Chapter 281: All-Star Slam Dunk Contest (1)
In the event with Chinese players, Ye Hai won the MVP of the Rookie Challenge, Cha Yicheng won the runner-up in the next Skills Challenge, and Liu Hao won the championship with a three-point record.
Shortly after the three-point contest ended, the highlight of the second day of the All-Star Game finally arrived, and that was the long-awaited slam dunk contest!
In this slam dunk contest, for the sake of the enjoyment of the game, two dunks per person are still taken, and the two people with higher scores enter the final round, and in the finals, each person still has 2 opportunities to show their dunk level!
In the last slam dunk contest, Aaron Gordon defeated DeMar DeRozan and won the championship of the dunk contest for the first time, but Zach LaVerne did not participate in the last time, and the media called Gordon no opponent on the way to the championship, and looked forward to Gordon and LaVine meeting again. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The two players did not disappoint the media and fans either, accepting the league's invitation ahead of this year's All-Star break, and also warming up for this year's slam dunk contest.
However, the most surprising thing about this year's slam dunk contest is the appearance of an Asian face, which is this year's leader. Asian players have always been considered by European and American players to lack strength and explosiveness, but they didn't expect that in the case of LaVine and Gordon competing, this young Chinese player named Ye Hai actually dared to participate in the game, and his courage was admirable, but almost everyone thought that Ye Hai was just a stepping stone for LaVine and Gordon to enter the finals.
In addition to Yahai, LaVine, and Gordon, there is another player who is surprising, that is, Kefeld, a small guard from the Cavaliers who is only 1.75 meters tall, and this small man who once showed his amazing stats of 111.76cm in running and jumping when he was on his side, also came here with the goal of challenging LaVine and Gordon this year.
The list of slam dunk contests is as follows:
Aaron Gordon, 2.06m, Orlando Magic;
Zach LaVine, 1.96m, Minnesota Timberwolves;
Ye Hai, 2.01m, Boston Celtics;
Keefield, 1.75m, Cleveland Cavaliers.
It is worth mentioning that the referees of this year's slam dunk contest are all familiar faces, and several of them are stars who just retired last year.
Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, and Paul Pierce formed the referee team for this slam dunk contest, and "Big Shark" O'Neal served as the host on the court!
Just seeing the star-studded lineup of referees makes the fans enthusiastic, and as a participating player, there is really nothing more to let these five Hall of Fame players judge for themselves!
After the referee team is in place, the long-awaited slam dunk contest by fans has finally begun!
Aaron Gordon, last year's slam dunk champion of the tournament, was the first to appear, and after slapping the ball to the ground a few times, Gordon started to run, grabbed the ball with one hand while running, went around his back, threw the ball from his back to his front, jumped up and caught the basketball he threw in the air, turned into a back dunk in the air, and dunked the ball into the basket!
The action looks very smooth, but fans who are used to seeing Gordon dunk more spectacularly are a little unhappy, this kind of ball is too simple for Gordon!
However, it is normal for fans to have this reaction, and it is only because Gordon has too high expectations for fans, which is why many players are reluctant to participate in the competition after winning a slam dunk contest.
Kobe, Maddy, Duncan, Garnett, and Pierce gave 8/8/9/8/8 points in turn, and Gordon scored 41 points on his first dunk.
The second appearance is Zach LaVine, who defeated Gordon the year before last and won the slam dunk contest.
As soon as he came up this time, LaVine challenged a difficult dunk, LaVine with the ball in one hand started to run from outside the three-point line, threw the ball to the rebound in front of the free throw line, the ball bounced back after hitting the rebound, LaVine began to jump at the position of the ball of his foot in the free throw line, and after receiving the rebounding basketball in the air, a one-handed split dunk! Slam the ball into the hoop!
This dunk is impeccable in terms of bounce, explosiveness, and creativity, especially since no one has done it before!
LaVine's dunk won applause from the fans, and in addition to Kobe and Maddy who gave 9 points, Duncan, Garnett, and Pierce all gave 10 points.
O'Neal, who likes to play tricks, came to Kobe and Maddie and asked why they didn't give 10 points, and Kobe and Maddie's answers were unanimous.
"We've done this as well, and we'd like to see it more difficult." Bryant said with a smile.
This way, LaVine scored 48 points on his first dunk.
Kefeld's third appearance, as a short player, actually has a great advantage, because the same action, as long as the short player can do it, even if the difficulty is slightly worse, people will invariably tilt towards the short man when grading, after all, short can dunk, which is a very difficult thing in itself.
Felder's first dunk was the same Nate Robinson once used to straddle the board and catch the back dunk, but the difficulty was slightly reduced, perhaps because the first dunk was more stable, Felder only did one step, threw the ball to the rebound, and then suddenly sprinted and jumped, jumped straight in the air, and dunked the ball into the basket!
Some of the NBA players watching from the sidelines were also stunned by the performance of the little-known short player, although he made Robinson's slam dunk contest win a little less difficult, but the action was very coherent and coherent, coupled with the visual impact of the short player's dunk, which made people send warm applause and cheers.
This time the referees gave a score of 9/8/9/8/8, and Felder scored 42 points for the first deduction!
Finally it was Ye Hai's turn to appear, what's going on, he actually appeared in a Celtic jacket and long-sleeved training suit?
When Ye Hai appeared on the stage and was about to dunk, the mystery was finally revealed. Ye Hai unzipped off the jacket, revealing the sports vest he was wearing inside, but the style and number of this vest were the No. 00 jersey of Aaron Gordon, the first to appear just now!
"What is he going to do?" Everyone felt a little inexplicable, but they looked at Ye Hai who was about to run with great anticipation! (To be continued.) )