Standing pretty old

Chapter 572 Shocking the First Round
The basketball drew a high arc and fell slowly.

"Huh? Why hasn't JR started yet?"

While Ruan Erniu was wondering, the basketball had already made contact with the floor for the first time, flew to the highest point and began to fall.

Until this time, JR*Smith started slowly, and the basketball touched the ground for the second time, and when it bounced up for the second time, JR rushed to it, and then got the basketball with both hands at a place that was not too high, and completed it in the air After hitting a big windmill, he dunked the ball into the basket.

"Oh~!"

The audience gave out such admiration. Although it was a success and made a good start for the slam dunk contest, it is obvious that there is nothing special about the difficulty.

It can even be said that JR* Smith is timid to some extent.

He should have completed this dunk when the basketball bounced for the first time, but he was afraid that he would not be able to complete it, so he chose a more secure second bounce and dunk.

8分、9分、9分、9分、8分。

The referees gave their scores one by one. In the first round of the preliminaries, JR* Smith, who played first, scored 43 points.

Ruan Erniu, who was already sitting on the wooden mat with the Sprite logo on it, stood up and gave Smith a high-five as a sign of friendship.

Since both Nate Robinson and Dwight Howard have won the slam dunk contest, the two bulls were ranked second.

To be honest, I don't have any dissatisfaction with the No. [-] player, because in his opinion, his first dunk action is really likely to crash with others, so it's better to dunk early.

The Great Demon King of the Celestial Dynasty miscalculated the situation, and he underestimated himself!
After Ruan Erniu got the basketball, he was also not in a hurry. He adjusted his breathing, and after doing a chest expansion exercise, he also threw the basketball out of his hand...

Same move as JR*Smith?

If you just watch the beginning, the audience may...

No, the Celestial Man's starting speed and bouncing explosive power are obvious...

"Whoosh!"

After the basketball landed once, it bounced high. At the same time, Ruan Erniu also flew up. In the air, he caught the basketball with one hand. Then, he stayed in the air, changed hands under his crotch, and dunked high in the air!
"Wow!!!!!!"

The audience cheered like a mountain roar and a tsunami!

Shocked!

Absolute shock!
When Ruan Erniu took off for the first time, his head was obviously higher than the basket, and after changing hands under the crotch, the top of his head was still parallel to the basket. You know, this guy is actually 6 feet 9 inches tall and weighs Behemoth at around 240 lbs.

For example, can you imagine a muscular guy like Ben Wallace switching hands and dunking after being in the air?
Ruan Erniu did it!

The extremely strong figure, coupled with the agile aerial skills like a defender, this contrast makes people feel too shocking!
Including James, Pierce, D. Wade and others all made exaggerated expressions of shock. Even if they are as strong as superstars, they have to admire Ruan Erniu's god-level performance. Already jumping and roaring!
O'Neill patted his wife's hand calmly, as if everything in front of him was nothing more than a piece of cake, but what was he thinking in his heart?Only God knows.

10分、10分、10分、10分、10分。

Have any questions?

If there is a problem, it is tricky!
Ruan Erniu played second in the first round of the preliminaries and directly finished the round with 50 points.

Even Nate Robinson and Dwight Howard had to stand up and applaud the Celestials, this shot is so awesome!

At the same time, this shot also put a lot of pressure on Robinson and Howard, who played later. Zhu Yu was in front, and if he wanted to get a high score in the later dunk, the difficulty increased by more than one level.

Cheryl Miller took advantage of the opportunity that the players were still preparing to interview James on the sidelines and asked him what he thought of the performance of the players on the court?
James had no choice but to compliment Ruan Erniu for his miraculous performance.

The camera suddenly switched to the host station, and Kenny Smith, Reggie Miller and Kevin Harlan once again talked about why James didn't participate in the slam dunk contest.

Well, you must know that the number one enemy in history of "The Chosen One", "Your Majesty the Flying Man"-Michael Jordan has won two slam dunk contests.

In fact, this is not a mystery, the reason is very simple, A KING is cowardly in this respect, he is afraid that he will be ridiculed because of his failed dunk, that's all.

Wang is not allowed to fail. In this regard, James has always been burdened, but Ruan Erniu is much more calm!
Nate Robinson was the third to appear on the field. He was not idle during the break. After speaking slang and **** to the camera for a while, he walked onto the court. There is a minimum understanding of the strength of the rebound.

After completing this test throw, Robinson started the official dunk.

This is almost the same dunk method as JR, throwing the ball, bouncing, jumping, and swinging the windmill in the air, but this time, Robinson did not wait for the ball to hit the ground for the second time, but found the right time to bounce on the first landing, He jumped up to catch the ball and dunked it.

9分、9分、9分、9分、9分。

With a total score of 45 points, it is temporarily ranked third among players who have completed dunks. This result cannot ensure that Nate Robinson will be sent to the final stage.

After appreciating the contrasting combination of Ruan Erniu's extreme strength and skills, Robinson's height BUFF has been infinitely reduced. No matter how you look at it, the slam dunk contest is a combination of strength and beauty.

Little Tudou felt cold. He also prepared a green "Krypton" jersey, sneakers and basketball in the finals, all of which were specially used to win Howard's championship. If this continues, he may not even have the chance to perform.

Howard was the last player to play. As the favorite of this year's slam dunk contest, he is also shouldering the task of maintaining the honor of Millikin.

Because the Celestials performed so well today, after seeing his performance, the slam dunks of other American players are indeed not worth mentioning.

Howard stood behind the hoop with the basketball in his hand. He first tried tossing it once to determine the elasticity and take-off position of the ball.

Toss the ball from behind the hoop over the top of the backboard, then fly off, catch the ball in the air and finish sideways, and then dunk the ball into the hoop. This is undoubtedly a creative dunk pattern, and timing is very important. .

Will he do it?
Toss, start, bounce, jump...

"boom!"

The basketball hit the basket and Howard's first dunk failed!

But it doesn't matter, according to the rules, as long as he completes the dunk within 2 minutes, he can still get a high score.

Then, the second time...

"boom!"

The rim once again rejected Sparks' dunk, which was indeed a deceptively simple, but highly demanding performance on the timing of the dunk.

Sparks let out a long sigh of relief, and finally started the third performance.

"boom!"

Howard finally managed to dunk the ball in.

Well, now the pressure is on the referee's side, failing to complete the game in one round, under normal circumstances, this should definitely be deducted points, after all, Ruan Erniu successfully completed the shocking dunk.

But what about Millican's face problem?
This was something the five referees had to secretly consider.

After some thought, they finally came up with an answer.

10分、10分、10分、10分、10分。

It is also 50 points, so in the first round matchup that has just ended, Ruan Erniu and Howard both have 50 points. The two of them are currently the most promising players to advance to the finals.

However, among the five 5-point referees who held up, the fourth 10-point raiser, that is, the card of Cedric Ceballos, who advertised the foldable phone before the game, was interesting.

What he held up were two signs, which were the number "8" upside down and the number "10" upright. According to mathematical theory, it was "∞10", which was infinitely close to 10.

This is an interesting score, but it will not affect the final result.

The first round is over, and the current ranking is Howard (50 points), Ruan Erniu (50 points), Robinson (45 points), and JR*Smith (43 points).

(End of this chapter)