Griffin's appearance, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, it seems that he was also famous for his explosive dunk first, but he was in a small city like Phoenix, and the media at that time was far less developed than now, which made him far less popular than Griffin now.
This is also where he disagrees with Griffin, in his opinion, if he is really born a few years later, and is also selected by a big city like Los Angeles or New York, fans really don't have to love him less than Griffin.
The race is on soon!
The first dunk was DeRozan, who didn't do that stellarly, scoring just 44 points.
Immediately after his appearance was Ibaka, it can be seen that Ibaka has put a lot of thought into it, and he also specially acted in a sitcom similar to "Uncle, can you help me take the ball down from the tree", but instead of the ball hanging next to the basket is a doll, in order to increase the difficulty, he chose to use his mouth to hold this doll, this creative dunk was a success, but the judges on the scene did not buy it, they only gave 45 points higher than DeRozan.
The third was McGee, and his first performance sent the audience boiling — he had the crew push a basket stand as tall as the live basket, and then took off his coat, revealing a green and white Bucks No. 9 jersey worn inside.
"Wow! It's Yi's Bucks jersey, and Javier McGee's first dunk choice is a tribute to Yi's two-ball dunk two years ago! ”
The voice of the on-site narrator suddenly became much more passionate.
The camera at the scene also gave the picture to Yi Jianlian who was sitting in the audience on the sidelines, Yi Jianlian was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.
He really didn't expect McGee to choose this dunk idea.
It's also weird and embarrassed, obviously he plagiarized McGee's idea, but now it's McGee paying tribute to him, where can this stand it!
Yi Jianlian felt that his face was a little hot.
"Woohoo!"
McGee tried three times and finally succeeded in completing the move, which was cheered by the audience as he did so.
The picture was given to Yi Jianlian again, and Yi Jianlian also cheered loudly.
McGee finished dunking, but he hadn't finished his performance yet, he walked up to Yi Jianlian excitedly, took the signature pen given to him by the staff next to him, and handed it to Yi Jianlian.
This is clearly a sitcom that has been prepared for a long time.
"Can you sign me?"
McGee gestured to a blank space on his chest.
Yi Jianlian stood up with a smile, took the pen, and quickly wrote his name on McGee's jersey.
And when he signed the autograph, the cheers at the scene suddenly became louder.
The judges in the judges' seat also smiled happily when they saw this scene, and successively scored their scores: 10 points 10 points 10 points 10 points 10 points!
50 points!
The first 50 points of this slam dunk contest are born!
The fans at the scene were even more excited, and to be honest, all the fans thought that the first 50 points would be born from Griffin's hands, but they didn't expect McGee's first ball to be so exciting.
McGee scored 50 points and happily sat back in his seat.
The last player, Griffin, came on the court, and the cheers of the audience exploded, as the host, this cheer was really not on the same level as him.
Griffin's expression was solemn, he originally thought that it was safe to win the championship with his dunk prowess, he really didn't expect McGee to be a strong opponent.
Griffin took the ball and slapped it on the spot a few times, dribbled straight inside, then jumped high on one leg and stuffed the ball into the basket with his forearm.
Boom dunk!
The audience first burst into cheers.
This was the move Vince Carter used in the final of the slam dunk contest that year.
He scored 50 points with this deduction!
From a visual point of view, the arm dunk is one of the best dunk moves, because it really shows the player's bouncing ability to the fullest.
Originally, Griffin also wanted to show off his bounce with this dunk, but it was a pity that he forgot that he was much taller than Vince Carter, and the big man did this kind of action far less shocking than the outside player.
So, Griffin only scored 46 points.
The fans at the scene looked at the scores scored by the judges and booed with some dissatisfaction, but in fact, they also knew very well that there was nothing unfair about this score, and Griffin's dunk could only be said to be unsatisfactory!
After the first round of dunks, McGee took a surprise lead.
The dunk of the second round begins.
DeRozan released a big move, smashed the back beam of the basket frame around the board and dunked, and hit it directly!
50 points!
DeRozan, who has not smiled since the beginning of the game, also showed a rare smile of excitement when he saw this score.
In the end, DeRozan scored a total of 94 points with two deductions!
This score made the other two guys a little nervous except for McGee.
Especially Griffin, when the camera was given to him, his whole expression had become a little forced.
He is the favorite before the game, if he can't pass the preliminaries, this is a shame!
Ibaka came on the court at this time, and his expression was serious, he was lower than Griffin's, and he had to score 49 or 50 points to surpass DeRozan.
It's too difficult.
Ibaka opted for a jump-and-dunk from the free-throw line.
As a result, he only scored 45 points.
This was a must-kill slam dunk move in the 90s, and now the slam dunk contest is really a bit aesthetically tiring!
Ibaka's final score was 90 points!
This score is actually equivalent to elimination.
Griffin breathed a sigh of relief, if Ibaka also scored 50 points, he really wouldn't be able to stand it!
"Wow, aa
The third to take the court was McGee, who received significantly louder cheers for his first dunk than before.
Most fans are expecting McGee's second dunk, and many fans are expecting more from him than they are expecting from Griffin.
McGee was still wearing the Bucks jersey signed by Yi Jianlian, and he took a basketball and walked towards Yi Jianlian in the limelight: "Yi, can you pass the ball for me?" ”
Yi Jianlian took the ball first, he didn't know what McGee wanted to do for the time being, but it was only half a minute, and when he saw McGee holding a basketball in his hand, Yi Jianlian understood, this guy was ready to pay tribute to him again, and also came to a "one dunk three balls".