Chapter 417: All-Star Weekend (2)
The Phoenix All-Star Game Skills Challenge will also feature four players, Devin Harris, Tony Parker, Mo Williams, and Derrick Rose, who will battle it out on the court.
The start is the preliminaries, which will eliminate two people and then two people will advance to the finals.
Devin Harris was the first to play, with a time of 36.9 seconds, which is not so good for the skills competition, because Harris made a lot of mistakes in the passing phase, and the direct pass was not smooth, which affected the final result.
The second to play was Mo Williams, who finished with a time of 37.5 seconds, which is not as good as Harris's, and he also had a big problem with his through ball.
Then the third player was Derrick Rose, and the new champion had a different response, taking 33.3 seconds to complete the tournament and secure the cut.
The last one to come up was Tony Parker, who last time it took 45.5 seconds to finish, and today he broke that record, and he finished last in 50.8 seconds, finishing last.
The preliminaries were over, and Rose and Harris advanced to the finals.
In the final, it was still Harris who took the lead, this time he significantly increased his speed, and the through ball was successful in one pass, but it took three ground passes and four shots, and the final time reached 39.7 seconds, which was not even as good as the results in the preliminaries.
Next up was Rose, who was the new champion in one straight pass and one shot, and then only two shots, and only two second ground passes on his way back, and finally beat Harris to win the overall title of this year's skills competition in 35.3 seconds.
Rose, as the new champion, is still very strong, otherwise he would not be able to break James' re-election as the MVP of the regular season. Moreover, the Rose of the future generation is the most important point in the Bulls, but I don't know if Thibodeau has no way to go to the Bulls now, and I don't know if the Bulls can still play like in the previous life.
After the skills challenge, it was an exciting slam dunk contest, and Chen Jiyuan still paid more attention to this competition, because his little brother, Nate Robinson, chose to participate in the competition.
When it comes to the dunk contest, the favorites for this year's edition are Dwight Howard and Nate Robinson. Before the competition began, the two favourites warmed up the scene with a hot dance to arouse the enthusiasm of the audience. The judges on the scene are all famous people of the sun. Because Robinson did 17 moves in 2006, the NBA's revised rules limit each player's time to two minutes to complete an action. That's an honor for Nate Robinson.
The game officially began, JR-Smith, who had lost to Candace Parker in the high school slam dunk contest, took the lead, after receiving the ball from the referee, JR-Smith was thrown high near the left side of the midfield, the ball bounced up in the left corner of the penalty area, bounced twice, Smith ran to the basket, and in the process of the ball falling, Smith received the ball and flew sideways to complete a one-arm dunk of the big windmill, resulting in three 9 points, two 8 points, and a total of 43 points.
Fernandez, the first international player selected by the fans to participate in the slam dunk contest, then came on the court, and after running two steps into the restricted area at 45 degrees from the left side of the three-point line, he threw the ball to the rebound with a pass from behind, and then received the ball and dunked it single-handedly, three 8 points, two 9 points, and a total of 42 points.
Robinson then came on the court, the first dunk was unsuccessful, and after he tossed the ball from the right side of the three-point line for the second time, after the ball bounced off the ground, Robinson caught the ball in the air and made a big windmill dunk that circled around him, and with his height of 175cm, he scored 46 points.
Howard had the heart to learn from Iguodala back then, walked behind the rebound, and then threw the ball high over the rebound, and then caught the ball and dunked, but the first time the ball failed to reach a reasonable position, and the second time it was unsuccessful, until the fourth time, he threw the ball on the left side of the rebound, and after flying over the rebound, the ball bounced on the floor, Howard received the ball on the right side in front of the hoop, and came to a big windmill slam dunk, and the judges on the scene all gave 10 points, especially noteworthy that one of the judges scored an 8 points and a 10 points, 8 or 10, it's up to you? In the end, Howard got the first perfect score.
At the beginning of the second round, Fernandez, who scored the lowest score in the first round, started first, this ball cooperated with Spanish teammate Pau Gasol, Gasol passed the ball behind the basket and smashed the ball on the right side of the rebound, Fernandez cut in from the right wing baseline, took the ball under the basket on the right side of the rebound, and then glided to the left side of the hoop, turned and dunked, but unfortunately it was not completed until the two minutes ran out, and the dunk was not completed nearly 10 times.
However, after the time was over, Fernandez asked for a performance, and after Gasol changed to a toss, Fernandez's head flew behind the rebound and completed it at once, and the on-site judges also gave him points, but because outside the allotted time, Fernandez only scored three 8 points and two 9 points, for a total of 42 points, and after two rounds, Fernandez scored 84 points. However, for his second dunk, both O'Neill and Glider Drexler felt very good, while Spanish TV gave it a 10.
Smith was the second to play, let his teammates stand in the free throw circle for him, teammates smashed the ball on the floor, Smith flew over the right baseline, and then prepared to use a back-to-back pull-up dunk, but the two times were not completed, changed the action, teammates tossed a pass for him in the audience on the second floor, and Smith received the ball on the fourth time and successfully dunked it with both hands. He scored 42 points out of a total of 85.
Robinson came out in the third game, leaving Chandler lying on the inside of the free throw ring, he stepped on Chandler's flying one-handed dunk, although the second time his foot slipped on Chandler's back and dunked successfully, he only scored four 8 points, 1 9 points, and 87 points in two rounds.
Howard came out fourth, and as a result the forklift pulled over a larger basket, and when this larger and taller basket, The hoop is about 3.50 meters above the ground, Howard ran to a phone booth set up at the scene to change clothes, and when he came out, his white jersey was already covered with Superman's red cape, meaning that Superman is back, after Howard pulled the hoop to make sure it was safe, teammate Nelson threw the ball on the rebound and rebounded and then caught the ball and made a simple two-handed dunk, as a result, the judges on the scene gave 50 points after asking about the height of the basket and discussing. Howard reached the finals with a score of 100 points and Robinson, who scored 87 points.
At the beginning of the final, Robinson changed into a green jersey, only to see him throw the ball on the left wing baseline, run to the basket to catch the ball and pull the rod with his back, after a one-time success, Robinson improvised a dance and canvassed for himself in front of the camera.
Howard's first ball was held on the right side of the baseline, smashed the ball on the frame on the right side of the rebound, and after the rebound, Howard received the ball outside the right side of the penalty area and flew to dunk it, and the one-handed dunk was successful, and Robinson grinned in surprise off the court.
Robinson's second dunk was even more violent, allowing Howard to wear Superman's cape, holding a green ball, dressed in green as if on the Krypton planet, the Krypton element is Superman's only nemesis in the Superman movie, and the stones on the Krypton planet are also green, I saw Robinson jump from outside the 3-point line, and then pressed Howard's shoulder to help him rise into the air, successfully leaping over Howard and dunking the ball.
Howard's last dunk, starting from the baseline on the other side of the basketball court, and then running all the way over, jumping in the free throw line, and then flying to dunk with one hand, as a 2.12-meter big man, Howard's difficulty in this shot can be imagined.
In the end, the results of the fan vote were in, and Robinson became the dunk king again with his creativity and difficulty in dunking.
Nate Robinson is still very happy to become the dunk king Chen Jiyuan, and naturally he quickly went up to celebrate the victory for his little brother.
He also said hello to Howard.
Speaking of the slam dunk king, in fact, Chen Jiyuan also wanted to participate. But when he was a Cavaliers, he was stopped by the head coach, so Chen Jiyuan later gave up that year's slam dunk contest. And after a year, Chen Jiyuan was not very interested in this. Then he didn't participate, and now, Chen Jiyuan suddenly wanted to try it. In his career, Chen Jiyuan still wants to win a slam dunk contest.
After these games are over, all that remains is the biggest attraction of the All-Stars, that is, the All-Star Game. For this year's All-Star Game, Chen Jiyuan and Howard chatted together for a long time the night before the game began.
Howard is a person who likes to joke, and Howard's temper is also very simple, indeed, you can say that Howard is a little childish and immature, and Chen Jiyuan agrees with this, but Howard can express whatever he wants, and Chen Jiyuan thinks there is nothing bad about it. When Howard and the management of the Magic had a falling out, he didn't say or do anything in a false way.
Now, Howard has a rift in management. Therefore, in the process of talking with Chen Jiyuan, Howard has already revealed his dissatisfaction with the management, and the reason for his dissatisfaction is very simple, that is, Rashad Lewis. Howard has no dissatisfaction with Rashad Lewis, and Rashad Lewis himself gets along with Howard in harmony. The main problem is that because of Rashad Lewis's deposit, the management of the Magic has been plotting how to trade Darko Mirisic. This is something that Howard cannot tolerate. Originally, Rashad Lewis, as a second-in-command, was already a little unhappy with Howard's management of the Magic with a salary higher than himself, after all, how much money a person gets can give an insight into what the person's status in the team is. After all, how much money is willing to give you means how much the team values you. As for the old star's willingness to take a pay cut and renew his contract, that is naturally another matter. The status of the old star no longer needs a salary to prove it, and the salary cut of the old star is mostly for the sake of the team. It's about keeping the team competitive.
Howard has put up with the salary thing, but if you have to trade his best friend like this, Howard just can't stand it. So management's trade for Darko Mirisic was all blocked by Howard. But even Howard prevented. And it's against the deal, but it looks like the Magic's management is determined to trade Mirisic. So, will Howard create a rift with the team because of this, and then let other teams take advantage of it? And which team will Mirisic be traded to? We'll have to wait for reality to answer to this.