Chapter 153: The Decisive Battle at the Free Throw Line (Part I)
Seeing Kelly Gouie self-destruct the Great Wall, Josh Jackson breathed a sigh of relief.
He secretly rejoiced that if Gu Yi, a silly boy, could put down his white pride and dunk steadily, then he would be the one standing on the sidelines watching the game now.
It's a pity that there is no if, the cunning photographer also deliberately gave Guy a big close-up, and his face was disappointed or disappointed.
The final four to reach the final of the slam dunk contest were Roy, Terrence Ferguson, Frank Jackson and Josh Jackson.
Just like the three-point contest, before the final of the slam dunk contest, Roy also received an instant task from the system.
Slam Dunk King: Win today's slam dunk contest, task difficulty: ★★★★★, mission success reward: increase 500 attribute points or 3 points of "breakthrough dunk", mission failure penalty: reduce "breakthrough dunk" by 5 points.
Five-star difficulty...... Roy was a little speechless, it seems that the system has prompted Roy that these three buttons will not be ordinary perverts.
There was no transition, and the final was played right away, with Josh Jackson, the last player in the preliminaries, taking the court first. For the dunk game, in fact, Josh Jackson also has a headache, he doesn't have many good ideas, and the few moves he has practiced before are also the evolution of some commonly used dunks.
And he's a notoriously lazy guy who doesn't have much to think about for himself other than his top-notch physical gifts, otherwise he wouldn't be helpless at being mercilessly slaughtered by Roy twice at the California Championship.
Participating in this slam dunk contest was entirely the idea of his agent, and it was said that it would increase his exposure.
He didn't even think he would make it to the finals, theoretically he prepared two and a half moves, two of which had been used up, and that half of the move was a prototype.
Fortunately, Josh Jackson has a good talent, he is expensive to learn and sell now, especially when Roy got a perfect score in the previous action, he was not convinced, and he immediately made up his mind to imitate Roy for a crotch dunk.
Isn't it just a crotch change hand dunk, I'm sure I can do it too. Josh Jackson's judgment on whether the dunk is good or not is based on the fact that his bounce and agility are better than Roy's, and it is precisely because of these two points that he has the illusion that his dunk is stronger than Roy's.
However, he overlooked a couple of things, the first of which was that Roy had a big palm that he didn't have, which was the key to playing fancy dunks; The second thing is that Roy's perfect dunk was found after repeated trials and experiments, which Josh Jackson couldn't immediately imitate.
Josh Jackson, who thinks he's smart, can't think of that much. He slapped his head on it, and based on experience, he roughly calculated a throwing point to throw the ball, and then rushed out as if it were flying.
However, an embarrassing thing happened, because his throwing point was too far away, and when he received the ball like a toad out of the water, he found that the basketball was in a mid-range position.
So far away to deduct XX, the first attempt was so fruitless.
The second attempt to dunk Josh Jackson learned the lesson of the last time, he threw the ball a lot farther, he thought it must have this time, but the second embarrassment followed, Josh Jackson was in the air to catch the basketball, but just when he was about to change hands, he found that the spinning ball was very slippery, so Josh Jackson, who was hanging in the air, poked the ball out like an egg in the air.
The ball just bounced up and down to the judges' bench and rolled to Michael Jordan's feet.
Jordan looked at the embarrassed Josh Jackson and rolled the ball back again, "Do you want to try again?" ”
Jordan's words seemed to be mocking and encouraging, and the group of guys in the jury seat laughed anyway.
Josh Jackson didn't have the face to try this action again, he hurriedly made a one-handed windmill, which was considered to have completed the task, and with this foreign appearance, his score would inevitably not escape a miserable word, 40 points.
Seeing Josh Jackson drop the chain as always, Roy breathed a sigh of relief, the threat was reduced by 33%, and the chances of winning the championship rose.
Frank Jackson was also part of the crowd that was laughing at Josh Jackson just now, and he was much more prepared as Jackson, calling in his new Duke alumnus Jayson Tatum to assist him, and the two top high school students played at the same time, winning a wave of popularity before the game even played.
Frank Jackson also wants to play a dunk throw, but he has practiced this move no less than 500 times, and Jayson Tatum is a master passer, Frank Jackson is not worried about his throwing technique, they have practiced this dunk after yesterday's report, and the effect is quite good.
Frank Jackson's idea is really good, Jayson Tatum threw the ball high, and at the moment when the ball bounced to the ground, Frank Jackson caught the ball with his right hand in the air, and then changed hands behind the trend, using the air to wait for the body to glide to the other side of the basket, and then completed the dunk with his left backhand.
Frank Jackson's entire action was done in one go, and the scene suddenly fell into jubilation, and after the slow motion came out, the judges also competed to cover their mouths.
This is an NBA All-Star level dunk performance, and Frank Jackson shows his bounce, stagnation, coordination, agility, and ball sense vividly through this ball.
Full marks, perfect marks without a doubt.
Frank Jackson was so happy that he gave high-fives to the other players one by one, and a perfect score in the finals was almost equivalent to sealing half of the dunk title, and he had reason to be excited.
Roy, who was relaxed just now, suddenly felt the pressure, yes, Frank Jackson is very strong, and he is worthy of his 63 comprehensive ability evaluation.
Under pressure, Terence Ferguson came on, and he was one or two of the few players in the dunk contest who were confident that he would make it to the final, so he kept a hand in the preliminaries, which was about to be shown in the final.
Seriously, Roy actually likes this unattractive guy, his face is always calm, which is a sign of confidence, and his ability is by no means more than what he used to be.
What Terence Ferguson is trying to show this time is what he's really capable of, showing his incredible talent for dunking, and he's retreating far to the far end of the court, which should be a long-running dunk.
Is it a free-throw line jumping dunk? Roy couldn't help but be surprised.
The answer is exactly.
Terence Ferguson's lanky, airy body is best suited for this kind of long-range flying dunk.
The audience was obviously also attracted by Terence Ferguson's preparation, and everyone knew that the next dunk would not be easy, and everyone held their breath and stared, and the audience was suddenly silent.
Terence Ferguson got off the ground, his two long legs spinning fast like car tires, and at the half-step inside the free throw line, he jumped, and he really was like a big bird soaring through the air, stretched out and graceful.
But Terence Ferguson's trick is not just jumping from the free throw line to dunk, he actually made a crotch change motion in the air, which is another famous move by Zach LaVine, the free throw line crotch change hands dunk.
It was so difficult to glide over such a long distance and change hands under the crotch, but Terence Ferguson did it, his light body supporting his continuous glide until he got close to the basket, and by then the basketball in his hand had been smashed into the basket.
"Oh." The audience erupted in an exclamation almost simultaneously.
The judges who have been reserved for a long time jumped up in an instant, today's slam dunk contest is really amazing, even if it is placed in the NBA, it is impossible to have so many full-score dunks one after another, this kind of grand occasion is to catch up with the showdown of the century between Zach LaVine and Aaron Gordon half a month ago.
Roy was also shocked, but in addition to the visual impact, he also had more psychological fluctuations.
This is not good, Roy is worried, the first dunk in the final that he thought of was also a free throw line jump dunk, and now it is obviously too late to change the action, and his pressure on the bottom of the box is not too stable, even if he wants to use it, he can only try at the last moment of the championship.
Is this going to be "buckled"?