Chapter 378: James' Slam Dunk Contest (Part II) (3/4!) )
The cheers at the scene continued, and Tang Tian also looked at the field.
He was just as curious as to how James would start his first NBA dunk contest.
James walked to the backcourt, and he didn't need to do any warm-up moves at all, and the cheers of the scene had reached a peak.
Taking a deep breath, James took the ball in his right hand and rushed directly to the basket.
Dash across the halfway line, run into the three-point line, and jump straight to the free throw line.
The scene was in an uproar.
Tang Tian also felt a light in his eyes.
Free throw line dunks?
After James jumped, he pulled the ball high with his right hand and glided towards the basket.
"Bang!"
With a tomahawk, he smashed the ball straight into the basket.
"Zhan axe buckle"!
The "Zhan axe slam dunk" at the free throw line!
Coherent!
At this moment, the scene gave a slow-motion replay of the button just now.
When James jumped, he was still half a step away from the free throw line!
Terrifying bouncing!
The cheers at the scene exploded directly.
Almost all the fans couldn't sit still, they all stood up, shouted excitedly, and waved the "10 points" in their hands.
The superstars on the sidelines also pulled each other and yelled at each other.
It's really handsome!
It is said that what peers are most afraid of is comparison, Ibaka's free throw line gave people a very awkward feeling before, but James's free throw line is farther, more violent, and obviously more domineering!
Even, at the end, the dunk head is level with the basket, which can make people feel that he can also dunk from the free throw line farther away!
Tang Tian smiled and nodded after seeing it.
It's a clever choice.
James's "Zhan axe buckle" can often be seen in actual combat, and the visual impact is really great.
Now for an upgraded version of the free throw line, the effect will definitely explode.
In fact, in the memory of his previous life, James had a dunk of this level in actual combat when he was on the Heat, which was not too difficult for James who was at the peak of his body.
Sure enough, 5 10 points, the first perfect dunk of the night!
At the end of the first dunk of the first round, James pressed Griffin.
"Interesting." Tang Tian took Swift's hand and looked at the field with a smile.
He was now completely a spectator, sitting back and watching James Griffin's peak showdown.
After a short break, the second dunk of the first round began quickly.
DeRozan scored the lowest, the first dunk, and this time he chose a self-throwing and self-dunking air catch with a pull rod backdunk, and the visual effect exploded, getting the second perfect score from the judges.
Two rounds of 94, DeRozan pushed the atmosphere of the slam dunk contest to a climax.
Ibaka, who followed suit, was under a lot of pressure, and he still made a pre-game gimmick, finding a child to role-play, looking for a rag doll, and then asking his assistant to hang the rag doll on the basket.
Take the ball and slam the buckle with your arm, and bite the ragdoll off with your mouth.
A very creative dunk, but this time it was too difficult, and his movements were indeed a little stiff.
In the end, the judges only gave a score of 45 points, and the score in the two rounds was only 90.
In the case that James and Griffin have not been deducted, this is likely to be eliminated.
He was followed by Griffin, who opted for a dressed 180° dunk from teammate Mo Williams.
It was a very difficult maneuver, and he tried five or six times without success.
Towards the end of the last 2 minutes, he switched to a big windmill to catch the ball.
Because of his size, his movements still look visually striking.
The judges gave him a score of 46, which is already a high score considering the number of dunk attempts he made.
In this way, Ibaka has been eliminated.
And as long as James deducts more than 44 points in the final dunk, he will definitely enter the finals.
In such a situation, James opted for a conservative "Zhan axe dunk".
The action is old-fashioned, but it's the signature dunk action and the visual impact it brings.
The judges gave a score of 47.
After this preliminaries, James (97 points) and Griffin (95 points) joined hands to reach the finals.
This is also the same as most people's predictions before the game.
And for the final, fans are looking forward to it even more, after all, Griffin made a mistake, and James also has reservations.
This year's rules are the same as last year's, with two buckles, and after two buckles, fans vote in person and online to determine the winner.
After a short break, the final kicked off in anticipation from the fans at the scene.
The scene gave two interviews before the game.
Interestingly, both sides expressed their expectations for the championship.
Griffin is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and James is ready to be crowned king on dunk after winning the championship last season.
At the beginning of the final, Griffin's first dunk, he chose to throw the ball diagonally to the board on the run, and then catch the ball with a one-arm dunk.
Compared with the two dunks in the preliminaries, this dunk was significantly less difficult, but after the dunk, Griffin hung half of his arm directly on the basket, which was a classic dunk action in tribute to Carter.
This action was very effective, and the fans at the scene cheered.
James then came on, he also took the ball himself, rushed from the baseline to the basket and jumped up, pulled the ball over his head and then to his knees, and dunked a super large folding lever.
The fans at the scene were directly stunned.
Tang Tian also exclaimed.
This is one of the moves he suggested to James, a classic move from Aaron Gordon in the slam dunk contest in his previous life.
And what makes James better than Gordon is his amplitude and strength, the explosive effect that comes with dunks.
The cheers at the scene soared by one decibel.
Although there is no further scoring display, it can be clearly felt that James has the advantage in this deduction.
The pressure is on Griffin's side.
Tang Tian was also full of curiosity at this time.
If this dunk car had been used, Griffin would definitely not have tried it again as he had done in his previous life.
Still without an assistant, Griffin chose to do it himself on his final dunk.
Run-ups, sprints, and throws the ball directly onto the rebound when you take a step outside the free throw line.
The ball hits the basket and bounces back.
It's a self-throwing dunk!
James used this move to complete the tomahawk in the first round of preliminaries.
Griffin jumped up in one step at the free throw line, caught the basketball that bounced back, released the ball to the crotch, and directly changed hands for a violent dunk!
"Bang!"
The ball was smashed into the basket.
First-time success.
Coherent!
The moment the ball was smashed, the whole scene exploded.
That's a big man of 2.08 meters!
Tang Tian also laughed.
Griffin's dunk is much more difficult than James' dunk in the preliminaries, which is really imperative for the championship!