At the beginning of the death entanglement, Curry followed me to slam dunk

Chapter 98 The first round of battle
Then came "Elvis" Gerald Wallace.

Wallace has an ordinary background but is full of talent. As early as 2002, he had appeared in the slam dunk contest and won the runner-up that year.

Last year, after he suffered a malicious foul by Bynum of the Lakers, he not only fractured his ribs, but also suffered from lung atrophy. Foreshadowing.

Even so, Wallace still appeared on the center stage of the slam dunk contest today. Maybe he wanted to take advantage of his spare energy to make the last performance for the slam dunk he has always loved.

Like DeRozan, Wallace also starts from the bottom line on the right, but his movements are obviously much more monotonous than DeRozan.

Wallace just performed a relatively ordinary belly-expanding folding back button.

Even so, his first dunk attempt was unsuccessful, and he didn't complete it until his second.

Obviously the judges had little interest in this mediocre dunk. Wallace only scored 38 points in the first round.

Next, it was Du Zhe's turn to appear.

His entry caused a small commotion from the audience.

Just now, Du Zhe broke the record and won the three-point contest in front of them in an incredible way.

This made the audience look forward to his performance a little more.

After watching the first two dunks, Du Zhe had a solid foundation in his mind.

Now that he has the same dunking ability as Carter at his peak, winning a dunk contest of this level shouldn't be a big problem.

After all, the slam dunk contest relies first on strength and secondly on workmanship. Currently, he has no problem with strength. As for workmanship, although Du Zhe has never eaten pork in his previous life, he has never seen pigs run away. He can see the classic dunks of other NBA stars. A lot.

For the first dunk, Du Zhe decided to play it safe.

He started from the right side, took a step into the free throw line, then burst into the air, and then inserted the basketball and his arm into the basket.

Simple, crude and direct, Du Zhe's first hook is pure aesthetics of violence.

Some old fans at the scene had already noticed that Du Zhe was paying tribute to Carter's elbow dunk back then.

"It looks like... it's so similar..." Wallace muttered to himself on the sidelines.

As a dunker, he was deeply impressed by Carter's amazing dunk back then. Du Zhe's dunk just now can be said to be a perfect replica of Carter.

Even as a competitor, Wallace couldn't fault him.

Soon, the judges gave the score - 47 points!
Although judging from the perception and violence of the dunk, the judges felt that Du Zhe's performance was not inferior to that of Carter, who scored full marks back then.

But after all, Carter's performance is in the forefront, so the judges deducted three points for Du Zhe's tribute to Carter.

However, this score is completely acceptable to Du Zhe. Now that he is temporarily ranked first, it depends on the performance of defending champion Nate Robinson.

Although Robinson is only a little over 1.7 meters tall, his small body contains huge energy.

Prior to this, he had won the dunk contest twice, and his strength is not weak.

Of course, Robinson's two championships are somewhat tricky in Du Zhe's opinion.

For example, when he defeated Iguodala to win the championship in 06, Robinson failed 17 times before completing a dunk. This also forced the league to modify the rules in the dunk contest the following year to change the time to complete the dunk. Restricted.

In the 09 game, when Robinson leapt over Howard, he also used his left hand to support the opponent's shoulder. In the end, he defeated Howard and won the championship. It is difficult to say that there was no element of trickery.

And Robinson's first dunk was obviously not going well.

Like the 06 game, Robinson's first few attempts all ended in failure.

But the effort paid off, and he finally pulled off a quality slam dunk before time ran out.

Robinson tossed the ball high, caught it in the air and completed a windmill dunk.

If you don't look at the failures of the previous few times, the whole process can be regarded as a coherent process.

However, the difficulty and aesthetics of Robinson's dunks are also good, and the judges finally gave a score of 44 points.

Then, DeRozan came on the stage again to complete his second dunk.

Unlike Gerald Wallace, DeRozan, who was ranked third, still had hope of promotion, so he decided to give it a try and fight with his last resort in the second dunk.

DeRozan called his teammates to cooperate with this ball.

A teammate hit the ball on the edge of the backboard. The moment the ball rebounded, DeRozan caught the ball in the air and completed a windmill dunk.

Since DeRozan catches the ball from the outside edge of the backboard, this dunk requires very high flight distance and airborne time.

DeRozan's physical fitness displayed through this dunk impressed the audience, and many fans cheered for his goal.

The referee also directly gave a full score of 50 points, and the first full-score dunk in this competition has already been produced.

And Wallace's second dunk was unremarkable.

He took off from behind the backboard, received a ground-breaking pass from his teammate, leaped high into the air, and then completed the dunk with a one-arm swing.

No creativity, no difficulty, only mediocre explosiveness, Wallace only scored 40 points for this dunk.

This also announced that the veteran has basically lost the possibility of advancing to the next round.

DeRozan's full-score performance just now also made Du Zhe, who was third on the stage, feel a little pressure.

If he wants to firmly secure a spot in the second round, he must score more than 46 points on this one.

Now that the matter has come to this point, Du Zhe no longer hides it, and is ready to show some real skills.

He invited a mascot to the basket, who held the ball above his head with both hands.

Seeing Du Zhe's actions, the fans and judges at the scene felt that they had guessed Du Zhe's thoughts.

This Huaguo player is definitely about to slam dunk the Leaping mascot.

This level of dunking is obviously not exciting enough for fans and judges who have seen the world.

This made fans who thought Du Zhe could bring surprises a little disappointed.

However, the referees were still conscientious and were still carefully observing Du Zhe's every move.

First there was a run-up. Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the mascot, Du Zhe jumped up high.

At this point, everything is proceeding according to the expectations of the audience and judges.

Just when everyone thought that Du Zhe was about to complete a lackluster dunk, he made an unexpected move.

Du Zhe actually crossed the mascot's head with his legs together.

At the same time, he took the ball along the way and completed a change of hands under his legs.

After doing all this, Du Zhe easily dunked the ball in with his left hand.

(End of this chapter)