Chapter 57: Slam Dunk Contest
Speaking of the slam dunk contest, this year's dunk contest is particularly competitive compared to previous years, Wang Meng, Griffin, McGee, Ibaka, and Jennings, it is worth mentioning that Jennings suffered a small injury during the rookie challenge yesterday and could not participate in the dunk contest, and he was replaced by DeMar DeRozan of the Raptors, DeRozan did not have much preparation, this slam dunk contest is basically soy sauce, but the other three are Wang Meng's strong competitors, and it is really difficult to win them.
The first player to play in the first round was Toronto Raptors player DeMar DeRozan, who was paired with teammate Amir Johnson, who hit the basket from behind the rebound, and DeRozan received the ball in the air and completed a nice crotch dunk to score 44 points.
Next up was Oklahoma City Thunder player Serge Ibaka, who ran from the backcourt and jumped from the free throw line with the ball to dunk the ball straight in, replicating Jordan's classic moves with the height of an interior player and scoring 45 points.
The third player on the court is Washington Wizards player Javier McGee, at his request to transfer another basket from the sidelines and the original basket side by side, and McGee rushed to the basket with two balls, but also to play the trick of throwing the ball and playing the board in the air, McGee finally succeeded when there were 12 seconds left in the time when many attempts were unsuccessful: the right hand threw the ball to hit the board, the left hand directly dunked the ball while the right hand received the ball and then dunked, although the action was a little reluctant, but the ball was full of creativity, McGee's arm span is indeed amazing, This goal scored a perfect score of 50 points without any suspense.
Wang Meng was the fourth to play, with him is Odom, when Wang Meng designed the dunk action, Odom did not give less advice, Odom held the ball at the free throw line and threw the ball high, Wang Meng immediately opened the instant explosion, jumped at the three-point line, and made a 360-degree turn in the air, and then dunked the basketball into the frame. Wang Meng's action is very difficult, the most important thing is that he jumped at the free throw line, and then turned around and dunked at 360 degrees, this difficulty is no problem to participate in the finals of the dunk contest, and Wang Meng succeeded in one time, and the five judges did not hesitate and gave Wang Meng a full score of 50 points.
The last high-profile rookie on the court, Blake Griffin, his movements are even more incredible, from the backcourt to hold the ball to advance the one-foot jump, both hands to complete a 360-degree turn to dunk the ball, this ball looks not very difficult, but the requirements for physical fitness and bounce height are very high, especially the first unsuccessful attempt to twist is more terrible, but the final successful second dunk is not as gorgeous as the first time, so only 49 points, ranked third.
The first to play in the second round was still DeRozan, who threw the ball outside the three-point line, ran to catch the ball in the air and dunk the ball into the frame, and in this dunk DeRozan only touched the ball with his right hand, the difficulty of the ball and the accurate judgment of where the ball landed gave him a perfect score of 50 points, and the total score reached 94 points.
The second player on the court was Ibaka, when a kid rushed into the court, because his little toy was hung on the basket, Ibaka's first dunk was to dunk the ball with one arm and at the same time with the toy directly in his mouth, but he felt not satisfied, the second time was obviously higher in the air and the movements were more fluid, but he only scored 45 points, and the total score reached 90 points.
The third player on the court was replaced by Griffin, he found teammate Baron Davis to cooperate, hit the ball on the right side of the rebound, Griffin completed the turn action in the air and dunked the ball, but Davis failed to find the exact point with many passes, one of which was extremely exciting and had no choice but not to dunk, and finally only completed a big windmill dunk in the air, scoring 46 points and 95 points to temporarily rank first.
Then the player on the court was McGee, who scored 50 points in the first round, his mother came on the court to send a flower ball to McGee, during which the men in black escorted the handy, as a former WNBA player, McGee's mother and the judges are familiar with each other, when she and the judges greeted each other, McGee had already picked up the other two balls and stood on the sidelines, his idea was that teammate John Wall threw the flower ball in the air, and he wanted to dunk the flower ball into the basket at the same time as he hit two consecutive balls, After three consecutive attempts, he finally succeeded in dunking the ball, only three balls in the highest moment of the air, McGee's creativity won again, he scored 49 points in this ball, and the pressure was on Wang Meng.
At this time, McGee scored 99 points, Griffin scored 95 points, as long as Wang Meng can score 46 points, his total score will be 96 points, and he will be able to eliminate Griffin and McGee to enter the finals together.
Wang Meng didn't let Odom help this time, he held the ball himself, smashed it on the rebound, and then took advantage of the moment the basketball bounced back, changed hands under the crotch, and then dunked with one hand.
Although this dunk is extremely exciting, but the creativity is not too much, the judges discussed and decided to give Wang Meng 45 points, this is troublesome, Griffin and Wang Meng are both 95 points, according to the rules, the two of them also completed a dunk, and the fans voted to determine the winner.
Since only one is deducted, whoever fails will be eliminated.
Griffin decisively used his trump card to prepare for the finals, a car slowly drove to the court and stopped under the basket, a choir on the other side of the court entered the court and sang loudly, and when he looked closely, Barang Davis was actually in the car, he threw the ball out of the car, Griffin caught the ball in the air and flew over the car and smashed the ball into the basket with both hands!! Griffin's gliding maneuvers in the air didn't touch the car in the slightest, and this creative move completely shocked the audience, and the moment he dunked the ball, the audience stood up and cheered for him!
Wang Meng was a little dumbfounded, "Rub, can you still buckle like this?" ”
Griffin's dunk was perfect, seeing this dunk, not only Wang Meng, but McGee, who was firmly in the final position, was scared into a cold sweat, but fortunately Wang Meng forced out his trick, otherwise if Griffin used this trick in the last dunk, McGee knew that he would definitely lose.
"Griffin's ball is too perfect, I'm afraid Wang Meng is a little hanging now." O'Neill watched the game and commented decisively.
“no,no。” Barkley shook his finger and said: "Don't jump to conclusions if the game is not over, it's not the first time I've experienced Wang Meng's magic, and now if anyone tells me that Wang Meng is going to fly from the backcourt to the front court in a cloak and red pants, I believe it." ”
Smith: ""
Watching Griffin jump around excitedly on the court after a successful dunk, Wang Meng knew that if he wanted to win, he could only use one move, and it was also a super dunk he used to prepare for the finals.
Wang Meng couldn't do this action alone, and he needed someone to cooperate, so he greeted Odom and motioned for Odom to help, and when he saw Wang Meng greeting him, Odom immediately shouted in surprise, "No, my God, are you really going to use that kind of dunk?" ”