Las Vegas, a huge arena, is brightly lit and full of people.

The spotlight is the focal point of tonight's gorgeous stage.

"It was the 2007 All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas, and after a thrilling rookie game, I think everybody was paying close attention to the second day.

As in previous years, there will be several rounds of competition today, namely:

Shooting Mixed Match.

Three-point contest.

Skills Challenge.

and the finale of the slam dunk contest.

I believe that everyone's hearts are extremely excited now, and there are obviously a lot of highlights today. ”

At this moment, on the sidelines of countless fans, many players in the league are watching the game from the sidelines, and there is no shortage of big names among them.

Wu Di is surrounded by three newcomers, Oden, Delong, and Arenas, which also makes people recognize the relationship between them.

When the four of them were in full swing, the reporter's interview still found them.

Obviously, Wu Di is already a top three player in today's league, and reporters will naturally not skip him to interview others.

"Wu, according to them, you won a middle-class contract by yourself last night, I don't know if it's true?"

When Wu Di heard this, he immediately laughed.

But he didn't have time to speak, Delong was already shouting next to him: "Man, you heard right, Wu Di was the biggest winner last night, he was very good, fortunately we all stopped in the end, otherwise he wouldn't have won a middle-class contract." ”

When the reporter heard this, he was also quite surprised. After getting confirmation from multiple players. Now he has one thing for sure. That is, Wu Di is just as good at the table as he is on the field.

"Man, it's just a casual game, and you can't take it seriously. I guess I just got a little bit of luck. ”

When Wu Di laughed, Auden said disapprovingly: "If it's luck and coincidence, I think Greg can win the food money before the next contract." ”

When Wu Di heard this, he couldn't help but feel helpless.

Obviously, these guys lost badly last night, and in the end, they kept saying that Wu Di should go to the Las Vegas casino to hang out. Instead of working as a laborer in the NBA, they believe that Wu Di can make a name for himself.

However, Wu Di was actually slightly surprised in his heart, after all, the feeling he had at the table was really strange, as if he could know in advance the winner and the loser with the feeling after each round of cards.

Originally, Wu Di didn't believe it, but after a night of experimentation, he finally believed in this magical premonition ability.

5 million is not a small amount for these all-stars with a net worth of more than 100 million, and this is also a group of guys who hype up Wu Di's deeds on the gambling table.

In fact, in this game, Wu Di won more than 5 million. The one who loses the most should be O'Neal.

As for Delon, he actually only lost tens of thousands of dollars. Oden and Arenas, because of their conservative play, almost did not lose or win in the end.

However, although there is not much loss, the three guys are still envious of Wu Di's ability to easily win more than 5 million in one night, after all, they are still mixing rookie contracts, and they are only getting an annual salary of several million.

"Shaq said he wasn't going to play with you anymore."

Hearing the reporter suddenly say this, Wu Di couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Why?" ”

Shaq said he didn't want to lose the money he was trying to support his family. He said that if you hadn't known each other beforehand, he would have thought you would have been a master gambler. ”

When Wu Di heard this, he felt ashamed.

What kind of master is he, I'm afraid he can't even be considered a gambler. After all, in the past 20 years of life, he has played cards only a handful of times.

"That's certainly not what Shaq really thinks, and if I could, I wouldn't let him lose even the money for his child's powder. I've always been a benevolent person, and you can't imagine me in cold blood on the field. ”

Wu Di's words made everyone laugh.

"If Shaq hears you say that, I think he will be very happy."

However, when this interview was seen by O'Neill, the legendary insider laughed and said: "I want to tell Sù Wu that Shaq is not short of milk powder money...... If they can, they can continue to talk about it at some point in the future. ”

When Wu Di saw and heard it, he just said: "Yes, Shaq is not short of milk powder money." ”

……

The small episode surprised the fans to know that the players of the Eastern All-Star team actually went to the Las Vegas casino last night to play for the night, although they did not play with other gamblers, but just a group of All-Stars got together to play cards, which can definitely attract the attention of fans.

As for Wu Di's great power to win money, it was slowly rumored that Wu Di was a disciple of a certain master gambling king, and in Las Vegas, what made O'Neill and others lose was that they were no longer willing to play cards with Wu Di.

Such rumors made Wu Di laugh out loud regardless of the resentful and helpless eyes of a group of guys.

Obviously, Wu Di was a little surprised, he didn't expect that this time the game would mythologize him.

……

After the interlude, the preparations for the scene were almost complete.

Wu Di was going to participate in the slam dunk contest today, but because it was still early, he still stayed on the sidelines to watch the game and did not go back to the locker room in advance to prepare.

"Today is February 18th, and it's the scene of the All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas, and it's going to be the first game of the day, the mixed shooting game......

The teams participating in the competition are the Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, San Antonio Spurs and Detroit Pistons. ”

Of the four teams, Los Angeles and San Antonio were the teams that received the most cheers, as the Lakers, Suns and Spurs have won the finals respectively in the past three years.

Obviously, with two champion teams today, the competition is fierce.

First round of preliminaries:

First up was the Chicago Bulls, a trio of Ben Gordon, Pippen and Dupree.

None of them shot very well from the field, though, when Dupree hit the half-court shot. Chicago's final time was 48.9 seconds.

The second to play is the Los Angeles Lakers. The contestants were Smush Park, Cooper and Johnson.

Cooper's three-point shot at the top of the circle was terrible. Too much time was wasted. Interestingly, the clock stopped at the end of the minute, which allowed the Los Angeles trio to take a break and then come out to shoot half-time. It was only when the two-minute allotted time came that Smush Parker hit the half-time ball!

Obviously, such a result makes people feel extremely regrettable, and the Lakers' elimination is almost a foregone conclusion.

……

The mixed shooting game was supposed to be a very entertaining game, and after the Lakers were eliminated. The San Anthony Spurs were also eliminated.

As a result, the two teams that received the most popular were eliminated.

The end result was a regrettable defeat for the Chicago Bulls, while Chauncey Billups' Pistons won the championship in '07 All-Star Mixed Shooting Tournament.

……

After the mixed shooting game, it was the three-point shooting contest that Wu Di was most willing to pay attention to.

When the owner of the scoring record of the three-point contest was introduced on the spot, the scene was immediately given to Wu Di, yes, the highest score of the All-Star three-point contest was 29 points, which was only 1 point away from the perfect score. It was Wu Di who created Zào when he participated in the All-Star Game that year.

Because after Wu Di's 29-point miracle, in fact, the subsequent three-point contest is far less expected.

Apparently. No three-pointer can do better than Wu Di.

In fact, Wu Di is preparing to participate in the three-point contest this year, but because of the invitation of the league's slam dunk contest, after thinking about it, he still chose to participate in the dunk contest and temporarily gave up his plan to participate in the three-point contest for the second time.

However, although he did not participate, Wu Di still paid close attention to the game, mainly because Arenas participated in this year's three-point competition.

By the time the mixed shooting game was played, Arenas had already left Wu Di and returned to the locker room to prepare.

At this time, under the introduction of the live DJ, several people who participated in the three-point contest also appeared, and Arenas was in the team.

In the applause and cheers in the sky, the players were briefly introduced on the spot.

They are, Nowitzki, Arenas. Capono, Jason Tree, Mike Miller, and Paul Pearce.

First up was the preliminaries, and the first to come out was Arenas.

Arenas can be said to be one of the more powerful players in this year's three-point contest. Despite being a second-round pick, Wu Di's former teammate has proven his worth, and this season, Arenas is still able to maintain his contribution of 22.6 points, 7.6 assists and 5.1 rebounds, and his three-point shooting rate is as high as 38.7%.

Obviously, Arenas has a decent three-point shot. He was obviously a little nervous when he was the first to play, and he missed all the first three shots, but he quickly adjusted and finally scored 19 points.

It's a pretty subtle score, but the other players didn't play very well.

Eventually, after the first round, Arenas, Pierce and Capono advanced.

In the finals, the first to play was Capono, who scored the least in the preliminaries, and now playing for the Heat, is a player who has established himself in the NBA with three-point shooting, so it is not necessarily difficult for him to participate in this kind of competition.

Although there were 17 points after the preliminaries, in this final, Capono miraculously scored 22 points, which made him extremely happy.

Wu Di also saw this scene, obviously judging from the situation in previous years, 22 points can almost win the three-point competition.

However, of course, it will depend on the performance of Arenas and Pierce.

Arenas was the second player to play, and Wu Di also excitedly stepped forward to give him a high-five when he came on the court.

Such a scene made the DJ at the scene couldn't help but joke: "After the two people high-five, will Gilbert steal Wu Di's three-point shooting bag?" If that's the case, he has a good chance of winning the title today. ”

And then Arenas's table xiàn did make people feel a little unexpected from the bottom of their hearts, all 5 flower balls were scored, and only one variegated ball was lost in each of the hurdles.

That said, Arenas ended up scoring 25 points.

In Wu Di's view, this result is definitely the champion of this slam dunk contest. Apparently. He didn't believe Pierce could score more than 25 points.

Pierce's three-point shooting ability can't be said to be particularly good. As for why he participated in the three-point contest, many people think that he figured out this way to bring the long-dormant Celtic into the public eye.

In fact, although Pierce is excellent, because of the Celtics' rottenness, Pierce's popularity is not high now, which makes his All-Star halo a little overshadowed compared to others.

And after participating in the three-point contest this time, the fans suddenly remembered. It turns out that there is still a Pierce in the No. 3 position in the league.

In the preliminaries, Pierce scored a game-high 21 points.

However, when Capono and Arenas played at a high level in the final, it was clearly very unlikely that Pierce would want to win the title.

After 25 shots, Pierce's final score was still 21 points.

Although this result can show that Pierce has played steadily, it is clear that this year's three-point contest championship will not be won by him.

Amidst a burst of cheers and applause, Arenas was thrilled to lift the trophy.

After celebrating with Arenas, Wu Di also stopped lingering on the spot, but went to the locker room of the stadium.

……

The Slam Dunk Contest was the most watched event of this year's All-Star Weekend. In terms of anticipation, this is far more than the All-Star Game.

The 07 slam dunk game was hyped up very much. The main reason is that all the people who participated in this year's slam dunk contest are long-established dunk kings.

Vince Carter, a 6-foot-6 guard swingman, Carter's prestige in the field of dunking can be said to be similar to Jordan's status in basketball. Carter's dunk is a very good combination of strength, technique and softness, and when witnesses see him dunk, they all enjoy it very much.

And in 2000, Vince Carter won the honor of dunking king, and several of his dunks were completely called "masterpieces of God".

In addition, after the Olympic leap dunk that year, Carter's name as the first person to dunk in the league seems to be unshakeable.

However, no one expected that there would be a Wu Di.

When Wu Di's dunk was said by experts, it was extremely wild, which can also reflect Wu Di's vitality on the court.

Wu Di's physique is arguably rare in the entire history of the league, and now it is enough to bounce more than 48 inches, which is fully capable of supporting him to complete a dunk of any difficulty.

Just like in an NBA game, once Wu Di takes off, the defender is completely unable to intercept him.

Wu Di's talent and inspiration in dunking may not be as good as Carter's, but his grasp of the timing of the dunk and his physical qualities far beyond others can allow him to complete the dunk that others can't. That's where he is confident he can beat Carter.

In fact, this time I came to participate in the slam dunk contest, mainly because of Carter, because Wu Di has always hoped to be able to fight Carter in the slam dunk contest.

In addition to Carter and Wu Di, the other two dunk kings are Jason, Richardson, and Josh Smith.

Richardson and Wu Di had a fight with Wu Di in the 03 All-Star Slam Dunk Game, but in that meeting, Wu Di defeated him by a landslide, which made him always hope to get back on the court, so after the league invited him, Richardson agreed without thinking about it.

As for Josh Smith, he was the winner of the slam dunk contest in '05, and although this guy is over 6'9 tall, he has amazing athleticism and a violent dunk side.

In fact, from the perspective of Richardson and Josh Smith, their participation in this game can be said to be harmless. You must know that Wu Di and Carter's fame is far greater than that of the two of them, so even if they lose, it doesn't hurt, but once they win, they are completely the first to dunk.

It can be said that this 07 slam dunk contest directed by Stern will have a slam dunk king of the kings, and the person who finally has the entire honor will obviously become the first person to dunk in everyone's mind.

On the sidelines, after a few people warmed up for a while, they returned to their seats and sat down under the arrangement of the on-site host, waiting for the game to start.

"Hey, Wu, you know, I've been waiting for this day for a long time."

Carter sat on Wu Di's left hand side, and he looked quite excited when he had just warmed up.

Wu Di looked at Carter with a smile, as if his words were unquestionable: "I have also waited for a long time, but today we obviously have one of us that will be a stepping stone for each other." ”

Carter laughed, his mindset seemed pretty good.

"That person is definitely not me, I came today for the second championship trophy."

Wu Di chuckled and said, "Vince, you're not the only one who thinks like this. You can ask Josh and Jason. ”

When Smith and Richardson heard this, they also laughed and said, "Of course, we all want to add something to our honor bag." ”

Carter seemed very confident, and he smiled: "Then let's see, I know you guys definitely don't have a chance." ”

There was a hint of pressure on Smith and Richardson's faces, but their excited expressions showed that they still had the idea of trying to win the championship against Carter.

As for Wu Di, after Carter finished speaking, he just chuckled silently.

At this time, the on-site host has begun to sensationalize at the scene to build momentum for this slam dunk contest.

Wu Di and a few people were talking on the side...... During this period, Carter did not forget to ask Wu Di to ask him to spend tonight to compensate for the money they lost in the game last night.

When Wu Di heard this, he laughed and said that if he could get the trophy today, he would definitely invite everyone out to have fun in the evening.

Carter, on the other hand, was clearly unwilling, saying he was bound to win the title.

When Wu Di and Carter chatted together, the on-site host introduced the referee.

After that, under a burst of cheers, today's highlight slam dunk contest is finally about to begin.

"The first person to play is Wu Di from the Toronto Raptors." (To be continued......)