Chapter 56: Competitions
The opening of the All-Star Weekend was also a lot of stars went up to sing, and then Kobe Bryant went up to speak, Kobe Bryant finished speaking, Griffin also spoke on behalf of the Los Angeles Clippers, Wang Meng is a foreigner, so there is no arrangement, the All-Star Weekend is generally a performance of American stars, and foreign stars rarely shine on the All-Star Weekend, after all, there are still many people who like American stars in the United States.
The performance ended at about nine o'clock, and the rookie challenge was at 10 o'clock in the evening, and Wang Meng and other rookies entered the locker room in advance to change clothes.
This year's first-year coach is Knicks All-Star power forward Amare Amar. Stoudemire, first-year starters are: PG: John Wall (Wizards)
SG: Wang Meng (Lakers)
SF: Wesley Johnson (Timberwolves)
PF: Blake Griffin (Clippers)
C: DeMarcus Cousins (Kings)
The second-year coach is the Nuggets' Cameron. Anthony, sophomore starters are: PG: Stephen Curry (Warriors)
SG: Brandon Jennings (Bucks)
SF: Taj Gibson (Bulls)
PF: Serge Ibaka (Thunder)
C: DeJuan Blair (Spurs)
It is worth mentioning that Evans, the best rookie of the year last year, did not participate in this rookie challenge due to injury, which also makes it more likely that the first-year winner will win.
In the rookie challenge, Wang Meng was not prepared to play too much time, because he participated in three events this time, in order to save physical strength, Wang Meng only played for ten minutes, sent a few assists, and came down without attacking, and Wang Meng had the same idea as Griffin, who also played only 13 minutes.
Without the two contenders, Griffin and Wang Meng, Wall played very well, although he did not score more than 20, but he had 22 assists, helping the first year and first year to win 140-128, not only breaking the team scoring record in the Rookie Challenge, but also the two teams combined for 268 points.
After the game, Wall beat Cousins' 30+10 to win the MVP of the Rookie Challenge.
This is the end of the rookie challenge, and what Wang Meng needs to prepare for is the last event to be held tomorrow, the slam dunk contest.
"I can't come with you tomorrow." On the way back, Taylor suddenly said, "Because of the schedule, I have to fly early tomorrow morning." ”
"Oh." Wang Meng naturally knows that Taylor is very busy, and she has to accompany herself to the All-Star when she is so busy, Wang Meng knows what the situation is as long as he is not a fool. The two of them sat in the car, Wang Meng was silent, he hesitated again and again, opened his mouth, and what he wanted to say was still not able to say it in the end.
"Okay, go back and get some rest, and try to win a slam dunk contest tomorrow." Stop the car, Taylor and Wang Meng said.
"If I can get it, I'll give it to you." Wang Meng said.
"Then I thank you in advance." Taylor smiled.
Looking at Taylor's distant sports car, Wang Meng really slapped himself in the mouth. "It's so inferior, I don't even dare to say a word."
Wang Meng has no experience in this aspect of feelings, he has put all his energy on basketball since he was a child, and he only fell in love once in college, or the other party likes to play basketball by himself and takes the initiative to chase him, and now he wants to speak, Wang Meng doesn't know what to say.
"Hey, forget it, let's take one step at a time." Wang Meng shook his head depressedly and returned home.
The dunk contest is divided into preliminaries and finals, and in the first round, four players take turns to perform a dunk performance and be judged and scored.
A referee will determine whether the dunk action is valid. The ball is considered valid if it is in the player's possession before it is placed in the basket.
Each person dunks twice in the first round, and the scores are added up and compared, with the highest score of 100 and the lowest score of 60, and the two with the highest scores advance to the next round. In the final round, each person made two dunks. The one with the highest score wins.
The player with the lowest score in the first round will be dunked first. If the dunk fails, the player has another chance to make up the dunk. However, there is only one chance to make a dunk per round, and the ball that has already been scored cannot be dunked again. There are a total of 5 judges. Each judge will score a dunk from a minimum of 6 to a maximum of 10 points. So the maximum total score per dunk is 50 points, and the minimum is 30 points. A player who has already used up a dunk will also be graded for a failed dunk if they fail to dunk again, also on a scale of 6-10.
Wang Meng has been designing his own dunk action since he signed up, and there is an instant outbreak, Wang Meng can make many super dunk actions that humans can't do, but these actions are really a bit shocking, Wang Meng is not ready to use them, so he designed a few very wonderful and performance characteristics of dunk, for the champion of the dunk contest, Wang Meng is full of confidence.
At 9:30 on the 20th, the first shooting star competition was held, followed by the skills competition, the third was the three-point competition, and finally the slam dunk competition.
The rules of the Shooting Stars contest are as follows: four teams participate, each team consists of three players, including one active NBA player, one retired superstar, and one female WNBA player. There are a total of 6 shooting points, three people shoot separately, the first person can shoot after the next person shoots, and the winner is determined by a round of games. The six shooting points are: 45 degrees 3 meters on the right side, 45 degrees 3 meters on the left side, three-point shot at the top of the circle, 3-point shot at the right baseline, three-point shot at 45 degrees on the left side and 3 points from a long distance in the midfield. The competition is divided into two rounds, with two teams eliminated in the first round and the winner determined in the second round.
Representing the Mavericks this year are: Nowitzki, Becky Harmon and Kenny Smith; Represented by the Lakers: Gasol, Tina Thompson and Rick Fox; Representing the Hawks are: Horford, Koko Miller and Steve Smith; Representing the Bulls are Ty Gibson, Katherine Caravelld and Steve Kerr.
In the end, the Atlanta Hawks won the game, and their center Horford showed super long-range shooting ability to lead Atlanta to victory.
Immediately after the Shooting Star Game, the Tricks Contest will feature Bulls guard Derrick Rose, Wizards guard John Wall, Warriors guard Stephen Curry, Thunder guard Russell Westbrook and Hornets guard Chris Paul.
The competition was extremely intense, and in the end, Curry of the Warriors won the Skills Challenge.
Compared with the previous two events, the three-point shooting contest is obviously a lot hotter, with Ray Allen, Pierce, and Durant stars participating, the three-point shooting contest is extremely intense, but to everyone's surprise, the final winner turned out to be James Jones, the Heat's substitute, and the Celtics' double insurance is under him, which is a big surprise.
After the three-point shooting contest is over, it will be the most important game of the day, the slam dunk contest.