Chapter 1090 A self-thrown and self-deducted free throw line jump
After Wiggins successfully advanced, Nance Jr. and Robinson III felt severe pressure.
Nance Jr.'s first dunk was a direct dunk. To be cautious, he had to give up the previous difficult action. After dribbling the ball, he went to the basket and made a relatively simple windmill action. Then he turned over and dunked the ball in with one hand with his left hand.
basket.
Being used to seeing the gods fighting in front of them, the fans at the scene did not react much to this, with only sporadic cheers and applause.
Little Nance shook his head and sighed, knowing that he would be the first person to be eliminated today.
Jordan was the first to hold up the sign - 5 points!
This kind of dunk was neither new nor difficult in His Majesty's eyes. Compared with any previous dunk, it was much inferior, so he directly scored 5 points, the lowest score tonight.
Dr. J shrugged and held up the sign, giving it a score of 7. This legendary celebrity is quite reasonable and seems not to want to embarrass the younger generation.
Wilkins followed suit and gave him 7 points, which gradually started to resonate on the scene.
Then it came to Kobe and Howard, both of whom raised signs at the same time - 6 points. Nance Jr. could have been given two or three more points for his first failed dunk, but since he chose to lower the difficulty, his score would naturally decrease accordingly.
.
Obviously, such a perfunctory dunk made the judges very dissatisfied. In the end, this action only scored 31 points, setting a new low in this game.
Many celebrities nearby were shaking their heads. They believed that the judges' requirements this time were too high. Dunks like Nance Jr. could still score more than 40 points in previous competitions.
But when I think about the extraordinary ability of all the players participating tonight, I understand.
Robinson III immediately appeared, but he never thought that his subsequent performance would be worse than Nance Jr.
Perhaps Nance Jr.'s elimination made him nervous. In the first dunk, he failed to perform a two-handed dunk when he received an alley-oop from his teammate. In order to increase the probability of promotion, he chose a free throw line dunk that he had never tried before in the second dunk.
Facts have proved that despite the seemingly extremely common take-off and dunk from the free throw line, players who can actually complete such an action are undoubtedly not possessors of the top running and jumping talents in history. Robinson III still thinks highly of himself.
In the second dunk, because he did not control the rhythm and pace well, Robinson III dunked to the front of the rim and fell heavily to the floor.
The whole audience was in an uproar, and the father "Big Dog" Robinson next to him was even more anxious, worried about whether his son would be injured.
Fortunately, after a preliminary test by the on-site team doctor, Robinson III had rough skin and thick flesh and was not seriously injured. This made "Big Dog" Robinson heave a sigh of relief.
After two consecutive dunks without success, Robinson III became the second player to be eliminated tonight.
This surprised Wang Zelin. In his previous life, this guy was the champion of the 2017 All-Star Slam Dunk Contest. Unexpectedly, not only did he not make it to the first round this time, but he was eliminated in such an embarrassing way.
But he didn't have time to think too much. He grabbed the basketball and came to the court to start his performance.
The audience held their breath and tried not to disturb Wang Zelin as much as possible.
The situation of two consecutive players being eliminated made them inevitably worry about whether Wang Zelin would be affected and end up following in his footsteps.
Therefore, the surrounding Portland fans began to be a little worried.
There are those who are worried, and there are naturally those who are gloating about the misfortune.
For example, the league president Bald Hua on the sidelines, he really wants Wang Zelin to be eliminated as soon as possible. The dignified MVP super super can't even enter the slam dunk contest finals. The shame is no less than Jordan's 5 points in the three-point contest.
By then, there will definitely be a lot of marketing accounts jumping out to disparage Wang Zelin.
Still at the familiar starting position, Wang Zelin came to the station near the center circle and felt that the scene was a little deserted. He suddenly turned his head and waved to the surrounding fans.
"MVP! MVP! MVP!"
After seeing Wang Zelin's actions, all Portland fans immediately stood up from their seats and kept shouting MVP.
Feeling that the atmosphere at the scene was getting intense, Wang Zelin began to slowly increase his speed, but the difference was that this time he was holding the ball with both hands instead of dribbling.
When he entered the logo area and was still some distance from the three-point line, Wang Zelin had already thrown the basketball in his hand very gracefully.
In NBA history, throw-and-catch dunks often occur, but many times they throw the ball near or even within the three-point line.
Before this, no one had dared to challenge Wang Zelin so boldly and throw the ball outside the three-point line near the logo area.
The moment Wang Zelin threw the ball gracefully, the fans at the scene were making guesses based on their experience.
At the same time, Wang Zelin, who was slowly picking up speed, stepped on the accelerator in an instant, like a rocket, rushing towards the basket from outside the three-point line.
"Is this an attempt to replicate Tracy McGrady's self-destruction?"
"But isn't this distance too far?"
While the fans at the scene were making various speculations, Wang Zelin's next move shocked everyone.
Because when Wang Zelin rushed to the free throw line, he did not continue to rush forward, but jumped high.
This is?!
"Self-throw and self-deduction free throw line dunk!!!"
The DJ at the Rose Garden Arena was the first to react and immediately let out a heart-rending roar.
When he saw the basketball falling high from the sky bounce up, it was caught by Wang Zelin who had just taken off and jumped into the air but was still rising. The whole stadium erupted like a volcanic eruption.
exclaimed.
Even the five judges stood up excitedly, and everyone's eyes widened.
A self-throw and self-deduction dunk from the free throw line seems to have never happened before in NBA history!
Wang Zelin, soaring in the air, slammed the basketball in his hand into the basket!
It was not a dunk but a smash. When it was still some distance away from the basket, Wang Zelin used his long arm advantage to smash the ball towards the basket.
Bang!
The scene fell into a period of silence and suffocation.
At this time, there is only one sentence left in the minds of all viewers around the world, and that is:
Fuck, are you sure this is just the first round of preliminaries?
Exploded! Exploded!
Golden State LaVine threw away the towel in his hand and rushed to the court. The mouths of the James and his wife turned into an O shape at some point. Even Durant, who has always been Wang Zelin's number one enemy, also jumped up.
"Shark" O'Neal threw aside the camera on his shoulder, stretched out his hands, and kept pointing his index finger in the direction of the big screen, as if to say:
Quick replay! We want to watch the replay!
The five judges didn't wait for the replay. Starting with Jordan and ending with Howard, the five judges had already put up the 10-point sign.
50 points!
This must be 50 points!
The judges don't want to be sprayed to death in the Rose Garden Arena. Even the oldest Dr. J wants to live a few more years.
Both dunks were full marks, and Wang Zelin, who accumulated 100 points, became the first player to advance to the finals with full marks tonight.
Now, there is only the last place left in the finals.
What’s even more interesting is that the two players competing for the final spot happen to be old enemies, LaVine and Gordon.