Chapter 189: It
After the three dunks in the first round, Drexler scored a total of 140 points with 48 points on the first dunk, 50 points on the second dunk, and three dunks, so although his third dunk was a lackluster self-dunk, he only scored 42 points, but he still advanced to the second round with the advantage of second place overall.
Another 50-point dunk in the first round came from Indiana Pacers point guard Terrence Stansbury, who presented a 360-degree "Statue of Liberty" dunk to the audience, which shocked the audience and also earned him five 10 points.
However, after three dunks, he and Jordan had the same score of 130 points, so the two had an overtime match to enter the second round, and as a result, Jordan was superior and overshadowed the opponent's home advantage and delivered a beautiful dunk.
Stansbury, on the other hand, only scored a low score of 38 points due to excessive psychological pressure and abnormal performance, so he missed the second round.
In the second round, in addition to Drexler, Wilkins and Michael Jordan, who advanced from the first round, the previous champion and runner-up, Dr. J Irving and Larry Nance were added.
"In the second round, we're going to start with the player with the lowest score in the previous round, let's see, it's Michael Jordan, who only scored 130 points in the first round, so he's going to be the first to play...... Oh, and he finally took off his coat and put on the Bulls' jersey. β
After entering the second round, Jordan took off his outer vest and trousers, and began to stand on the court wearing the Bulls jersey, of course, he still wore a golden necklace around his neck, which was extremely dazzling.
And Jordan's first dunk is equally dazzling, this is a classic dunk by Jordan, holding the ball in his right hand and dunking sideways with his arm with one hand!
This trick is not only used in the slam dunk contest, but also in the regular game, it is also Jordan's commonly used fast-break dunk action, the whole action is chic and free, although it doesn't seem too difficult, but it is better than the overall grace.
"It's Jordan, and this kind of action is only good when he does it." Gan Guoyang sat on the side and watched Jordan complete the dunk, and he had to admit that Jordan was full of the artistic beauty of basketball.
In Gan Guoyang's memory, Jordan never seemed to have a super difficult dunk in the slam dunk contest, but he won the slam dunk contest championship (Gan Guoyang can't remember the specific time).
Therefore, Jordan is typical of winning with "beauty", not scoring with "difficult", and not starting to win eyeballs with "gimmicks" like in the 21st century.
The TV station was also constantly replaying Jordan's dunk, and the word "beautifu" repeatedly came out of the narrator's mouth.
"9 points, 9 points, 9 points, 9 points, 9 points!" Michael Jordan scored five nines for his first dunk, and apparently the difficulty was low or he took off a little back, but the 45-point score was also very good.
Next up was Drexler.
Since the slam dunk contest had to be deducted three times per round at that time, if it was played until the finals, if it was not counted as a tie in the playoffs, nine dunks would be required to win the championship.
Gan Guoyang thinks that if every dunk is made Drexler use classic dunks in history, it is not too much, and there are some actions that Drexler does not look good.
So in the first dunk of the second round, Drexler completed his task with a two-handed dunk that turned 270 degrees to the basket and turned his back.
This dunk can only be said to be so-so and not bad, and the score of 43 points also speaks for itself.
The third player on the court is Dominic Wilkins, and as soon as Gan Guoyang sees Wilkins on the court, he feels that this guy is going to smash the basket when he goes up.
The slam dunk of this weird small forward has nothing to do with the words "elegant, wonderful", he is a pure violent.
Wilkins once again stood on the baseline, this guy especially likes to sprint from the baseline, he rushed to the basket with two big strides, jumped with both feet, flicked his arms in the air, and dunked the windmill!
"Oh~" There was also an exclamation at the scene, as if seeing a flower pot fall from the balcony and shatter on the ground, everyone subconsciously closed their eyes, because Wilkins's dunk was about to break the basket.
Gan Guoyang also grinned, thinking in his heart that Wilkins was too violent.
At the same time, Gan Guoyang also found that Wilkins's take-off was different from several other people, Wilkins liked to jump with both feet, so he did not give people the feeling of gliding, but a rough feeling of straight up and down.
The windmill dunk made in this case is unusually rough and ferocious.
With 48 points, Wilkins got the highest score among the three, and it was clear that Wilkins' unique violent dunk method made the judges experience a different feeling.
Subsequently, the last champion and runner-up Owen and Nance came on the court, and the performance of the two was still quite expected, but the two of them obviously did not put their minds on the game.
Irving's one-hand-one-ball relay slam dunk is full of novelty, but now he is 35 years old, and he has declined more severely in all aspects, and he himself is just going through the motions, and he doesn't want to compete for the championship at all.
Nance was even more excessive, perhaps last year's victory over Dr. J to win the championship had made him wantless, and his first dunk turned out to be a toss on the board and then a relay in the air.
Such a dunk is not as good as a dunk in the game, and there were some boos from the audience, expressing dissatisfaction with his perfunctory behavior.
After this slam dunk contest, the rule that the previous champion and runner-up automatically entered the second round was abolished, and the excessively lengthy three rounds of the game were also shortened to two rounds.
With Nance and Irving essentially dropping out, the fight to qualify for the finals was between Drexler, Wilkins and Jordan.
In the second dunk, Jordan completed a leap from the baseline to the other side of the basket for a backdunk, which was exactly what Drexler originally wanted to do.
As soon as Gan Guoyang watched Jordan's dunk, he knew that it was correct for him to let Drexler change to catch the ball in the air and then dunk back, if he held the ball, Jordan's movements were much better than Drexler's stretching, because Jordan's ball control ability was better, and at the same time, his waist and abdomen were more explosive.
Drexler used a similar dunk to Larry Nance on the second dunk, throwing the ball and smashing the board before catching the ball with both hands for a dunk.
Gan Guoyang still remembers that when he was in Inglewood, Los Angeles, he taught a middle school boy to dunk, and the little boy used this dunk action to shock the audience in the slam dunk heads-up on campus.
Unlike Nance, Drexler's two-handed aerial relay jumps extremely high, stretches his body wide, and the dunk into the basket is crisp and coherent.
So a score of 47 looks pretty good as well.
After the two dunks in the second round, Wilkins still ranked first with a high score of 96 points, and his second dunk was a back-folded dunk to score 48 points again.
Jordan scored 92 points with two dunks, and Drexler scored 90 points with two dunks, Gan Guoyang began to worry that Drexler would not get away with it and had no chance to reach the finals.
Soon, Jordan's dunk added a point to Gan Guoyang's worries, because Jordan staged a jump dunk from the free throw line.
This seems simple, but it is actually one of the most classic dunks in the slam dunk contest, and it is also the best test of a dunk's jumping ability.
"10 points, 10 points, 10 points, 10 points, 10 points!" Jordan's dunk undoubtedly scored 10 points!
This time, Drexler is under a lot of pressure, even if he gets a perfect score in the last dunk, he still can't surpass Jordan, and whether he can enter the finals depends on Wilkins' face.
"Don't worry about Clyde, even if you don't make it to the finals, this dunk is absolutely wonderful, and your image will remain in the NBA Historical Archives forever." Gan Guoyang once again left his seat and came to the field, and at the same time, the audience also stood up, they didn't know what tricks these two guys would have this time.
"Let's see, Gan is on the court again, he's got a back chair, is he going to sit in the middle of the court and enjoy Drexler's dunk? Oh, he sat down, sat in the three-second zone, and had the ball in his hand. β
Gan Guoyang sat in the three-second zone, holding a basketball in his hand, which was another relay dunk, because Gan Guoyang had already figured out that it was much better to let Drexler catch the ball in the air than to dribble himself.
Drexler, who was standing on the middle line, began to sprint, and when he was about to hit Gan Guoyang, he jumped up!
He leaped over Gan Guoyang! At the same time, Gan Guoyang threw the ball into the air! After Drexler received the ball, a big windmill smashed the ball to the basket!
"Bang!"
"oh~my~goddess~" (Oh my God!) The commentator's exclamation was quickly drowned out in the cheers of the audience, and Van Dewic on the sidelines also jumped up, Drexler's dunk was too shocking, too exciting!
This is Gan Guoyang's imitation of Josh Smith's leap over Kenyon Martin in the 2005 slam dunk contest, of course, at this time, one of the two men was not yet born and the other was only eight years old.
50 points! The undisputed 50 points, and even at this time the judges and the audience felt that the number of 10 out of 10 was too little, and this ball should give at least 15 points to the glider.
Gan Guoyang didn't expect this ball to be so perfect, because it was still quite difficult for the two to cooperate in practice, often Drexler had already flown over, and Gan Guoyang had not yet thrown the ball up.
Perfect, so perfect.
But that doesn't mean Drexler can make it to the finals, as he only scored 140 points, and if Wilkins scores 44 or more on his next dunk, then Wilkins will be in the finals with Jordan, and the glider will still have to be eliminated.
Gan Guoyang was also very worried in his heart, he was afraid that Wilkins would easily score 45 points to knock Drexler out of the game, so that all the dunks he prepared for the finals would be in vain.
At the same time, he was also afraid that Wilkins would not enter the finals, and then the history would definitely be changed by him, and Gan Guoyang himself did not know what would happen to him in the future.
At this point, Wilkins made a mistake by impatiently sending his third dunk, another sprint, from the baseline while all the fans, including the judges, were still reminiscing about Drexler's dunk.
The dunk itself is still very exciting, but he was too anxious, and before the fans and judges could react, he ended it, and at the same time he dunked a folding dunk with nothing new, so when the judges gave points, the impression score was naturally much lower.
"9 points, 9 points, 8 points, 9 points............ 8 points! "Wilkins scored only 43 points on the third dunk! With a total score of 139 points, Drexler and Jordan entered the finals of the Slam Dunk Contest!
"Yes!" Drexler jumped up like a kid with joy, and it seemed that the opportunity to put him up against Jordan excites him.
"Clyde, wait a minute, the first goal will take the suspense out of the game!" Gan Guoyang said in Drexler's ear that there will be three dunks later, Gan Guoyang doesn't want to ride a roller coaster again, he wants Drexler's first shot to shock the whole court and make the game lose suspense.
The slam dunk contest is very similar to the subjectivity of the game, the first dunk is indeed very important, once the first dunk is earth-shattering, then it is not so easy for the opponent to get a high score, after all, Zhuyu is in front.
After Drexler and Jordan guessed the coin, Drexler took the lead.
So Gan Guoyang came to the court again, and in this slam dunk contest, Gan Guoyang's appearance frequency has almost exceeded that of several participating players.
And as soon as they saw Gan Guo standing under the basket, the fans at the scene began to get excited, and they didn't know why this yellow-skinned young man had so many thoughts in his head.
Drexler also took a deep breath and stood on the halfway line ready to go.
"Drexler, sprint, Gan bounces the ball into the air, Drexler, jumps up to catch the ball...... Crotch dunk! Crotch change hands dunk! O my God! My God! He did it! A dunk that changes hands under the crotch! Never seen before! Oh, my God! β
With the help of Gan Guoyang, Drexler completed an empty crotch change dunk in the first dunk, which detonated the audience and the NBA fans in front of the national television.
Although this is only the first shot, although Jordan has not yet dunked, everyone knows that this dunk contest is over, over.
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