The most high-profile event on the second day was, of course, the slam dunk contest.

First up in the first round of the preliminary round was Pacers swingman Gerald Green, who was the 2007 dunk king. After Stephenson's rebound, Green rushed straight up to Dapeng to show a 180-degree two-handed backdunk, which showed off all his stretched posture in the sky, and the movement was extremely stretched. With this excellent move, Green received a perfect score for it.

James White was the second player to make his appearance in the preliminary round, but this time the gimmick was very eye-catching. He stood in two rows with a bunch of flight attendants and beauties when he played, and he then chose to jump from the free throw line to dunk, but when he dunked, he jumped from the free throw line, and it was done with both hands. However, due to the lack of novelty, this dunk ended up scoring 45 points.

The third appearance in the preliminary round was Raptors rookie Terrence Rose, who showed his strong waist stretch in this dunk. Rose's dunk action is to slip from the baseline to the basket, and then directly in the air with a 360-degree super turn, and wrap the ball from the back to the right hand, and then directly split the dunk with one arm. This highly appreciated dunk received a perfect score of 50 points.

The fourth player in the preliminary round was Nuggets forward Fareed, but in the highly anticipated situation, Fareed's dunk was not much new. It's just a 360-degree turn of the rage after throwing directly to the basket while on the move, and then taking off directly with the momentum, getting the ball in the air and turning around 360 degrees.

The next one was Bledsoe, who wanted to choose a turnaround dunk when he came out, but many attempts were unsuccessful, and seeing that the time was about to end, Bledsoe could only hastily make a relatively simple dunk, and then turned around and dunked with one hand after hitting the bottom of the basket.

The last player in the first round was defending champion Evans. He invited Jazz legend Eaton to assist when he came out, Eaton sat in a chair and held the ball high, Evans rushed into the basket to take the ball as he jumped, and then dunked directly with both hands when he flew to the other side of the basket.

In the second round, the first dunk White took the lead, and his dunk was not easy this time, dribbling the ball directly from the backcourt baseline, and after hitting the basket, he first started with the ball in his right hand, and then switched to a left-handed dunk. However, I tried several times without success, and then changed directions. However, after several attempts, he was unable to complete the action within the allotted time. In the end, he could only score 32 points.

After White's failed dunk, Green's dunk was even more nerve-wracking. He starts by cutting the net, which is a gimmick, and his aim looks like he is trying to mimic the double dunk of the street basketball master "The Goat", with his right hand in and then his left hand again. However, after many attempts, he still failed to succeed within the allotted time. They all failed to get the ball with their left hand after the first dunk. Until the time is up, after the judges have scored. Green completed the legendary double buckle. Although he managed to recreate the legend of getting the ball with his left hand after his right hand was dunked, he could only score 32 points because of the failure.

Rose chose to wait for the rebound after throwing the ball in the second round of dunks, and then rushed forward, and after getting the ball, he directly made a 360-degree one-handed slam dunk in the air, although there was not much novelty, but it showed the fans a super stagnant air.

Fareed shows his imagination in the second button. He catches the ball directly in the air after a board, then holds the ball as he glides, wraps the ball around his crotch and switches hands to complete a one-arm split, which is quite a trick for a big man.

Bledsoe was still lacking in novelty in the second round of dunks. Just a spinning dunk after bouncing the ball. However, considering that he is only 1.85 meters tall, such a dunk is also extremely difficult.

Defending champion Evans showed McGee's double dunk performance in the second dunk, holding two balls in his hand, running directly to the basket and jumping high, turning 360 degrees, first dunking the ball with his left hand into the basket in the air, and then holding his right hand high and dunking again.

After the battle, the East and West have decided their respective regional champions. The first dunk after the West was played by Evans. After the opening, Evans placed an oil painting on the field with a curtain hanging on it. However, his dunk is a little lacking in novelty, and he dunks across the big windmill that splits after this oil painting. After the dunk was finished, he opened the curtain by himself, which allowed the audience to see the portrait that turned out to be his own dunk, and happily signed his name on it, which was quite "narcissistic".

In the East, Terrence Rose won the first place in the preliminary round, and in the first dunk of the finals, he wore the No. 15 jersey of Carter, the former superstar of the Raptors, and after a rebound ball that hit the edge, Rose directly turned around and dunked with one hand, recreating Carter's classic dunk back then.

Compared to the first dunk, Evans's second dunk still lacks novelty, just a tomahawk dunk after receiving a pass from the bottom of the basket, although the bounce height is good, but the technical action is relatively rare.

Rose invited a child to the court in the second dunk, let the little fan wearing a hat stand under the basket, he himself held the ball from the left bottom corner to rush forward, directly over the child's body, and then showed his super stagnation in the air, in the process of flying forward, Rose directly smashed into the basket with a one-handed split dunk that changed hands under the crotch. Compared with White's lack of novelty, Rose's dunk won an overwhelming victory, and was finally rated as this year's dunk king by netizens.

After winning the championship, Rose bluntly said that his dunk was a tribute to Carter, including his invitation to DeRozan as an assistant at the dunk game.

"I'm doing this to pay tribute to them. You know they've all been in the slam dunk contest before. I listened to DeRozan's advice. I thought he was the best in the slam dunk contest that year, so I thought I should do something similar. ”

This year's slam dunk contest was clearly a big disappointment, with pre-game favorites James White and Gerald Green both miserable to watch, and Terrence Rose won the championship as a dark horse. Maddie, who had participated in the slam dunk contest before, couldn't help but complain after the game, saying that this year's slam dunk contest was too bad.

"Dude, this slam dunk contest is really bad, can you go back to the old pattern of one dunk per round in the past?"

Maddie wrote on Twitter.

Maddie's complaint resonated with fans, "Let's go back to the mode of 8 people participating in the slam dunk contest!" Let's go back to the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest. Said the fan with the ID jayM. Maddie's 2000 slam dunk contest was the best in NBA history, and his duels with his cousins Vince Carter and Steve Francis are still remembered by fans.

Today's slam dunk contest seems to be stuck in a strange circle, always pursuing too much difficulty and creativity, but lacking the beauty and strength that the dunk itself should have. Therefore, you can always see the players fail many times within the specified time, and even if they finally complete the action, the atmosphere on the scene has already been cold for more than half of the time, and it cannot be compared with the tsunami on the scene after Carter and Maddie completed the action at one time.

Just before the official start of this year's slam dunk contest, the expectations of the outside world were extremely high, because of the participation of "Mr. White" White and "Mr. Green" Green, especially White, who was known as one of the greatest dunk generals in history, which whetted the appetite of fans. However, perhaps due to his age, White was unable to perform his signature move of jumping from the free throw line and dunking under his crotch, and finally failed to complete the dunk within the allotted time.

And Green also fell in the second round of the preliminaries, and the action he designed to catch the ball and then dunk after the dunk was also planted and failed to complete the action within the specified time.

"So...... The NBA's slam dunk contest is always 3-5 years behind street ball, don't they all watch Youtube? ”

Streetball superstar "Professor" commented on this year's slam dunk contest on Twitter.

The judges of this slam dunk contest are also well-known rocket legends, they are Tomjanovich, Mutombo, Glider Drexler, Big Dream Olajuwon and Yao Ming.

As a first-time referee, Yao Ming was particularly excited, and he said about this experience,

"It was a lot of fun today, not only from the great dunks, but more importantly to catch up with the players and the legends."

Yao Ming then talked about this slam dunk contest,

'It's very exciting, a lot of talented young players, showing their talent on the field, each with their own characteristics, so it's still very difficult to give points.'

Seeing those talented young players on the court, Yao Ming of course also thought of the current young Rockets, he said,

"The Rockets are on the right track, and this summer, the Rockets got Jeremy Lin and Harden, and now we've won about 30 games, and now the Rockets are a very dynamic team, young and talented, with a great future."

Regarding the return to Houston, Yao Ming said,

"Every time I come back to Houston, I feel very comfortable, and the weather has been nice lately, and I have seen familiar places and familiar friends." Yao Ming also made a special mention of Houston's basketball culture, saying,

"The basketball atmosphere in Houston is still very good, although the domestic attention to the Rockets has declined, but the Rockets and the whole basketball game are still deeply rooted in Houston."

Of course, Yao Ming was born as a center, not a dunk general, and the reporter still can't help but question whether he can be a slam dunk referee.

"Although I may not have enough dunk creativity, I have seen a lot of dunks, but sitting in the referee's seat with everyone, the main thing is to be nostalgic, and the score is not important. After all, just because you haven't eaten pork doesn't mean you haven't seen a pig run! (To be continued......)