Chapter 331: Slam Dunk Contest (I)

Then Ye Xuan waved to the audience again, and then walked down. Because of Ye Xuan's series of performances, coupled with the fact that this year's three-point contest is indeed very exciting, the ratings of this year's All-Star Game three-point contest are much higher than last year's slam dunk contest, you must know that in the past, the game on the second day of the All-Star Weekend was generally only watched by a little more people in the slam dunk contest, and the three-point contest and the skill challenge These things are honestly used to find seats and be late for the audience, and few people watch them, but with the current three-point tactics becoming more and more important in the NBA, plus the players themselves have a lot of fans in this year's three-point contest, so there are more audiences.

However, after seeing Ye Xuan's exciting performance, not only the audience at the scene, but even the audience in front of the TV began to look forward to the next slam dunk contest. This time, it didn't matter what happened to Ye Xuan, but this time Ye Xuan also came with a task, returned to the locker room and changed into the clothes he endorsed, took the camera he endorsed, and then brought the watch and sunglasses he endorsed, Ye Xuan suddenly became a male model-like role, this is the task given to Ye Xuan by the merchant, stealing the spotlight during the slam dunk contest.

returned to Anthony and sat down, the dunk contest is about to start, Ye Xuan's position is not bad, he can not only show it when he pretends to be forced, but he is not afraid of being blocked by others, and the position chosen by the four heroes is really good. The contestants in this year's slam dunk contest are not particularly worth looking forward to, and this time a total of four people participated in the slam dunk contest, basically all of them were not very well-known first- or second-year showers, namely Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks), Mason Plumlee (Brooklyn Nets), Victor Oladipo (Orlando Magic) and Zach LaVine (Minnesota Timberwolves). Among these people, only Brother Alphabet is slightly more famous, because his progress this season is very amazing, and he has directly grown into a qualified team leader.

The other three, Oladipo is the second oldest member of the Magic team, and there is a Vucevic on his head, although it is said to be a double core, but everyone can see that the Magic team is now more inclined to Vucevic, and LaVine is the Timberwolves in the belly of the fish, although he is still the main scoring guard, but in terms of the Timberwolves' record, it is still very early to make a name for himself, especially now that he is still pressing Andrew Wiggins and Rubio on his head. As for Plumlee, not to mention, he is not even a starter in the Nets, and he is also an interior player, and there are very few interior players who have participated in the slam dunk contest throughout the ages, except for Howard, McGee and Griffin, there are basically no famous interior players to participate in this spring man contest.

Like other competitions, this year's slam dunk contest has also made some changes compared to last year, not that it has changed to new rules, but that it has changed back to the original antique rules. The competition is divided into two rounds, the first round of competition, each player will have two dunk opportunities, and the player with the highest total score in the two rounds will advance to the final. In the final one-on-one competition, each player still has two chances, and the player with the highest total score on both occasions wins the championship. The competition has 5 judges, and the scoring range is 6-10 points. Players score a minimum of 30 points and a maximum of 50 points per dunk. This slam dunk contest returns to the classic format, no longer divided into east and west competitions, dunk is divided into two rounds of preliminary and semi-finals, each dunk has a maximum of three attempts, and each ball is no longer limited by time, which undoubtedly increases the enjoyment of the game.

So many nostalgic old fans also returned to the TV to watch this year's slam dunk contest, after the draw, the first player to play was Plumlee, Pradley's first dunk, he chose a cooperative dunk, and the helper he found was not on the same team as him, because he was looking for Irving, probably because he was the only one in the Nets who participated in this All-Star Game, so although it was a home game, there were no teammates to cheer him on, and Irving was his teammate when he was on the national team, So the personal relationship between the two should be good.

Plumlee's first trial dunk began, the two stood in the bottom corner, running towards the basket, Irving threw the ball to the side of the rebound, Plumlee flew from behind to grab the basketball, and then crossed from under the basket, came to a back dunk, but unfortunately the basketball was not able to grasp the first trial dunk, probably because the two did not have much tacit understanding, the second trial dunk, Plumlee's adjustment in the air was not particularly successful, although he barely dunked the ball in, but after the referee's judgment, The ball went into the basket after it was out of his hands, and it was not considered a success. Fortunately, Plumlee resisted the pressure and successfully dunked the ball in the third attempt dunk, the difficulty and creativity of the ball were not bad, but unfortunately because Plumlee's height was too tall, he couldn't see his jumping height, so the 5 referees on the scene didn't buy it much, and he scored 8 points in a water, and Plumlee's first dunk only scored 40 points.

This performance can't be said to be too bad, but under the tense and fierce support of the three-point contest, the opening of the dunk contest was much weaker, so the audience at the scene was not very satisfied with the ball, and there was no applause. The next appearance was Giannis Antetokounmpo from Greece, and after Brother Alphabet came on the field, he was followed by a group of girls dressed in ancient Greek clothes, holding fans and national flags behind Brother Alphabet, which was obviously very similar to the idea of the choir of Griffin last time.

At this time, Brother Alphabet began to try to dunk, and his dunk action was to choose to throw the ball inside outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the left side, and wait for the basketball to bounce off the ground and then grab the ball with one arm and dunk. It is also difficult to complete this dunk, and Brother Alphabet also chose the highest difficulty, the point he chose for the basketball to bounce back is very far, which makes it more difficult for this basketball to grasp with one hand in the air, Brother Alphabet was not able to grasp the basketball on his first attempt, and although he grasped the basketball for the second time, the distance was not well controlled, and he failed. On the last attempt, everyone thought that Brother Alphabet would choose to lower the difficulty a little, but Brother Alphabet did not do so, and finally the third attempt was declared a failure, and the judges raised 6 points one after another. This is not to say that this unsuccessful dunk is also worth 6 points, but because the lowest score is only 6 points, and Brother Alphabet got a guaranteed score of 30 points, and he basically missed the finals.

In fact, Ye Xuan and the Four Heroes on the sidelines didn't pay attention to whether Brother Alphabet's dunk was successful or not, or they didn't go to see Brother Alphabet's dunk at all, because the eyes of these people were all attracted by those girls wearing ancient Greek classical costumes, especially Anthony, if it wasn't for Ye Xuan's reminder, his saliva would have flowed.

Because Brother Alphabet's dunk action was not completed, the audience at the scene was also a little cold, Xiao Hua is now called a hate, and he almost went up to blow up the heads of the two people who appeared in front of him, how good the atmosphere in front of him was, and he was destroyed by these two Adou in vain.

But the one who appeared later, apparently also a master of pretending, Victor Oladipo, wearing a fake suit and a small top hat, just walked out of the player's tunnel, still holding a microphone in his hand, after the lights dimmed, the brother actually started singing, I have to say that this talent show has captured the hearts of many audiences, after singing, Oladipo took off his top hat and suit, and began to prepare his own dunk action.

Oladipo's first move, choosing a very difficult turn, starting from outside the right three-point line, quickly slipped the baseline and jumped near the basket, only to see him turn a full 360 degrees in the air, and pass under the basket in the air, a backhand came to a back dunk, the first trial dunk was unsuccessful, but this action has aroused the interest of the audience, including Ye Xuan and others are standing up with their hands (probably ready to grab the camera).

Oladipo really lived up to expectations, and successfully completed this action in the third attempt, the audience at the scene immediately stood up, and the camera also began to turn around the stars with great interest, Rihanna, Taylor Swift and others were all on the scene, and their expressions were also shocked, and the four heroes and Ye Xuan also exploded collectively, James and Wade hugged each other in surprise, although Anthony looked surprised but behaved calmly, Ye Xuan on the side took the 10-point split card in his hand and began to dance wildly, only Paul was calmer. (I guess Paul can't feel the fun of dunking, that's why it's like this, manual funny.) )

The five referees are also very consistent, all scored 10 points, this slam dunk contest after two not ideal dunks, finally ushered in a full score dunk worth recording, the atmosphere of the scene is also beginning to pick up, interestingly, the first three dunk scores were 30 points, 40 points and 50 points, equal difference series!

The audience at the scene was lively for a while, and finally waited for the fourth player to appear, compared to the other three players, Zach LaVine will obviously have more supporters, after all, Zach LaVine has repeatedly relied on ultra-difficult dunks in the regular season to climb various TOP5 and TOP10, so everyone is looking forward to his dunks.

After LaVine appeared, he behaved very low-key, but he invited two famous rappers to help him, Ye Xuan still wondered, why is LaVine so low-key? Don't Americans like to keep a low profile? As a result, after the rap ended, LaVine took off his training clothes, and Ye Xuan immediately knew why he was acting so low-key, because the clothes he was wearing were too high-profile, and the clothes were printed with No. 23, and the name on it belonged to a legendary "Jordan". Dare to wear Jordan's jersey to play on such an occasion, if this is not arrogant, then I really don't know how to be arrogant. You must know that this jersey not only represents 'god', but also represents invincible ball skills, and if you don't perform well, this jersey will definitely make you a laughing stock for everyone.

The audience at the scene was also mobilized by his clothes, many people stood up, Ye Xuan and the others were no longer fighting, but stood up and prepared to enjoy Laven's performance. LaVine did not disappoint everyone, throwing the ball at a 45-degree angle on the right side, then rushing over to grab the ball in the air, making a crotch change and then looking back at the moon, and dunking the ball from the left side of the basket!! Suddenly, the audience at the scene was fried, and they all stood up and applauded LaVine like crazy.

The stars on the sidelines also began to steal the spotlight, and Harden and Wei Shao also looked like they were leaning backwards, as if they were intimidated. Several old-timer judges also raised a 10-point scoreboard one after another, and LaVine's first deduction was also 50 points. The first round was over, with both LaVine and Oladipo scoring 50 points, while the other two had less than ideal scores. The atmosphere of the scene finally picked up under the wonderful performance of the last two players.

At the beginning of the second round, the first person to play was the letter brother with the lowest score in the first round, and the letter brother probably knew that he had no chance, so he casually found a teammate to help him lose a ball, and he just dunked a back dunk and it was over, this dunk looks nothing special, there is nothing new, there is no difficulty, and the most important thing is that the attitude of the letter brother also seems a little casual, so the referees are also very ruthless, and the score given to him is relatively low, only 35 points, At this time, Brother Alphabet has been eliminated.

The second one on the court is Plumlee, who scored 40 points in the first round, Plumlee is very tall, so he is very unpopular with the referees, so he is also ready to challenge the high difficulty, throwing the ball from behind the rebound, and then rushing out to reflexively grab the ball and dunk, the difficulty is also very exaggerated, but the creativity is not enough, because this action has been used by Howard before, and in the first two attempts to dunk without success, Plumlee actually coaxed.

He directly gave up the original difficult action, and instead called his brother up, ready to jump his brother's dunk, but unfortunately this dunk was not particularly ideal, although he successfully flew over his brother, and completed the dunk, but his left hand was supporting his brother's shoulder to jump, that is, borrowing force in disguise, this action naturally could not satisfy these old-timers, plus he temporarily changed the action, but his score was further reduced, In the end, he only scored 36 points, which was not as high as his first dunk.