Chapter 1087: Just halfway through the first round, the place exploded
When Wang Zelin came on the court to warm up, LaVine, who had dominated two consecutive slam dunk contests, came over to talk to him. Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers.
"Wang, there is a big gap between us and you in terms of comprehensive ability, but in the slam dunk contest, I am confident that I can beat you."
"We'll find out when the game starts. I'm looking forward to your performance." Wang Zelin patted LaVine on the shoulder, smiling and encouraging, exuding strong confidence.
LaVine's desire to win against Wang Zelin has a lot to do with his experience.
At the age of 5, after watching the movie "Space Jam" starring Michael Jordan, LaVine had an almost obsessive desire for dunks. His strong interest was enough for him to devote himself wholeheartedly to the sport of basketball.
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When Jordan was still playing, LaVine was too young. He lacked direct sense of this flying star and could only feel the charm of the former flying star from the video tape.
When he was growing up, the NBA had another guard named Kobe Bryant whose style of play was very similar to Jordan's, so Kobe Bryant during the "Peter Pan" period quickly became his idol.
Now, Wang Zelin has embarked on the road to surpass Jordan. In his rookie season, it can be said that he stepped on the corpses of the entire Lakers team. Kobe Bryant's vows were all empty words, which made LaVine feel very uncomfortable.
Of course, LaVine's desire to win will not put pressure on Wang Zelin.
Raven was here, and at best he was just an ordinary human on Earth, and there was no way he could be compared to someone like him.
Apart from being a little nervous at the beginning of the competition, as he cooperated with Lillard and practiced privately during this period, he did not believe that he would lose.
Nowadays, Wang Zelin can perform all kinds of incredible dunks despite his height of 2.16 meters. He feels like he is almost out of gravity.
All dunks are actually a combination of physical talent and certain skills.
In particular, the proportion of talent is particularly important. Among Wang Zelin's hidden physical attributes now, in addition to speed, which is only 88 but not 90, agility, bullet speed, physical fitness are directly maxed out, and explosive power and jumping are also as high as 98.
He has already tested the hidden physical attributes of LaVine and Gordon. Although they both have top running and jumping talents in history, there is still a gap between them in terms of agility, physical fitness, and explosive power.
Having top-notch bounce and speed can only mean that you can dunk in an easier way, but if you want to pursue the ultimate perfect dunk, agility and explosiveness are also indispensable.
In addition, don’t forget that dunking is actually extremely energy-consuming. Even if everyone can dunk a full score at the beginning, as time goes by, people with better physical fitness at the same level will have a greater chance of laughing.
at last.
Of course, the dunk attribute in a player's offensive ability is also very critical. It allows you to accept more difficult dunks.
In the competition of dunk attributes, LaVine has a score of 99, successfully ranking among the first dunkers in history; Gordon has 98, which is only a little less than LaVine, but he is also the top dunker in history.
After integrating the abilities of Barkley and Dameng, Wang Zelin's dunk attribute had reached 96 at that time. After this period of hard training, his dunk attribute also quickly broke through to 98, which is comparable to Gordon.
Again, dunking essentially relies on the body and the player's wild imagination.
As long as you have the advantage on these two points at the same time, it will be difficult to dunk hard or not.
At the scene, reporters interviewed several celebrities. O'Neal and Weber made it clear that they were optimistic about Wang Zelin being crowned champion.
O'Neal lamented: "Before Wang Zelin, I had never seen anyone able to complete a free throw line dunk in the NBA, and Wang Zelin did it! In this case, why should I not vote for him?"
Weber said with a smile: "With a combination of dynamic talent and static talent, Wang Zelin is probably the strongest among all centers in NBA history. He is beyond the times. To be honest, whether it is this term or the past two terms, or whether it is in
If he and Carter competed together in 2000, I thought the winner would be Wang Zelin."
soon.
The dunk contest officially begins.
The first to appear was Wiggins, the genius number one pick in 2014.
To what extent Wiggins' physical talent is so explosive, it can only be said that everyone understands it. He is a man whose draft template is LeBron James.
And you must know that Wiggins in this time and space is not Brother Wolfberry in the original time and space. He is the absolute king of the city of Sacramento, a first-class scorer who averages 27 points per game, and he also contributes all kinds of brutality from time to time during the regular season.
The top dunker in the game.
Speaking of which, Wiggins participated in the McDonald's Individual Competition as early as 2013. At that time, Jabari Parker and Aaron Gordon also participated. Wiggins performed a beautiful 360-degree reverse dunk in the competition. Unfortunately,
Unfortunately, the championship was won by University of Florida forward Chris Walker Dodd.
After that, Wiggins, who obviously had great physical fitness, had indeed never participated in a major competition after entering the NBA. Maybe it was the stimulation he received at that time.
Until the 2017 Portland All-Stars, when he learned that Wang Zelin was going to participate in the dunk contest, Wiggins, who had always been loyal, became eager to take action.
It has been several years since he entered the league. Wiggins has a more rational character. He knows that if he develops according to the normal trajectory, there is a high probability that he will not have a chance to defeat Wang Zelin in his entire NBA career.
But now, a God-given opportunity has come.
Not only did he get the opportunity to defeat Wang Zelin, but he also got the opportunity to defeat LaVine and Gordon. If he could defeat these three people at the same time, it would definitely feel great!
Wiggins, whose parents are both professional athletes, has been synonymous with talent since he was a child. He never thought that he would lose to others in dunking.
Even if LaVine won consecutive dunk contest championships in 2015 and 2016, Wiggins is qualified not to take him seriously.
After all, he is the top pick!
Talking back to the Slam Dunk Contest itself, it has gone through many restructurings since its inception in 1984.
The number of participants increased from 6 to 4, dunking increased from two rounds to one, and the time increased from unlimited to timed...
For this year's Portland All-Stars, the format of the dunk contest has changed again.
This year's dunk contest is divided into the first round and the final. Six players take turns dunking, and the judges score.
Each judge gives a player a full score of 10 points for a dunk, and the sum of the highest scores given by the five judges is at most 50 points. Such a dunk is often called a "perfect dunk."
For the two dunks in the first round, the highest score for a single player is 100 points and the lowest is 60 points. If the dunk fails, only one more make-up dunk can be performed, but no more make-up dunks are allowed for the ball that has already been dunked. The three highest scoring players among the six contestants will
people advance to the finals.
The rules of the final are the same as the first round. The three players also perform two dunks. The highest score for a single player is 100 points and the lowest is 60 points. The one with the highest score becomes the dunk king.
Although the number of players in the finals has increased from two to three, players are only allowed two dunks in each round. If two consecutive dunks are missed, it is equivalent to automatic resolution.
These are quite a test of the players' ability to withstand pressure.
But as the outside world has commented, this slam dunk contest may be the most valuable in NBA history, both for the participating players and the judging panel.
Such a grand occasion naturally requires high standards and high requirements to push the players to their limits.
Wiggins was the first to appear. He was wearing a Kings jersey and stood in the center circle of the court.
Seeing him so far away from the basket, knowledgeable fans were already secretly looking forward to it.
Could it be said that tonight started with a dunk from the free throw line?
Immediately, with all the fans watching, Wiggins started dribbling with his right hand, accelerated the dribble to the free throw line, and took off with all his strength with his legs...
At this moment, Wiggins seemed to have escaped gravity. What was even more exaggerated was that when the live camera showed him a close-up, people were surprised to see a relaxed smile on his face.
Yes, it is easy!
"boom!"
With a loud noise, Wiggins, who was the first to appear, completed a one-handed dunk taking off from the free throw line. During the replay, people noticed that when Wiggins took off, the soles of his feet were just in front of the free throw line, and did not go beyond the point.
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In other words, this is a standard free throw line dunk!
The whole venue was lit up with lights, flashing sound effects and cheers from the fans.
Many active players in the front row had their heads in their hands, watching this scene in disbelief.
The opening scene was a dunk from the free throw line. Should it be so brutal?
Or is this the gold content of the most luxurious slam dunk contest in history?
Gang Leader Qiao was the first to hold up the sign - 10 points. From the flash of smile on His Majesty's face, it can be seen that he is quite satisfied with this dunk.
Whether it is the distance of the jump, the height of the jump, or the time in the air, Wiggins performed perfectly. The terrifying physical talent of the No. 1 pick in 2014 is really beyond question.
Dr. J also showed his score card - 10 points!
Later, people from Wilkins, Kobe and Howard also showed their scoreboards, and they all gave a perfect score of 10 points.
50 points!
The first perfect dunk in tonight's dunk contest was born.
There was another exclamation at the scene.
Wiggins returned to his position with a confident smile, and the pressure was placed on Nance Jr., who came on for the second time.
Nance Jr. is also a well-known talent in the United States. He was a well-known dunker in the United States in high school. However, his development in the NBA can only be said to be unsatisfactory.
With Towns, Porzingis, and the team's Michael Turner who entered the NBA at the same time as him, they have all begun to make a name for themselves in the NBA, but now he has been drowned by the white towel on the bench.
Who says that his development in the NBA is not as expected, but Nance Jr. has never lost confidence, especially when it comes to dunking.
Thanks to the excellent genes of his father Larry Nance, Nance Jr. is a natural dunker.
On his first dunk, he chose to pay tribute to his father and performed the classic Cradle Dunk (also Jordan's favorite).
He started from the right baseline and went to the basket, jumped into the air near the basket, held the ball in his right hand, and performed a dunk action like RoboCop. His strength successfully demonstrated a wave of power and beauty.
It doesn’t matter if you can’t understand the English above, because this dunk has a familiar name in China—Carolina Dunk!
This is also a pretty quality dunk!
Wang Zelin's appreciation of dunks is no longer what it used to be. He can feel that the difficulty of this dunk is not top-notch, but now Nance's body shape, jumping height and completion are just right.
More importantly, this is the classic move that his father, Larry Nance, the first-generation NBA dunk champion, finally defeated the crowd and successfully won the first NBA Slam Dunk Contest.
Emotionally, it added another layer of points to him.
So after Nance Jr. finished dunking, the five judges next to him, Jordan, Kobe, Dr. J, Wilkins, and Howard, quickly gave him a high score of 49 points.
You must know that the five judges this time were all on the same page when interviewed before the competition, and their scoring tonight will be very strict.
Therefore, many netizens on the Internet are joking that in this dunk contest, there may not be a single dunk with a score of more than 45 points.
But unexpectedly, after the first perfect dunk, another high score of 49 points was immediately born!
"Little Nance is very strong. He is worthy of being the kind of old Nance! Among the active inside players, I would like to call him the T1 dunker after the two T0 players, Wang and Gordon!"
It has to be said that Nance Jr.'s amazing dunk amazed the audience and many professionals.
The only regret is that he paid tribute to success as well as failure, which resulted in him being deducted a point by the strict Dr. J. In the end, he missed the chance to become the second perfect dunk tonight by one point.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Although he failed to get a full score, Nance was already very satisfied. When he thought about it, as long as he performed normally in the second dunk, he would definitely be able to guarantee the finals.
Immediately afterwards, the third player appeared.
Like Nance Jr., he also has a father who is a legendary player, Glenn Robinson III, the son of big dog Glenn Robinson.
In Wang Zelin's previous life, Robinson III unexpectedly defeated DeAndre Jordan, Gordon and Derrick Jones Jr. in the 2017 Slam Dunk Contest and won the championship of this session.
With the participation of LaVine and Gordon, Wang Zelin believed that there was a high probability that Robinson III would not be as upset as he was in the original time and space. However, out of respect for the previous champion, Wang Zelin still kept his spirits up and looked forward to his performance.
The explosive performances of Wiggins and Nance Jr. have completely ignited the enthusiasm of the fans at the scene. Everyone is now like Wang Zelin, expecting Robinson III to contribute the same outstanding performance.
In the end, Robinson III lived up to people's high expectations.
The first dunk in the first round was an assisted dunk, off the board of teammate Jeff Teague. Robinson quickly followed up three times and completed a two-handed windmill dunk.
Through the slow playback of the scene, it is not difficult to find that when Robinson III reached the highest point, his head was even flat with the basket.
This is also a very valuable dunk.
While the fans were waiting, the five judges quickly gave him good scores.
Jordan had 10 points, Dr. J had 10 points, Wilkins had 9 points, Kobe had 9 points, and Howard had 10 points.
Robinson III scored a total of 48 points with this dunk.
The Rose Garden Arena once again ushered in a new round of craze.
The first round of the game was just over halfway, with only three players on the stage, they contributed such a visual feast to everyone.
After a long time, amid the roar of the DJ, the surrounding fans stopped cheering and sat back down again.
"Now the fourth player is about to take the stage tonight. Let's invite him with applause...Wang~Ze~Lin!"
The next moment, the arena suddenly went dark, as a bright beam of light fell from the sky, and finally hit Wang Zelin, who was wearing the No. 36 Blazers home jersey.
Under the watchful eyes of the audience, Wang Zelin stood up from his position, grabbed the basketball, stepped into the arena, and started his All-Star Slam Dunk Contest debut!
At this time, the entire place was no longer just lively, but about to explode.