Chapter 62: Michael Jordan Fights!
"Michael, look at this!" Scott Pippen dragged Michael Jordan to the locker room of the Bulls training gym, where the TV was replaying Jonny's second-loop dunk against the Spurs.
They were watching ESPN, and the camera where Jonny was shouting happened to be the one set up by ESPN, and ESPN Sports TV had been replaying the goal and Jonny's subsequent shouting.
"Your dunk is too weak!?" Michael Jordan knew that Jonny's words were shouted at him, and some media also thought of it, after all, Jonny's double loop dunk is a strengthened version of Michael Jordan's iconic Carolina windmill, if Jonny's shouting is to provoke someone, then that person must be Michael Jordan.
Looking at Jonny's Carolina windmill enhanced dunk, Michael Jordan pursed his mouth tightly, and did not say that Jonny's dunk has a new name, because it was dunked in Boston, referring to the name of Michael Jordan's dunk, Jonny's dunk was called a Boston windmill by Mike Brin.
And Michael Jordan looked at Jonny's provocative look, and listened to Mike Blin's various praises to Jonny, Michael Jordan gritted his teeth: "Scott, I heard that Jonny Lee signed up for this year's slam dunk contest?" ”
"Yes." Scott Pippen said a word, and then reacted suddenly, shocked: "Michael, you're not going to participate in this slam dunk contest, are you?!" ”
Michael Jordan didn't speak, Scott Pippen knew that Michael Jordan was still hesitating at this time, but Scott Pippen felt that Michael Jordan couldn't participate in this year's slam dunk contest, Michael Jordan can now be said to be at the end of his career, in fact, Michael Jordan retired for the second time after this season in history. And now Michael Jordan has come to the worst period of his career physically, and now he is participating in the slam dunk contest, which is obviously too disadvantageous.
However, Michael Jordan is a very competitive person, and Scott Pippen knows that if Michael Jordan is allowed to think about it this way, he will definitely choose to participate in the slam dunk contest in the end.
Scott Pippen quickly persuaded him: "Michael, you can't participate!" This is Jonny Lee cheating you! ”
Michael Jordan glanced at Scott Pippen. Without speaking, he turned around and walked out of the locker room.
Scott Pippen also froze in place, he knew that this was bad, and Michael didn't listen to it at all. Maybe this time it's really going to make Jonny Lee get his wish.
And just when the Bulls were worried about Michael Jordan's upcoming decision to participate in the dunk contest, Jonny began the next game.
In the last game, Jonny's Hu Lai made the team lose the game, but it didn't lose much, just 7 points. But a loss in the game is a loss. The Celtics picked up their 11th loss of the season. However, this game is still a lot of gains for Jonny.
After several attempts, Jonny tried out that Boston windmill dunk. And then the hip-down reflexive dunk is much simpler, this is a relatively simple dunk, Jonny just found a wave of fast-break opportunities, and successfully completed this crotch-down reflexive dunk.
And these two dunks were exposed by the media after the game, which gave Michael Jordan a chance to make up his mind. Without anyone knowing, Michael Jordan has already made up his mind to participate in this slam dunk contest.
And Jonny's side no longer took Michael Jordan to heart, and Jonny thought about it later. I think it's indeed a bit immoral to provoke a veteran who is about to retire to participate in the slam dunk contest.
Relatively speaking, it's still quite good to provoke a young player like Kobe Bryant.
So in the next game, facing a weak team like the Vancouver Grizzlies, Jonny chose to try several of Kobe Bryant's stunts, 360-degree dunks, folding dunks, reflexive folding dunks, crotch-down dunks, and also used a 360-degree crotch-down hand-change dunk that Jonny is best at, which obviously combines Kobe's two dunks.
And this time Jonny didn't provoke Kobe in the game, he knew Kobe's personality. Jonny knew that even if he didn't say a word, Kobe Bryant would fight, after all, Kobe Bryant was a better man than Michael Jordan.
And in the case of Jonny once again staged a slam dunk show, the media was naturally desperate to blow. Of course, some of the media dug deep into Jonny's dunks. They found that these dunks of Jonny were actually the dunks that Kobe Bryant won last year, and after such a hype, the competitive Kobe Bryant directly announced that he would sign up for this year's slam dunk contest!
Kobe Bryant registers for the slam dunk contest again! Last year's slam dunk contest champion was announced again, and Jonny vs. Kobe Bryant immediately pushed people's expectations for the slam dunk contest up.
Kobe Bryant is no longer the Kobe at the beginning of the season, and now Kobe's All-Star vote is second among Western defenders! Second only to Gary Payton! Of course, the difference between John Stockton and his votes behind him is not very large. But as a substitute, a sophomore, Kobe Bryant can do this, which shows his current popularity and recognition.
The anticipation of the slam dunk contest was raised all of a sudden, and David Stern's original idea of replacing the slam dunk contest with a hybrid shot contest was also postponed, and the shrewd David Stern decided to see the situation again.
As a result, just about to see the situation, it exploded all at once.
Before the Celtics' home game against the Indiana Pacers, Michael Jordan directly announced that he would participate in this year's All-Star Slam Dunk Contest!
All of a sudden, the NBA was blown up! Michael Jordan announced his slam dunk contest again? What does this mean? Many people can't imagine that Michael Jordan, who is about to retire, would choose to challenge a slam dunk contest at the end of his career!
And Michael Jordan's action suddenly made David Stern give up the idea of canceling the slam dunk contest, and Michael Jordan came out to participate in the dunk contest! With such a slam dunk contest, it can be said that the expectation has surpassed that of the All-Star Game! Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, who is on fire as Jordan's successor! and Jonny Lee, who can already compete with Michael Jordan, just these three people, the stars of the slam dunk contest shine to an unimaginable level.
And what annoyed David Stern even more was that a day after Michael Jordan announced that he would participate in the slam dunk contest, many NBA stars announced that they would participate in the dunk contest! However, because of the limited number of places, many NBA stars actually need to compete for posts! Because there are only 3 places left in the slam dunk contest!
Even Clyde Drexler, who has been plagued by injuries, said that he would participate in this year's slam dunk contest, which shows how hot this year's dunk contest is. (To be continued.) )xh118