In addition to the Masters Game, the NBA All-Star has three major events that attract attention, including the slam dunk contest in which Li Ming participated, and two others, one is the skills game, and the other is the three-point contest.

Of course, these three have a higher degree of attention, so they are also more famous... In addition, there is also the Shooting Star Competition, which is also a relatively famous competition outside of the main competition.

The Skills Challenge is a new program that entered All-Star Weekend in 2003 and is designed to showcase the skills of the league's best playmakers. The game consists of four players dribbling, passing, and shooting in a field with a variety of different obstacles within a set time.

The race features obstacles and a set course. Players must use a combination of dribbling, passing, and shooting skills to complete the prescribed events, and the amount of time spent determines the outcome of the project. The specific regulations are: the competition is divided into two rounds, the first round is the preliminary round, divided into two groups, each group of two players to compete, the fastest finisher enters the second round; The clock starts when the whistle blows at the start of the game, and stops when the player throws the last ball, subject to the referee's whistle; Players must follow the basic rules of the NBA dribbling while playing; There are three required passing events and a shooting event called "Top of the Penalty Area". A player can be considered a parlay when he or she has any of the following two situations: (1) a successful hit on the target or a shot; (2) Hitting a target with a ball/shooting with a ball that has not succeeded after using up all the balls on its rack; For the layup and the last shot, if the contestant misses the shot, he must grab his rebound to make the next shot until he is made; If the match is tied (within 0.1 seconds), an extra game will be played if the player fails to complete a certain level as required. The referee will have the right to disqualify him/her from the competition; The second round is the final, and the player who finishes the fastest will win the championship.

This tournament attracted a lot of attention when it was first established, and it was also a platform for many guards to show their skills, including Kidd, Wade, Baron Davis and other point guards at the top of the league have participated in this competition... As the game progressed, many big men joined in to prove their mettle, and at the 2018 All-Star Game, the game took a new twist and became a matchup between the interior and the outside, with Louis Williams, Jamal Murray, Donovan Mitchell and Spencer Dinwiddie representing the guard, and Laurie Markkanen, Al Horford, Joel Embiid and Kristaps Porzingis representing the inside.

It can be seen that with the advent of the small ball era, dribbling skills are no longer exclusive to defenders!

The Three-Point Contest is one of the events of the NBA All-Star Weekend, which takes place on Saturday, the day before the main event. The winner is the player with the most points in one minute. Before 2014, there were a total of five shooting points in the three-point contest: two symmetrical feet, two symmetrical at a 45-degree angle, and one at the top of the arc. There are 5 balls at each shooting point, of which 4 balls (orange balls) are worth one point, and the final flower balls (red, blue, white) are worth 2 points. Flower balls are called "money balls". The maximum score is 30 points. Since 2014, each player has been free to designate one of the 5 shooting points, placing 5 flower balls at the advantage point, and leaving the other shooting points unchanged. As a result, since 2014, the perfect score for the three-point contest has become 34 points.

The match is normally divided into two rounds. Each player has one chance per round. The top three in the first round advance to the finals. The second round is played in the same way as the first round. In the event of a tie in the finals, an additional match will be played until a ranking is reached.

The rules for the 2013 three-point contest have also changed. The first matchup between East and West will give the winning team 40 points. The two top scorers in the East and West advance to the final to determine the three-point winner.

In 2014, Belinelli won the three-point contest with a win over Bradley Beal. In the 2015 All-Star Three-Point Contest, Curry hit consecutive shots in the last minute and scored a magical 27 points, which is also the NBA three-point contest scoring record, and in the fourth All-Star Three-Point Contest, he defeated Thompson and Irving in the finals and finally won the championship. In 2016, Klay Thompson defeated Curry to win the championship, and his 27 points in the final also tied Curry's 2015 championship record, and in 2018, Devin Booker scored 28 points in the final, surpassing the previous 27 points to win the championship...

After 1984, the thrilling slam dunk contest entered the ranks of the All-Star Game for the first time, and the All-Star Game also took a qualitative leap forward, and the concept of All-Star Weekend was formed.

In the past 20 years, there are not only the 170cm "Potato" Webber won the championship four times, which makes people see "I can, infinite possibilities", but also Wilkins, who is known as the "essence of the movie", has made a comeback five years later, and the basketball god Jordan (86-87 for two consecutive years) and Jason Richardson (02-03 for two consecutive years) have become the defending successful dunk champions.

Since 1994, a total of 6 players have participated in the slam dunk contest, and the order of appearance is determined by lottery. In the first round, each player dunks three times, and the three players with the highest total score advance to the finals, and the players with the highest scores can play last in the finals. In the final stage, each person will be deducted twice, and the winner with the highest score will be the champion.

In 2007, the slam dunk contest will introduce new rules to make it more fair and equitable. First of all, a contestant's dunk action must be completed within two minutes, and in the final of the last slam dunk contest, Robinson did a full 17 times before he succeeded, so such a funny scene will not appear in this competition. In addition, this year's slam dunk contest will introduce a video playback mechanism to create conditions for judges to score more accurately. The Slam Dunk Contest had new rules in '08. In the first round, four team members took turns to dunk and the judges scored. Each judge gives a maximum of 10 points for a player's dunk, and the maximum score given by the five judges is 50 points, which is often referred to as the "perfect dunk", with the highest score of 100 points and the lowest score of 60 points for the first two single rounds. If the dunk fails, there is a chance to make up the dunk once, but the ball that has already been dunked will not be made again. This year's slam dunk contest has a new trick again, and according to the new rules, this year's fans will directly decide who will be the final champion. At this year's All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, the judges only have the power to decide who will make the finalists. After entering the finals, the player with the lowest score in the first round will play first, and the two will take turns to dunk, and after completing the two actions respectively, fans can finally decide the championship through text messages and voting on the NBA's official website. In the finals, the judges' votes are no different from the fans' votes.