Chapter X: All-Star Game

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Gibson fulfilled his promise to order only expensive food, not the right one, and the eight-year-old Rafi drank three bottles of basket beasts alone. To be honest, seeing that he looked drunk when he went back, Zhang Kong estimated that he probably didn't have any hope in the three-point competition, and it was a question of whether he could wake up tomorrow morning or not.

Gibson came fast and went fast. After he left, there were only two people left, Zhang Kong and James.

"Well, do you have any ideas for this All-Star Game?" Zhang Kong shook the goblet in his hand, watched the blood-like liquid fluctuate in the wine glass, and then put it down gently, he didn't like to drink wine at all, the strange taste would make him twitch. If he wants to drink, he still likes the burnt knife from his hometown or the vodka from Russia, which can instantly wash away everything.

James must have something to tell him when he came to him.

"Hmm." James was not pretentious, and said simply: "This All-Star Game, I want to be MVP." ”

Simple and direct, Zhang Kong likes James, he is also a person who likes to be simple and direct, and he is full of disgust for the way some people talk around. And James, apparently, is a guy who knows what to say to whom.

Zhang Kong pondered for a while, James has always been the pride of the sky at the center of the spotlight since he entered the league. Under such high attention, James did not lose himself in the dazzling flash. Because he is a very ambitious man, he has extremely high aspirations and wants to surpass everyone who can surpass him.

Since entering the league, the words 'all-rounder' and 'superstar' have never left him, but he has never confirmed himself. Although he led the Cavaliers to the Finals, the 4-0 sweep ending was clearly not a satisfactory result.

In terms of individual accolades, apart from one rookie of the year, he has yet to win an award that can be considered proof. Regular season MVP, no. Scoring champion, no. Assist king, no. Rebounding king, no ...... Finals MVP, don't mention it. Obviously, James is in dire need of some personal accolades to prove his strength and thus increase his value.

"Okay." After thinking for a while, Zhang Kong nodded and said, "I'll help you." ”

In fact, Zhang Kong himself also wants this finals MVP, but his desire is not very strong, and he doesn't mind competing, but since James wants it wholeheartedly, it is not a big deal to give it to him. Anyway, the MVP of this All-Star Game is also James, as long as history is maintained.

"But what about the others?" Zhang Kong hesitated a little and asked, "Are they also willing to help?" ”

"I told them." James smiled confidently, "Dwyane and Jason are willing to help me." ”

"That's it." Zhang Kong shrugged his shoulders. In this way, James has the support of three All-Stars, and there is also a Rasheed Wallace, even if he does not support it, he will not be able to make any waves, and it is estimated that he is not willing to be a villain in vain. What's more, the head coach of the Eastern Conference All-Stars is Mike Brown. As James's nanny, Mike Brown has never refused any request from James, and since James wants to compete for the All-Star Game MVP this time, Mike Brown will definitely formulate team tactics that are more suitable for James to play, and even replace disobedient players directly.

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To be honest, the slam dunk contest in recent years has gradually lost its fun. Perhaps the players who participate in the slam dunk contest now will complain that their predecessors are too good, and they have performed almost every wonderful dunk you can think of.

Free throw line dunks?

Jordan's era was enough to win a championship.

Right now?

It's a good result to get you through the preliminaries.

Big windmill, crotch change handsBig windmill, tomahawk style, 360 degrees crotch change hands? Please, we're all tired of watching, Jordan, Carter, which one of them is not prettier than you.

The tastes of the audience are becoming more and more distant, and it is clear that the ability and creative growth of the players cannot keep up with the evolution of the tastes of the audience. In order for players to win the championship in the slam dunk contest, league officials have to constantly innovate and deduce new changes in order not to let this once classic event gradually become a chicken rib. Some changes make people laugh, and some changes make people stunned and don't know how to react.

This year's slam dunk contest features a total of four players: defending champion Gerald Green, Magic's Dwight Howard, Grizzlies' Rudy Gay, and Raptors Jamario Moon.

This year's slam dunk contest is very different from previous ones, and the on-site judges can only decide which two players will enter the finals; The winner of the championship is decided by the fans. Therefore, this year's slam dunk contest is very interactive.

First up in the first round of the preliminaries was Jamario Moon, who tossed the ball high near the right-sided three-point line, then jumped up and spun 360 degrees in the air and dunk the ball into the basket with one hand. This jingcai dunk scored 46 points.

The Grizzlies' Rudy Gay was second to play, dribbling to the basket for a reflexive two-handed dunk, but it didn't work; Then try again, dribble to the basket and make a big windmill move, then dunk the ball into the basket with one hand with your left hand.

In the end, this action only scored 37 points.

The third appearance was Magic's Dwight Howard. "Warcraft" was very creative, he stood near the baseline and threw the ball behind the rebound, and then Howard jumped up to catch the ball and burst the dunk with one hand with his left hand, although this action was not completed the first time, but the second time Howard dunked the ball into the basket beautifully. Kobe Bryant, who was wearing a suit, couldn't help but get up and applaud. Howard scored a perfect 50 points for his jingcai dunk action.

The last player in the first round of the preliminary round was defending champion Gerard Green. Green's teammates first put the candle on the neck of the basket, and the candle was lit. Gerald Green picked up a teammate's floor bounce ball, jumped up and dunked the ball into the basket while blowing out the candle. This highly creative move only scored 46 points due to the average difficulty of dunking!

In the second round of the preliminaries, Guy was back on the pitch when his teammate Lowe hit the ball on the basket near the baseline. Behind him, Rudy Gay made a big windmill movement after receiving the ball, and then dunked the ball into the basket with one hand with his right hand. This beautiful dunk scored 48 points, so that Guy scored a total of 85 points in the two preliminaries.

Then Jamario Moon came on the pitch and his teammate Kapono sent a floor ball near the free throw line, and Jamario Moon jumped near the free throw line and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand with his left hand. However, it took him two moves to complete the dunk, and in the end, Jamario Moon scored 44 points. In this way, Giammario Moon has a total of 90 points

Gerard Green then stepped on, his teammates sat on the ladder and reached for the ball, Gerald Green jumped outside the restricted area and dunked the ball into the basket. The action ended up with 45 points, and Gerald Green scored a total of 91 points in the preliminaries. The last player in the second round of the preliminaries was Dwight Howard, who wore a Superman jersey and posed for a superman movie shot, and he immediately drew cheers from the crowd as he came out of the phone booth.

In the end, this 'creative' dunk scored 50 points and entered the finals with Gerald Green out of 100.

In the finals, Green was clearly better than Howard, but he lost out on popularity. Compared with the little-known Green, Howard's "Warcraft" name is obviously more popular with the audience.

After about 10 minutes of voting, Dwight Howard ended up with a whopping 78% fan support; And Gerald Green is only 22 percent. Howard held aloft the spherical crystal trophy belonging to the winner of the slam dunk contest with an innocent smile on his face. However, Zhang Kong estimated that his mood would not be too good, after all, when it came to the All-Star Game, because of his own existence, Howard could only play as a substitute.

The slam dunk contest was followed by a three-point shooting contest.

The contestants are Nowitzki, Nash, Hamilton, Kapono, Stokejevic and Gibson of the Cavaliers. Zhang Kong and James both came over to cheer Gibson on, but looking at his hangover and unawakened look, Zhang Kong estimated that he would not be able to achieve too good results.

Sure enough, Gibson was eliminated in the first round, and he only scored a total of 12 points on five shooting points, and only Nash performed worse than him in the preliminaries, Nash only scored 9 points, and by the end the ball had not been finished, it had reached the time limit.

In the end, the champion of the last three-point contest, Capono successfully defended his title and once again lifted the championship trophy of the three-point long shooting contest.

The ensuing mixed shooting contest was won by the Spurs. In the Skills Challenge, DeLong defeated his brother Chris Paul to win the Skills Challenge.

Zhang Kong didn't watch the mixed shooting contest and the skill challenge, firstly, he was not very interested in these, and secondly, he just wanted to take this opportunity to chat with Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian.

As two of the most important teammates in the Summer Olympics, it is important to get to know each other well before the competition, or at least to know their playing habits.