Chapter 373: The mascot of the magic team
After Tang Shuai returned to the locker room, Barton's appearance introduction had already begun outside, but he didn't pay too much attention, but walked to his wardrobe and began to change clothes after opening it.
The clothes were brought by Gordon, the mascot of the magic team, full of green fluff, called "STUFF", which translates into Chinese is the meaning of magic dragon, the size of the clothes has been tried yesterday, although it is a little longer, but the rolled trouser legs are similar.
When he got dressed and went to the fitting mirror, he couldn't help but laugh even though he had tried it on yesterday.
The magic dragon is designed according to the image of a dragon, there are two nose hairs in front of the nose that are long and sticking out like chopsticks, which are not too eye-catching, and there is a pair of straight horns on the top of the head, which is reminiscent of the divine comedy "I have horns on my head, and the horns are ......", not to mention that there is a pair of fan-colored small ears next to the horns, which is not too cute.
Although the mascot has eyes looking out on his mouth, he can only see in front of him, and after he puts it on, he takes the electric skateboard and touches it out along the players' tunnel.
When he went out, Barton's first dunk was done, and it was Drummond who was dunking.
Big man dunks are not uncommon in slam dunk contests, when Howard won the slam dunk contest championship in a superman suit, it was considered to let fans see the potential of big men in the dunk contest, and then Griffin flew over the car dunk and McGee double-ball dunk both attracted a lot of attention.
Drummond's first dunk was a turnaround dunk that rushed out from behind the rebound, and the first dunk was successful, but maybe it wasn't really bounced enough. The aesthetics of the finish are really poor.
In the end, the judges only gave a score of 36 points.
When Tang Shuai looked up at the score, he also saw the score of Barton's dunk before, 44 points.
Next up was Gordon.
Gordon was a rookie drafted by the Magic in 2014. Because there are three inside lines in the team: Ucevich, Harris and Fry. Coupled with the fact that the team is still trying to make the playoffs, his chances of playing on the team are really measurable.
There wasn't enough playing time, and there weren't enough shots to edit, and his opening was pretty simple, and even when Gordon came out of the tunnel, the host just read a simple introduction like "Aaron Gordon, a slam dunk from the Magic".
It was also the first time for Gordon to participate in such a large-scale event, and after he came out, he couldn't help but have a nervous look on his face.
When he appeared on the stage, his eyes unconsciously looked towards Tang Shuai. Tang Shuai gave him a thumbs up to indicate that he was ready, and the nervousness on his face faded a little.
Gordon's first dunk didn't need the assistance of a mascot, and Tang Shuai had seen it.
The crotch on the front is changed to the back buckle.
For big men, this is not so easy to move, after all, for big men, limited by their size, it is already difficult enough to dunk under the crotch, let alone change hands and back dunks.
However, after Tang Shuai, this is for Gordon, who has purple and is still the top dunk bag in it. It's not that it's impossible to do.
On the first attempt, Gordon jumped a little close, and the action was not completed.
But that's it, it has caused an uproar among the fans at the scene. It is conceivable that knowing that Gordon is going to try this difficult dunk will surprise the fans at the scene.
On the second attempt, Gordon deliberately adjusted the starting point. After jumping up, the whole person pulled the ball down violently, and when he pulled, he had already turned his back. Then change hands and press the ball directly to the basket.
"Bang!"
With a muffled thud, the basketball slammed into the basket.
There was a burst of excited cheers from the fans at the scene. Compared with the previous dunks of Barton and Drummond, such dunks are obviously more visually impactful.
As Gordon said yesterday, he was almost unknown at the scene in Toronto, so in the first moment after the successful dunk, he looked to Tang Shuai's side.
Tang Shuai gave him a thumbs up.
But then he couldn't help but scratch his head, how did he feel like he was taking a child, obviously Gordon entered the league earlier than him......
The judges gave a score of 45 points, which is the highest score on the field so far.
At this time, the fans at the scene suddenly burst into a tsunami-like shout, not because of Gordon's dunk, but on the big LED screen on the scene, began to introduce the next player who will play.
Zach LaVine, the champion of the last slam dunk contest, when most of the players who participated in the slam dunk contest were pursuing creativity, he used his strength to completely crush his opponent, big windmill, three hundred and six, these are very difficult actions for others, but in his hands it is a piece of cake.
Although the dunk action is not as elegant as Carter's, but in terms of difficulty alone, he is undoubtedly the most talented slam dunk player in the past decade.
Tang Shuai knows this very well, and he only sees this one with the exclusive dunk bag.
However, people always like to challenge opponents who are stronger than themselves, and there is a reason why he is willing to help Gordon.
"They're like watching the magic again, they want to see you do it again, they want to see you bring back-to-back championships to the Minnesota Timberwolves, Zach LaVine~!" In the dynamic background music, the on-site narrator shouted Raven's introduction in a passionate language.
The cheers were deafening, and the audience's reaction was very different from when Gordon appeared on the stage.
This is in the slam dunk contest, and LaVine enjoys the super popularity of the slam dunk king.
Tang Shuai turned his head to look at Gordon at this time, Gordon sat on the sidelines and couldn't control his hands rubbing back and forth, obviously LaVine's appearance gave him a lot of pressure.
Although the cheers of the crowd were high, Lavin himself was very low-key, waved to the audience, and then walked to the baseline with the ball, and it seemed that his first dunk was going to be launched from the baseline.
There are many points to dunk initiation, the front is relatively simple and the most tried, the baseline is second, and the back of the basket is the most difficult.
LaVine took the ball and slapped it on the spot.
"Dogs. Mother. Raised! Wake up, audience! Wake up, Raven! Wake up, baby! Kenny Smith shouted quietly, the commentary team of this year's slam dunk contest is strong, Barkley, Reggie Miller, Smith and other coefficients are listed.
At Smith's shout, LaVine dribbled the ball straight to the basket.
Slamming dunks pay attention to elegance and beauty, and LaVine's advantage lies in his size, not fat, but stronger than Barton, who dunked before.
LaVine rushed to the basket, and when he was still a meter away from the basket, the whole person flew into the air with a sudden jump.
As he flew up, he slid like a paper airplane from the right side of the basket to the left.
The fans at the scene were in an uproar, and the dunk action had not yet come out, but this light posture, this random but amazing bounce, had already made the fans climax.
Tang Shuai also secretly praised, although he has also seen LaVine dunk in the game, but there is still an essential difference between the game and the dunk contest, just this one action, the title of the first dunk after Raven Carter is no longer in vain. (To be continued.) )