Chapter 70: When Mortals Faced the Demigods (I)
In the sport of basketball, especially on the offensive end, there are two things that make the blood swell the most: dunks and kills. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The latter is unavoidable, and at the last moment he shot under tremendous pressure, with the expectation of the whole team and the gaze of all the fans, and listened to the sky; The former, on the other hand, is one of the most exciting in basketball, and a thunderous dunk can often turn the court over and ignite the morale of the whole team.
This year's slam dunk contest is destined to be a battle that will go down in history, although at this time, neither the players participating nor the people who came to watch the scene realized that there would be a legend here.
Several people from the Knicks did not sit together, but chose to separate, after all, several people have their own circles, Ewing and Mutombo sat together, not forward, but not backward, Sprewell was nowhere to be found, Houston unexpectedly sat with Grant Hill, as for Mo Xi, with Ding Xiaowei, came to the front, here, someone left a place for him in advance.
"Haha, Mo, you're so slow, I've heard about it, you got a girlfriend." A guy who looked still green, but could actually see how rough he was ten years later, walked up and patted Mo Xi on the shoulder, and gave him a hug.
This is a tall and thin man, standing with Mo Xi looks a little taller than Mo Xi, but it is obvious that his shoulders are far less wide than Mo Xi. Looking at the black and thin man in front of him, Mo Xi smiled, there is no one in the alliance who doesn't want such a guy to be a friend, Mo Xi bumped his fist with him, and said, "It's you who came too early, KG"
Garnett, dressed in a black jumper and holding a video camera, was filming around, and seemed to have arrived early.
Mo Xi said: "What are you doing so early, and you don't need to play." ā
Who knew that Garnett didn't pay attention to Mo Xi at all, and after greeting him, he directly pulled him aside, and said to Ding Xiaowu behind him: "Hey, ma'am, hello, what a beautiful young lady, my name is Kevin Garnett, you can call me KG." ā
Ding Xiaowei was a little at a loss under Garnett's enthusiastic treatment, nodded, shook Garnett's hand, and said, "Hello, you can call me Luna." ā
Garnett was a little overwhelmed by the other party's reaction, because none of the reactions he had expected were like this.
Mo Xi sneered and said, "Do you think you are famous? Have you heard of you anywhere? ā
Seeing Garnett's somewhat depressed expression, Ding Xiaowu made up for it again and said, "I've still heard of you, you're the one in the west," in Garnett's expectant eyes, Ding Xiaowu thought for a while and continued: "The guy in Wake Forest, I still watched some games, No. 21, right?" ā
Garnett's expression froze instantly, which made him say anything, although I am also the 21st, but I did not go to college, I am a scumbag. Garnett glanced at Mo Xi, who was still grinning silently and sneering on the side, and directly slammed it over, and said: "No matter how famous I am, I am now an All-Star starter and a substitute." ā
Mo Xi was not annoyed, and said, "But there must be more people who know me in New York than you, big ticket." (Big box office, this is the nickname given to Garnett by the New York media that year, which means that Garnett's style of play is very passionate, and there are many people who come to watch him play)"
In the midst of small talk, the long-awaited slam dunk contest began. (Rookie and three-point points are skipped, 2000 is really no bright spot, the only thing worth mentioning is that Jeff Hornacek won the three-point contest twice)
Judges for this year's slam dunk contest are George "The Iceman" Gervin, "The Smiling Assassin" Isaiah Thomas, Kenny Smith, Rick Barry, and a black female basketball player. (I really don't know who this person is, I know a Maya Moore in the women's basketball team)
The first to play was also a No. 21, 76ers' Larry Hughes, a 98 rookie known as "Big Iverson", not only has excellent defensive skills, but also has enviable physical fitness.
The first player to play is bound to have a lot of pressure and, because he is the first to play, he is bound to not score too much.
Larry Hughes dribbled lightly, stepped on small steps, and started running inside from outside the three-point line, starting with small steps, gradually picking up, and then flying straight up with a step.
Larry Hughes flew up, turned his back, lifted the ball up, pulled it to his crotch, and then hit his back with a hard backdunk, a powerful blow.
It's just that this ball flies a little high!
Mo Xi couldn't help but feel a little sorry for Larry Hughes as he watched the basketball fly high.
Although the ball was still beautifully done, it was not deducted and only received a 30-point consolation point.
Garnett took the camera and said to Mo Xi while filming: "It's a pity that this ball is a pity, the starting height is definitely enough, but the strength is not good, and it is dunked." ā
Mo Xi smiled and didn't make a sound.
Next up on the field is also the high-profile one, Carter's cousin, Tracy McGrady. Maddie is now in the third grade, which is not very outstanding in terms of statistics, after all, it overlaps with Carter's position and has limited playing time, but the flowing style of the ball has also pulled a wave of supporters.
Maddie took the ball to the center circle, raised her left hand to greet the court, and then dribbled the ball to the outside of the three-point line. Maddie stood still outside the three-point line, picked up the ball with both hands, and made a false throw, the ball flew towards the basket in an arc, and Maddie himself accelerated towards the basket.
The timing was just right, when the ball landed on the ground and bounced up, Maddie also arrived, he jumped directly, as if a big bird flew into the sky, grabbed the ball in the air, turned his back, pulled the ball down with both hands, and then violently exerted force, a powerful back buckle.
With a loud bang, the basketball was dunked directly into the hoop.
"Good!" Mo Xi couldn't help but let out a cheer. Garnett stood up directly, his feet kept stepping on the floor, and it seemed to Mo Xi that if he hadn't had a camera in his hand, he would definitely jump straight on.
Maddie high-fived Carter after the dunk, and he was clearly happy with his dunk. For this dunk, the five judges did not hesitate to give 9 points, and Maddie scored 45 points for this dunk.
Soon, there were people who were not to be outdone, and Francis arrived on the sidelines early to wait, and after receiving instructions, went straight to the field.
Francis was smiling and excited, holding the ball and standing near the center circle. Without the slightest hesitation, as if he had practiced many times, Francis threw the ball straight out and began to accelerate into it himself close to half-court.
Looking at where the eyeball fell, and then at Francis's speed, Garnett shook his head, this ball seemed to be a little difficult, the ball fell a little far, Francis may not be able to catch it, let alone dunk it.
But Garnett was soon slapped in the face.
The ball did bounce high, and the ball landed a step forward from the free throw line, and from the point of view, the height was level with the basket, and it seemed to be faintly higher. Then, a shocking scene appeared, Francis flew up and jumped up like a stunned green, if Maddie's dunk before was like a big bird, then Francis this time was really a thunderclap on the ground. Francis jumped a little too high and almost missed the ball, but he was able to bring it back with his wrist, and then he glided through the air for a while, came to the side of the basket, and dunked the ball in hard.
This dunk was even more exciting than Maddie's just now, and the fans began to shout, and Iverson lay directly on the ground.
"Roar~" Garnett shouted loudly, where could he see that he had just questioned the idea that Francis could not be deducted.
Francis only scored 45 points in this ball, because George Gervin gave 8 points, and it was obvious that he still preferred Maddy's dunk just now, but Isaiah Thomas gave a perfect score of 10 points, because Thomas is also a small point guard, such a strong bounce is really rare, not to mention that the height and position of the two are very similar, and it is even more favored by Thomas.
Two self-throwing and self-deductible air relays directly brought the atmosphere of the audience to the top, and everyone seemed to have been stimulated and couldn't stop.
Soon, though, everyone was drawn to one person, and Vincent Carter came on.
O'Neill put the camera directly in his face, for fear of missing a second of wonderful shot.
Attention of the audience.
Carter calmly spun around the basket, then threw the ball outside the three-point line, spared it on the outside, and began to accelerate the dribble at the three-point line.
Carter's start wasn't very fast, he rushed straight to the basket, and the process was very flat, as if he was just going to have an ordinary one-handed slam dunk. It's just that when he gets to the basket, Carter jumps, and the door to a new world opens.
The vigorous posture flies in the air, the waist is straight, and the body turns 360 degrees! Then he rounded his arms and picked up a big windmill! A slam dunk that hits the soul! Carter dunked the ball into the basket with a look on his face that seemed to say that it was so insignificant.
Involuntarily, Mo Xi stood up, turned his head to look around, there were no more people sitting around, even Ding Xiaoyan stood up, his face was crimson, very excited.
"Let'sgohome, let'sgohome, let'sgohome, ladiesandgentleman, let'sgohome, let'sgohome (let's go home, let's go home, let's go home, ladies and gentlemen, let's go home, let's go back!) I personally think this is the most classic commentary in the slam dunk contest, there is no one)"
Garnett had already stood up with a blinded face, and he didn't care who punched him directly, just stared at the basket in the court blankly, as if he was stupid by this dunk.
In fact, Mo Xi is similar, he regrets a little at the moment, why didn't he bring a camera over, but maybe it won't help to bring it over, after all, such a dunk is a great gift to watch at the scene, if you watch the video, how can you experience this crazy feeling like being at the scene?
The entire Oracle Arena is about to be forced to be rebuilt, and the dunk just now is replayed over and over again on the big screen, and at this time, the title of demigod is really well deserved.
Fifty points out of a perfect, without any hesitation, everyone in the audience was waving their fists, signaling that this was the best dunk they had ever seen, and the three dunks that were also good just now were thrown far away.
Next is Stackhouse, a beautiful 360-degree dunk, but everyone is still intoxicated by Carter's 360-degree windmill dunk just now, and when they see a "simple" 360-degree dunk from Stackhouse, they can't help but feel bored. It seems that even the judges are the same, obviously not losing the previous dunk of Maddie and only scored 41 points.
However, he also had to be better than Ricky Davis, who was the last to play, and Ricky Davis used Eddie Jones, who came to help, and the two staged an open dunk, and Ricky Davis caught the ball and pulled the lever and dunked over the frame. But like Stackhouse's, after watching Carter's dunk, this dunk that should have been wonderful suddenly made people feel a little disappointed.
In such an anxious and excited atmosphere, the game entered the second bite.
Larry Hughes was under a lot of pressure, making a mistake on the first dunk, and coupled with Carter's performance as a god, he decided to go straight to the bottom of the box.
Larry Hughes came to the free throw line, he passed the ball directly from his crotch to his back, and then turned around to complete an aerial relay of self-throwing and self-dunking, but it seemed that because of the huge pressure brought by Carter, Larry Hughes tried several times in a row without success, and when the time came, he had to dunk it casually, but he wanted to have a back buckle over the frame, but he still dunked it off, Garnett was overjoyed, he knew that it was because of the decline in physical fitness, but Mo Xi also knew that Garnett was trying out for his rookie, But it took a dozen guys who were a little tired in a row.
Even Iverson, who came to help Larry Hughes, shook his head, and Larry Hughes was completely out of shape today.
Larry Hughes himself was frustrated and threw the ball straight away, knowing that his game was over.
Rather thoughtful, since his role in the Knicks has grown, his defense has become more and more elaborate, and his back turn has not had a chance to split the ball for a long time, and Larry Hughes's move seems to have inspired him a lot.
After Larry Hughes, it was Maddie's turn again, and as if to prove something, Maddie also used his partner, none other than Carter, who had just completed his earth-shattering dunk.
Maddie kept communicating with Carter, and Carter nodded nod.
There was a lot of interest in this ball, but it was not known who was more interested.
Carter came to the basket, Maddy walked outside the three-point line, and Maddy's second dunk began.