From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 167 Jordan Is Really Strict

The second person to play is Larry Nance Jr.

Unexpectedly, this guy also paid tribute to none other than his father, Larry Nance.

His father played for the Cavaliers, was a former slam dunk contest champion, and now often makes a cameo commentary on ESPN.

Nance Jr. asked the crowd to surround him with a group of white cloths. After about three seconds, the white cloths were scattered and removed. His jersey changed from a Lakers jersey to a Cavaliers jersey his father wore back then.

Opening with a magic trick into his father's jersey, it was a way of paying tribute to his father.Even if he can't win the championship, a kind of inheritance has been completed between father and son!
Then Nance Jr. started his performance, he smashed the ball on the backboard, then caught the rebound ball with the other hand and smashed it in.

It seems very ordinary?Is it really?

When he finished dunking, there was not much cheers and applause from the audience, but when everyone thought it was over, Nance Jr. kept making replay gestures to the referee after dunking.

In the replay, it can be clearly seen that Nance Jr. started his performance first. He smashed the ball on the backboard, and then received the bounced ball with his other hand and smashed it in.

When he finished dunking, there was not much cheers and applause from the audience, but when everyone thought it was over, Nance Jr. kept making replay gestures to the referee after dunking.

In the replay, it can be clearly seen that Nance Jr. first threw the ball out to hit the board, then bounced back to catch the ball in the air, and then threw the ball to the backboard again while staying in the air, and the basketball bounced back to Nansi again. In the hands of Sri Lanka, he finally caught the ball and completed a dunk!
"Oh, gift crab!!!"

"This is a beautiful doubles dunk. If you don't watch the replay, you can't see the mystery of this dunk at all!!!"

After watching the replay, the judges began to score. Dr. J scored 10 points, Wilkins 10 points, Kobe 10 points, Jordan 9 points, and Carter 9 points.

The total score is 48 points, which is considered a very high score for dunking.

Although Larry Nance's expression was a little bit disappointed, he was still satisfied in his heart. After all, 48 points can be regarded as the approval of these great gods.

The third player to play is Dennis Smith from the Lone Ranger. His preparation skills are slightly worse than those of the previous ones. His dunk is an ordinary windmill dunk, coupled with his height Not enough, it looks very ordinary.

In the end, his dunk only scored 40 points, and Jordan even gave 7 points with a rather displeased face.

However, Smith's expression did not show any regrets, and he walked to the bench with his hands curled up, as if he was just here for a cutscene...
Smith's operation made the field cool down instantly, and Xiao Hua, who was sitting in the VIP seat on the sidelines, was also a little unhappy.

Jianghu was the fourth to appear on the field. When the first few players appeared, the fans sat firmly in their positions, and their buttocks were reluctant to leave the stool. But when Jianghu appeared, about half of the audience The fans stood up and shouted the name of Jianghu.

Before dunking, Jianghu glanced at the judges' bench and winked at Kobe who was sitting on the judges' bench.

Kobe didn't know what that meant.

Jiang Hu suddenly took off his coat, but the clothes inside were not his own Celtic No. 1, but the purple-gold No. 8 instead.

"This is the jersey that Kobe wore in the 1997 slam dunk contest. For the first dunk, Jiang Hu also chose to pay tribute to his childhood idol, the former Lakers legend Kobe Bryant."

The camera was aimed at Kobe, looking at the familiar jersey, and when the familiar number appeared in front of him, Kobe's thoughts instantly went back to the past. He seemed to see himself in the No. 8 period in Jianghu, unruly, Young and frivolous.

"Haha, this guy!!"

Kobe was stunned for a second, then laughed and gave Jianghu a thumbs up, and even leaned shyly on the shoulder of his eldest brother Jordan.

Since it is a tribute, Jianghu must reproduce Kobe's previous actions. Kobe had left many beautiful dunks in the dunk contest back then. Everyone is curious which dunk Jianghu will choose to copy this time.

Jianghu put one hand on the basketball, smashed it with the right hand, tried to press the ball, then ran along the top of the 45-degree arc, took a big step in the air at the penalty area line, passed the basketball under the crotch with the left hand, and put the ball in the air with the right hand. The basketball is caught, and then a big arm loops and smashes the basketball into the basket.

Jianghu perfectly copied Kobe's crotch change in the 1997 slam dunk final. Although such an action is not a rare action in today's slam dunk contest, at that time, Kobe scored 49 points with this dunk. high score.

"pretty!!"

"The same movement, but the take-off height of Jianghu is obviously higher, and the balance of the body in the air and the strength and arc of swinging the arms are more comfortable than Kobe at that time!!!"

"Although they are all rookies, there is no doubt that the physical fitness of rookies surpasses that of Kobe. Kobe, who has not fully developed in his rookie season, cannot be compared with Jianghu."

Kobe also looked very happy, stood up and applauded Jianghu vigorously, and at the same time kept raising his hands to signal for the Staples fans to applaud.

If someone else did this action, it would definitely be useless, and the audience might not pay attention to it at all, but this person is Kobe, the king of Staples, so the audience gave him warm applause.

When Jianghu completed the replica of Kobe's dunk and paid tribute to Kobe, the emotions of the fans on the scene reached the peak.

"10 points!!!!"

The 10-point scoreboards were displayed in unison in the auditorium, which shows their approval of this dunk.

The reason for the audience to raise the score cards is to release their inner excitement. The scores given according to their personal feelings are of no benefit, but their emotions and states will more or less affect the final score of the judges.

Kobe was naturally the first to give 10 points, followed by Dr. J and Wilkins, who also gave 10 points, Carter also gave 10 points after hesitating for a while, and Jordan was the last to score. , after careful consideration, he finally gave a score of 9 points.

Jordan really wanted to give Jianghu a 10.

He has to admit that Jianghu's dunk far exceeds Kobe's dunk in the past, whether it is strength, flexibility, or posture in the air.

After all, Kobe was only a high school student at that time, and his physical development was not perfect enough. He was completely two people with the "defender Malone" in the future, but he still hoped that Jianghu could come up with some new things instead of playing with these former players. tricks people have played

Danzi is really strict.
49, did not get a full score, and the first full-score dunk in the slam dunk contest has not yet appeared.

The fans made some voices of dissatisfaction, but it was not too big. Even Staples fans respected Jordan very much.

There is nothing surprising about this. Although this is indeed a very good dunk, what Jianghu thinks more about is not the result, but to take this opportunity to pay tribute to his favorite player on the basketball road, nothing more.

The fifth player followed by Wiggins, he was finally willing to put down the thermos in his hand, and came to the sidelines in his jersey.

He chose to ask his teammates to help him for the first dunk. He asked Mr. 91 Karl-Anthony Towns to stand under the basket and hold the basketball high above his head.

Seeing his movements, everyone instantly understood what Wiggins was going to do. He wanted to fly over Towns' head to complete the dunk.

"The first dunk is to play a leaping dunk. It seems that Wiggins has a lot of confidence. He should have prepared a lot of moves."

Under normal circumstances, in the first round of the slam dunk contest, there are very few slam dunks by leaping players, because at this time the players have not yet entered their best condition, and their physical functions have not been adjusted to the most appropriate level.

Most players will complete their individual actions first, adjust their physical condition, and then perform coordinated actions in the subsequent dunk.

Wiggins, who is 201 centimeters tall, is not too different standing in front of Downs, which may have something to do with his hairstyle...

Jianghu feels that Downs' height of 211cm is definitely watery, and his real height should be around 208cm.

It is quite common to leap over players in the dunk contest. The most famous scene is that Nate Robinson with a height of 175cm leaps over Howard with a height of 208cm.

But there is no doubt that all the leaps are used as big moves, and they hardly appear in the first round. Wiggins is the first one for an unprecedented time.

"Hopefully he can figure it out."

Although everyone has heard about Wiggins' dunking level, they are still not optimistic about his choice of jumping players directly when he comes up.

Without him, in the slam dunk contest, impression points account for a large proportion. If you dunk it for the first time, the judges will have higher impression points in their hearts, and they will be relatively loose in scoring. If you don't try to get in, even if you get in later, your score will be reduced.

With 49 points from Jianghu in the front and James who didn't play in the back, Wiggins must keep the top three position to ensure the advantage in the second round.

"Are you sure you're going to play this?" Carter teases before Wiggins dunks.

"Do I have any other options?" How could Towns change his moves when he was already standing under the basket?
"What if it fails? Are you confident?"

"I never thought about failure."

Wiggins put away his smile, showing a rare domineering, and responded: "This assumption does not exist."

For the first time, the elegant and easy-going Wiggins actually had a feeling of domineering sideways.

Everyone held their breath and waited quietly to see if Wiggins could succeed once.

Wiggins starts his approach from the middle, and his pace is fast, and gradually becomes more urgent as the distance shortens.

Sprinting to the three-second zone, Wiggins took off on one foot and burst out
With all the strength in his body, he lifted into the air like a helicopter, gradually surpassing Downs in height.

Downs opened his eyes, and he didn't feel any fear at all. Unlike everyone else, he knew very well that Wiggins would definitely not fail, because flying over his head was as simple as eating and drinking for Wiggins.

Downs only felt a strong wind flying over his head, as if a big bird was soaring into the sky.

Full of pressure.

He clearly felt the sense of oppression gradually shift from his back to the top of his head, and then passed over his head.

At the same time, the basketball in his hand was also snatched by Wiggins.

After the ball was taken away, Towns raised his eyes slightly and found that Wiggins was almost completely beyond the basket, and his shoulders were almost flush with the basket

"No problem!!!" The biggest difficulty of Downs's leap dunk lies in the leap. Wiggins successfully completed this step, and the rest of the dunk is what he is best at.

boom! ! !
Wiggins slammed the ball to the basket with both hands, then hooked the basket with both hands, and hung on the basket for a while.

In the process of leaping over Towns, he was clean, without any leverage or support, and Towns did not bow his head. This time the completion of the dunk can be described as perfect.

"10 points!!!"

The auditorium once again raised the 10-point sign in unison.

"A very beautiful dunk." Kobe was the first to give 10 points. He has always appreciated the outstanding juniors, and at the same time encouraged more than criticized.

Carter followed with 10 points, and Wilkins and Dr. J were no exception, all of them gave 10 points.

The only exception is Jordan, who once again held up the 9-point sign....
"Ah, this..." Jiang Hu was a little stunned, "He doesn't want to be a 9-point brother for the whole game, does he?"

Soon Jordan stood up and explained: "I hope to see more exciting dunks. This is the reason why I don't give full marks at present. When I see a dunk that I really like, I will give 10 points."

The last man on the scene was LeBron James.

The cheers he got when he came out were the loudest.

After James warmed up and stood on the court, the fans on the scene started applauding. Everyone came to see him.

Zhang Weiping sighed: "Good guy, all the others can't match the popularity of James. His ability to become the face of the league is directly related to his playing in the league for so many years."

"Since entering the league in 03, there are many people who don't like him, and many people like him. In the United States, the influence of Jianghu is still much worse than that of James."

Yu Jia said: "Some people say that LeBron is the top player in the NBA for dunking in actual combat. He is so good in actual combat. The slam dunk contest must be more exciting."

Zhang Weiping said: "Today he put on the exclusive combat boots "James 15th Generation All-Star" made by Nike for him. These shoes are really beautiful and full of sense of technology. Nike has made them very carefully."

As the saying goes, "a man matches his clothes, and a horse matches his saddle." Stars also need a pair of good basketball shoes to assist them.This sneaker includes two colorways, black and purple.The shoes have added cushioning technology, which can make James feel very comfortable when the dunk lands.

This pair of sneakers has an outstanding appearance and excellent performance. James attracted many fans as soon as he put them on.Nike has great confidence in him and believes that this pair of shoes will be a big seller after the star weekend.

The reason why he is willing to participate in the slam dunk contest has a lot to do with business. He is very confident that the 15th-generation James All-Star boots will definitely sell well. If he can win the slam dunk contest, it will definitely increase sales. fire.

James' expression was very serious, and he appeared on the stage wearing a white training suit. He waved his hands around, and instead of taking the ball immediately, he took out a white headband from the pocket of the training suit.

Then he unzipped the zipper of his training suit, revealing the white Cavaliers jersey inside.

James fans can recognize it at a glance. This is an out-of-print Cavaliers jersey from 08-10.

Wearing a headband and wearing a 1.0 Cavaliers James jersey, it seems to have returned to the time of the little emperor.

Dunk starts.

He started a run-up from the three-point line, dribbled the ball all the way and started to accelerate, came to the free throw line and started to take off in two steps, then smashed the basketball on the backboard and bounced back, catching the ball with both hands and making a windmill reverse dunk.

Fans stood and cheered, many holding up 10-point scoring cards.

Yu Jia sighed: "Oh my God, is the first dunk just this difficult? A reflexive windmill dunk is a super difficult move."

Zhang Weiping said: "James' level is indeed not low. I think the level of this dunk is no worse than anyone in front of him. It should not be lower than 48 points."

Yu Jia said with a smile: "He not only jumps high, but also jumps really far, and the degree of completion is also very high."

Kobe was the first to give 10 points, followed by Dr. J and Wilkins, who also gave 10 points. After hesitating for a while, Carter also gave 10 points. The last one to score was Jordan , after hesitating for a long time, he still gave 9 points.

Seeing the final score given by Jordan, James also spread his hands helplessly, helpless.

Four 4 points, one 10 points, James only scored 9 points.

The first dunk in the first round ended with a maximum score of only 49 points.

Michael Jordan, really strict.

(End of this chapter)