Griffin took the lead because of his low score in the preliminaries.
He walked onto the court confidently.
In the first action, Griffin threw the ball while running, then jumped high, caught the ball in the air, and poured the ball in.
He jumped so high that at the highest point his chin was almost level with the basket!
After completing the dunk, Griffin inserted his hand into the rim and hung himself above the rim with his elbow.
This action is obviously a tribute to Carter, and it also has some shadows of Shen Fei's dunk in that training!
However, compared with Carter's actions in 2000, Griffin also had more ball-throwing actions, making it more difficult.
This dunk was very explosive in appearance, perfectly reflecting his "white monster" physical fitness, and he successfully scored 50 points in the end!
It's McGee's turn.
Myboy specially changed a pair of shoes for the finals.
This time, he started his run-up from the left corner, jumped along the baseline, and started gliding...
As he passed the basket, McGee lowered his head slightly, dodged the basket, and at the same time swung his arms for a backhand windmill dunk!
This action was extremely difficult, and his first attempt ended in failure.
The second time, McGee reduced the range of his movements and finally successfully completed the dunk.
Although I couldn't complete it in one go, this action was so exciting that all five judges gave it full marks without exception!
At 50:50, the two tied in the first round.
The game then entered the second round.
At this time, a car was pushed onto the field.
Curry, wearing Rockets jersey No. 30, also walked onto the court at this time, presumably to pass the ball to Griffin.
"Is... Griffin going to leap over a car and dunk?"
An audience member immediately guessed.
as expected...
Griffin jumped up after a run-up. The moment he flew in front of the car, Curry's passer reached the ball!
The next moment, the white monster comes out of the cage!
After catching the ball, Griffin slammed the ball towards the basket...
"bang!"
A success!
The five judges exchanged glances and unanimously gave full marks.
The action of leaping over a car may not be the most difficult, but it is better in terms of visual impact and novelty.
50 points!
This score also pushed McGee into a blind corner.
If he can't perform difficult moves again, it will be difficult for him to compete with Griffin!
It's a pity that McGee's actions in the second round were not innovative.
He threw the ball at the free throw line, then leaped high into the air and completed a dunk at a height that was almost overlooking the rim.
Objectively speaking, there is nothing special about this dunk except for its high jump.
Four of the five judges gave it 8 points, and one gave it 9 points, for a total of 41 points.
50:41.
Griffin was even better in the judges' scores!
However, the outcome of the finals is not entirely determined by the judges' scores.
The on-site director immediately announced that the voting channel is open and fans all over the world can vote for the two!
............
"McGee's last dunk was really lacking in stamina..."
Ajiali sighed.
In her opinion, just looking at the previous dunks, McGee was the more eye-catching one.
Although Griffin's dunk was powerful, it was slightly lacking in creativity.
However, in the last dunk, McGee clearly "exhausted his talents".
Shen Fei nodded: "If nothing else happens, Blake should win."
But after he finished speaking, he added in his mind [provided there are no accidents.]
Shen Fei's concerns are well-founded.
He clearly remembered that in his previous life, Griffin received nearly 70% of the votes in the audience vote and easily won the championship.
But these days are different!
Overall, McGee actually performed better in this competition.
In his previous life, he was defeated in the end. In addition to running out of creativity, there was another bigger reason - his popularity was far lower than Griffin!
Because in the original time and space, Griffin was the absolute core of the Clippers.
Coupled with his explosive playing style, he has become the most popular player in the league in just half a season, attracting a large number of fans!
But in this time and space, Griffin is only the Rockets' fourth or even fifth choice.
The lack of roles has reduced his influence a lot.
Therefore, it is still unknown whether Griffin can successfully win the championship by relying on his popularity advantage.
After all, fans will not completely follow the rules when voting and only focus on the last dunk.
When most people choose one from the other, they tend to choose the one with better overall performance!
...
...
After 10 minutes, the voting channel is closed.
The host walked onto the court with a microphone and called McGee and Griffin to his side.
"Ladies.and.gentlemen, the voting results of the 2011 Slam Dunk Contest are already in my hands!"
"The winner of this year's dunk contest is..."
Everyone's expectations have reached their peak, and they are waiting quietly for the host to announce the results.
"Um?"
After the host opened the envelope with the results written on it, he was stunned for a moment, and then continued:
"I'm sorry, based on the scores of the five judges and everyone's votes, the two players have the same overall score! They ended up in a tie!"
"Therefore, we will play an extra round and adopt the rule of one goal to determine the outcome!"
"The judges will not be involved in scoring this last shot, and the final outcome will be entirely left to you - the best basketball fans in the world!"
As soon as the host finished speaking, the scene was in an uproar.
Shen Fei smiled and shook his head.
The accident happened as expected.
But even so, there was no look of disappointment on his face.
As a time traveler, Shen Fei was deeply impressed by the 2011 Dunk Contest.
He knew that McGee would perform very well, so he was inevitably worried that Griffin would lose the title of dunk king due to the butterfly effect.
For this reason, Shen Fei specifically talked to Griffin during a training session before the All-Star Game.
"Blake, your actual dunk is actually more exciting than the moves you prepared for the dunk contest!"
"If there is an overtime in the dunk contest, you can consider a confrontational dunk, such as dunking on a big man."
Shen Fei said this at the time.
Although Griffin is confident that he can easily win the championship.
But because this was Shen Fei's request, he still agreed.
Therefore, when the host announced the extra match, Griffin immediately raised his head and looked at Shen Fei in the stands.
[The manager is really good at predicting things...]
Gili Fen sighed in his heart.
Shen Fei noticed Griffin looking at him, so he smiled and gave him a thumbs up.
............
Racing starts now!
Since Griffin dunked first in both rounds of the finals, it was natural that McGee would start first this time.
Myboy scratched the back of his head, thinking as he walked onto the court.
His movements were so obvious that the audience knew that he was thinking about something.
But time waits for no one.
Before McGee could think of any tricks, the referee on the side signaled him to start quickly.
After all, there are still skills challenge and rookie competition to play later, and the slam dunk contest already takes up too much time.
McGee had no choice but to rush the duck and put it on the shelves.
Trying in such a hurry will naturally be difficult to achieve good results.
McGee chose a front-side windmill dunk this time.
His movements are very smooth and he jumps very high.
But with all the wonderful dunks before, McGee's dunk was too ordinary.
After dunking, myboy was not very satisfied, shook his head and walked to the bench.
But halfway through, Griffin stopped him.
"Javier, can I ask you a favor?"
Griffin asked.
"What's the deal?"
Mikey had a question mark on his face.
"I want you to stay under the basket and try to block my dunk!"