Chapter 164: Slam Dunk Contest!
-- Lin Fei is preparing for the slam dunk contest with a good mood of winning three consecutive championships in the three-point contest, although he is the least favored player, but the on-site media chasing him is incomparable to the other three combined, Nate. Robinson looked at the media surrounding Lin Fei and felt very uncomfortable.
You know, this time he is here to win the third slam dunk contest, and once he wins this slam dunk contest, then he will make new history and become the first player to win three slam dunk contests, but the media still does not focus on him.
Around Nate. Robinson, who is more of a reporter from New York, entered the pregame interview time an hour before the start of the slam dunk contest.
"Nate, do you have anything to say about the upcoming slam dunk contest?"
Nate. Robinson glanced at the seven or eight reporters surrounding him, and glanced at Lin Fei on the other side, who was surrounded by a large number of reporters, "I'm here to win the championship, well, it's that simple, if there is no championship, it's a failure." ”
"Do you have anything to say about Lin's competition?"
"I only champion my rivals, and if I play in the three-point contest maybe I will champion him, but this is a slam dunk contest, not a three-point contest." Nate. Robinson's face was full of confidence, as if the championship had been won by him, Robinson changed his words, "I believe that the fans are sensible, and they will not be biased because Lin is more handsome than me and more famous than me, I believe in them." ”
An hour passed quickly, and the TNT commentary trio Charles. Barkley, Kenny. Smith, Ray Jay. Miller was ready for a long time.
"Charles, isn't there anything you want to say about your Lin participating in the slam dunk contest this time? You know, he's the least favored one. "Kenny. Smith said with a slight hint of relief.
"Kenny, why do you always think the same way as the average person, even though we are friends I still have to say that your idea is stupid, Lin is the least favored that is the idea of ordinary people, I promise Lin will surprise that everyone." Buckleon looked at it with disdain.
Kenny. Smith looked at the joke with an expression, "Charles, you just have a hard mouth, I really don't know where your confidence comes from, those video highlights?" Let's tell you the truth about any player's collection can be amazing, let alone Lin, and the facts will prove that your self-confidence is wrong. ”
"Okay, the game is about to start, Lin is the fourth to play, you guys stop first, ok?" The atmosphere of conflict made Ray Jay. Miller felt depressed as the host announced that the dunk contest was ready to begin for Ledger. Miller Justification.
"Humph!"
"Cut!"
Kenny. Smith and Charles. Barkley both tilted their heads to one side at the same time.
This year's slam dunk contest league invited five judges, Lin Fei's big brother Kobe Bryant. Bryant, "Potato" Chris. Weber, "The Essence of Human Cinema" Dominic. Wilkins, "Dr. J" Julius. Owen, "His Royal Highness the Flyer" Michael. Jordan, five of the top dunk masters in history, will score the preliminary round of the slam dunk contest, and the finals will need to be decided by fan votes.
However, the slam dunk contest has become more and more lacking in highlights in recent years, although the ratings hit a record high last year, but it is undeniable that the slam dunk contest is becoming more and more boring. Stern has more to look forward to in this slam dunk contest, "How's the ratings? ”
"Mr. President, the competition has not started yet, but the ratings have reached the level of last year's preliminaries, and it is conservatively estimated that it will create a new high."
"How's the online review?" David. Stern stood up and walked to the front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the box, and his eyes fell on Lin Fei on the bench on the sidelines.
"There are both negative and positive, and many people are looking forward to Lin Fei's dunk." The assistant replied truthfully.
"Hello everyone, this is TNT, and now we are broadcasting live for you the NBA 2009-2010 Dallas All-Star Slam Dunk Contest!" Lei Jie. Miller was the first to open his mouth.
"We've got the order of appearance in the preliminary round of the slam dunk contest, and the first to appear is the new All-Star Charlotte Bobcats' Gerald. Wallace, 6'7'215 pounds tall and with the perfect small forward build, is back in the slam dunk contest after eight years, losing to Jason in the finals last time out. Richardson, how can he do this time? Let me see. "Kenny. Smith continued.
"Gerrard gets the ball in the centre circle, okay, the referee blows the whistle and Gerrard starts." With Barkley's voice, Wallace began to run, and when he approached the free throw line, he slowed down a little, then took a big step with his right foot one step inside the free throw line, and after a long glide in the air, he grabbed the ball with both hands and pulled out a perfect circle from top to bottom to smash the ball into the basket.
"Wonderful and domineering one-step two-arm windmill inside the free throw line, let's see the specific replay."
The live director immediately gave a 360-degree full-angle replay, and Gerald . Wallace's dunk is more real and delicate in front of everyone.
Lin Fei applauded Wallace's dunk, this dunk is medium to high, the advantage is that the power of the dunk is good, but the creativity is obviously lacking a lot, and this is exactly the case, the five judges scored only Dr. J Owen gave ten points, the rest only Wilkins gave 9 points, and the remaining three only gave 8 points, and finally Wallace's first dunk only scored 44 points, a score that is not high but not low.
After greeting the fans, Wallace walked to the sidelines.
"The lack of creativity makes Gerrard's dunk score lower this time, to be honest, creativity is getting harder and harder, and I am more in pursuit of the players to make creative ideas difficult, you must know that there are many dunk geniuses on the streets of the United States, I watched a video of a slam dunk league, my God, it's all non-human, I dare to say that their actions can definitely win the slam dunk contest ......"
"Charles, stop, stop, this is the slam dunk contest." Lei Jie. Miller interrupted Barkley, who was running a train with his mouth full.
Behind Wallace is the Raptors' DeRozan, who defeated Westbrook in the qualifiers to make the final list for the slam dunk contest.
DeRozan is a typical dunk player in terms of bounce, body shape or gliding distance, etc., before entering the NBA, he participated in the slam dunk contest twice and won the championship, the stability of the dunk is excellent, the difficulty coefficient is very high, and the techniques are diverse, claiming to be unrivaled in high school dunk and in an invincible state.
When DeRozan came out, he won a round of applause from the fans at the American Airlines Center, and many people were optimistic that DeRozan would win the slam dunk contest.
DeRozan stood outside the three-point line with his back to him, holding the ball in front of him, and after a whistle sounded, he threw the ball out of his crotch with both hands, and then started DeRozan to turn and accelerate, and the basketball smashed high on the floor, DeRozan jumped up against the ball, grabbed the ball with his right hand and pulled it in front of him after a 360-degree turn in the air, and smashed the ball into the basket with his right hand, and the Dallas fans burst into huge applause, no doubt this mouthful made them feel satisfied.
"Am I watching a 2k9 dunk contest? It was all a dunk in the game, and DeRozan didn't disappoint those who supported him. "Kenny. When the Smith entered the three-point line, he put the ball out of the game, followed the rebound, and after gliding in the air, he turned 360 degrees in reflexive reflex and exclaimed.
DeRozan was recognized by the five judges and finally scored a high score of 48 points, laying a good foundation for himself to advance to the next round.
"Seeing Nate play, as a two-time slam dunk contest champion, Nate is completely rushing for a third championship this time, see how confident he is." Lei Jie. Miller smiled all over his face.
Nate. Robinson clenched his fists and roared, seemingly cheering himself on, but Lin Fei read something different from Robinson's glance at him, Lin Fei couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, and his eyes began to follow Robinson, and he was still looking forward to Robinson's dunk.
Robinson obviously came for the finals, the first dunk in the preliminaries was not too worthwhile, after two attempts, Robinson tossed the ball up and bounced on his heels, and then after catching the ball, the big windmill poured the ball into the basket, this action is a bit similar to DeRozan's but the difficulty coefficient is undoubtedly much lower, but Robinson's height gave him impression points, and finally Nate. Robinson scored 44 points in the first round of the preliminaries, temporarily ranked second, Robinson was not very satisfied with his dunk, and walked off the court a little depressed, and when he passed by Lin Fei, he couldn't help but stop and look at Lin Fei, and then sat down.
"The moment I've been looking forward to has finally arrived, and I'm sure a lot of fans are looking forward to it, and the fourth player to play is Lin Fei, who is 6'8" tall and weighs 245 pounds from the Los Angeles Clippers." Barkley immediately came to his senses, staring intently at Lin Fei, who was standing outside the 45-degree three-point line.
In addition to the huge cheers, the Dallas scene also remembered a lot of boos, although the boos were a little insignificant in the scene of 100,000 people because of the number of people, but Lin Fei clearly heard it, and most of these booing fans must be Mavericks fans, so it is natural for them to boo.
The on-site director immediately gave Lin Fei a close-up, and Lin Fei in the camera looked very relaxed without the slightest nervousness.
"Come on!" Lin Fei roared, slapped the ball violently, and the whole person quickly rushed to the inside line, looking at the free throw line that was getting closer and closer, Lin Fei's pace in his heart was getting closer and closer.
The left foot exerts force, the calf is tight, the left foot steps heavily on the free throw line, the right hand grasps the ball steadily, and the legs stroll in the air, the whole person is like walking in the clouds, and the three generations of souls under the feet are particularly dazzling in the spotlight.
Just when everyone thought it was a free-throw line dunk that had been dunked n times in the slam dunk contest, Lin Fei took the ball down with his right hand and passed it directly from behind to his left hand.
After a perfect glide, he smashed the ball into the basket.
"Change hands behind the free throw line for a dunk! This is Lin, everyone thought he was a player who might be eliminated in the first round, but it turned out that Lin was not, look at this kind of dunk that perfectly stacks up strength, beauty, distance, difficulty, and air. Barkley said excitedly.
"Lin really surprised everyone, and I think seeing people like Lin dunk will definitely dispel the original idea, and it's really lucky to be here." Lei Jie. Miller agreed.
Kobe Bryant directly scored a perfect 10 points for Lin Fei, while "Potato" Webber scored 9 points, Irving gave 10 points, and Wilkins also gave 10 points.
"How much should I give?" Jordan turned to the fans on the sidelines and said, then looked at the big signs that mostly counted ten points and smiled and held up his scoreboard.
It clearly says ten.
"49 points, Lin scored 49 points, only one point away from the full score, Chris is a little stingy, isn't such a dunk worth ten points? Although there are many people who have done it, they are definitely still some distance away from Lin after integrating all aspects, and watching Lin's dunk is the most direct enjoyment. Barkley gave Webb only nine broken thoughts.
The score of 49 points also allowed Lin Fei to take the lead after the first round of the preliminaries, and also brought huge pressure to Robinson, who originally planned to make sure that he could enter the finals in the preliminaries, but he only had 44 points to DeRozan and Lin Fei were 4 and 5 points respectively, such a point difference is not a small point difference, "You need to use the final dunk in advance." Robinson muttered to himself.
"Good preliminaries, Lin Fei leads with 49 points, the second round is about to begin, the slam dunk rules of the second round of the preliminaries indicate that players must cooperate with their teammates to complete, good Gerrard and Felton are out, Gerrard needs to work harder, maybe he should take out the dunk prepared for the finals in advance, otherwise he is likely to be eliminated." Kenny. Smith was right.
However, Felton's passing was very bad, and the passes behind the rebounds several times in a row made Wallace useless, and finally Felton switched to the front of the rebound, hitting the ground with his back to the basket, and the basketball bounced up and smashed to the rebound to return, Wallace cut in from the three-point line at high speed to catch the rebound ball with both hands and dunk it again.
Such a dunk was lackluster, and in the end he only scored 40 points, a very pitiful score, only 84 points in two rounds, and he was basically eliminated.
But Gerald. Wallace didn't have the slightest frustration, in fact, he was here to make soy sauce.
And the next player to play was DeRozan, who had a high demand to win the championship before the game, and scored 48 points in the first round to give him a certain initiative.
DeRozan stood outside the three-point line in the bottom left corner, while his teammate Weems stood inside the three-point line, and after the referee's signal, Weems trotted to the line and threw the basketball to the edge of the rebound.
DeRozan followed Weems to start, jumped up against the basketball that bounced back from the edge of the rebound, caught the ball with both hands and glided, the body stretched perfectly in the air, and when the head was almost under the basket, the ball was handed over to the right hand and smashed the ball into the basket with a loop.
The whole action was flawless, bringing a huge visual impact to people, and DeRozan rushed to the audience excitedly after landing.
"DeRozan lived up to the expectations of him, another perfect dunk, and the five judges didn't disappoint this time, five tens, a perfect score, and this dunk deserves a perfect score." Lei Jie. Miller said with a smile.
Nate on the sidelines. Robinson felt a huge pressure, now DeRozan has locked a place in the finals, he and Lin Fei can only score one, and in the first round he is five points behind Lin Fei, even if he gets a full score Lin Fei's dunk must be below forty-five points before he can advance, the pressure instantly found Robinson, thinking of his own rhetoric before the game Robinson felt a chill in his back.
"Nate, he said before the game that he was here for the championship, Lin was not in his consideration, and the current situation is a huge reflection of his words, and I like it." Barkley's smug look made Kenny. Smith was very upset.
Robinson and his teammate Italian handsome Gallinari came to the court, Gallinari stood on the right side of the box, and Robinson stood on the left side of the 45-degree three-point line.
Robinson began to run, Gallinari threw the ball to the left side of the basket, and Robinson failed to form a tacit understanding with Gallinari twice in a row, and only completed the air relay 270-degree two-handed dunk in the third time.
Although the difficulty of dunking is average, Robinson's height adds a lot of points to him, but Robinson himself knows what the result will be this time, and he looks a little gray.
The five judges gave a score of 45 points, which indicates that Lin Fei only needs to score 40 points to advance to the final round.
"It's a pity, Nate's treble wish is shattered, in fact, I still expect him to make history, but be low-key, that's the least, you see......" Barkley took the opportunity to fall into the well, without any regard for Robinson's face, let alone the consciousness of a senior.
The release of Robinson's results made Lin Fei a lot easier, and he also gave up his original idea and used a slightly simpler action instead.
Lin Fei stood on the three-point line in the bottom corner of the right side, dribbled and ran, kicked and jumped when he came to the outside of the restricted area, and after gliding in the air to the left side of the basket, Lin Fei with his back to the basket, Lin Fei's back of his head was like having eyes, and he smashed the ball into the basket after picking out a semicircle with his left hand.
The difficulty of this ball is not high, but the key is that Lin Fei did not look back at the basket at all, it was completely by feeling, and the movements in the air were very coordinated, such a dunk scored 44 points for Lin Fei, and finally Lin Fei scored 94 points with two dunks, and entered the final with the second place in the preliminaries, and he will compete with DeRozan.
After a short break, the final of the Slam Dunk Contest kicked off.
"DeRozan is the one I'm rooting for, and even though Lin is doing well, I'm not going to change my opinion, that's all." Kenny. Smith still puts himself on the opposite side of Barkley and Lin Fei, and he believes DeRozan will not let him down.
"Okay DeRozan came out, he took out a shoebox and opened it, and it seemed that something was in it." Lei Jie. Miller's commentary moved all the fans.
DeRozan took out a No. 15 jersey of the Raptors from the shoebox, with Carter's name on the back, and then took out a pair of shoes, which was the model Carter wore when he participated in the slam dunk contest - and1's taichi1.
The American Airlines Center immediately burst into applause, and there was no doubt that the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest would be a forever classic.
(To be continued)