NBA: The stars return to the peak, and the battle of the gods begins

The host, "Congratulations, Mr. Bird, you have won the title of best marksman in this three-point contest.

At this moment, I think you should be very excited, right? "

Byrd spread his hands, "I'm not very excited."

The host asked puzzledly, "Why?"

Bird smugly said with a smile: "Because I have always regarded them as defeated players."

Bird's words exploded the scene like thunder.

Most of the fans laughed, while the Splash Brothers, Ray Allen and other contestants had black lines on their faces.

Fuck, can't you consider our feelings before you put on a show?
The Splash Brothers and the others were upset and could only admit that they were indeed defeated by Big Bird.

The three-point contest is over.

Next came the most exciting dunk contest.

As an important event of the NBA All-Star Weekend, the NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest has been established since 1984.

In the first round, each player dunks twice, and the three players with the highest total points advance to the final, and the player with the highest score can play last in the final.

In the final stage, each player still buckles twice, and the one with the highest score is the champion.

There are three main scoring criteria.

First, the action itself.

The jumping height and speed of the contestants, as well as the stretch, explosiveness and gracefulness of the movements, will give the judges a sense of shock.

For example, "Potato" Webb, who is only 169cm tall, and Nate Robinson, who has won three slam dunk titles and is only 168cm tall.

In addition, the dunk success rate is also very important, and the score is higher for one-time completion.

The second point is the creativity of the action.

The creativity of the dunk contest is an eye-catching highlight.

This caused many players to design new moves, including the early slam dunk kings Jordan and Wilkins, who once used up all the available moves.

In this regard, some players increase the difficulty of the movement to achieve creativity.

For example, Carter's turning around and changing hands dunks not only increased the difficulty, but also made the dunk an art.

There are also some players who use props to win, for example, in 2005, Nash's football-style header assisted Stoudemire to complete a dunk.

In 2008, Gerald Green blew out the candles on the basket after taking off and dunked.

In 2011, McGee's three-goal dunk in one jump is a very good classic idea.

The third point is to use props.

These are also eye-catching elements.

In 2008, Howard returned as Superman wearing the cape.

In 2011, Griffin flew over cars and smashed the ball into the hoop to the sound of the choir singing "I believe I can fly".

After talking about the scoring criteria, let's talk about the dunk movements of the contestants.

There are four main types of dunks.

The first is a one-handed dunk.

Jordan, Wilkins, Carter, LaVine, and Gordon's single-swing 360-degree turn dunks, reverse pull-bar dunks, windmills, and crotch changes are all classics that are difficult to surpass.

The second type is two-handed dunks, there are round dunks with both hands, dunks with folded hands and so on.

The third is the leaping dunk.

Jump over teammates, over tall people, over a group of people, over cars, over mascots and more.

Compared with the more technical one-handed dunks and two-handed dunks, the leaping dunk looks suspicious.

In fact, this is not the case. Leaping dunks must not only take into account the feet, but also the beauty of the hands. The difficulty is actually not small.

For example, Robinson, the 2017 slam dunk contest champion, had a stunning dunk spanning two people.

The fourth type of dunk is the empty dunk.

In the 2006 Slam Dunk Contest, Iguodala had such an alley-oop dunk. He caught the ball that popped out after his teammate Iverson hit the board, and then completed an astonishing giant loop dunk.

Soon, the six contestants were already standing on the sidelines.

They are Carter (Raptors), LaVine (Bulls), Griffin (Clippers), Howard (Magic), Wilkins (Eagle), and Nance (Suns).

After the staff cleaned up the court, they started a simple warm-up.

After warming up, the six players sat down on the sidelines.

Next, five judges came on stage.

The on-site staff quickly set up tables and chairs on the court.

Then the host began to introduce the five judges to the stage.

The judge who appeared No.1 was Black Mamba Kobe. After Kobe gave up participating in the slam dunk contest, he became a judge, smiling brightly and waving at the camera. Kobe sat on the judge's seat.

The judge who appeared at No.2 was Dr. J. Originally, Dr. J also wanted to participate in this slam dunk contest, but he was not up to the standard of previous slam dunk champions. Dr. J's best result in the dunk contest was runner-up.

The No.3 judge is LeBron James. James has never participated in the slam dunk contest, but it does not affect him becoming one of the top dunkers in history.

The judge who appeared at No.4 was Gang Leader Joe. Like Kobe, Gang Leader Joe, who originally signed up for the slam dunk contest, gave up the contest and should be a judge.

The No.5 judge also appeared, and it was Lin Nan. This was not Lin Nan's decision, but the unanimous recommendation of all the stars to let Lin Nan be the judge.

They felt that such a good-looking slam dunk contest would not be perfect without Lin Nan.

That being the case, Lin Nan could only follow everyone's wishes and become the judge of the slam dunk contest with the most luxurious lineup this year.

After the judges sat down, the wonderful three-point contest officially began.

The first player to play was Nance. As the first slam dunk champion, Nance defeated Dominic Wilkins, the "essence of human movies" and Dr. J Julius Owen in that dunk contest. It can be seen that Nance's How strong is the dunk.

In the first dunk, Nance made a leaping dunk with his explosive bounce. Flying in his mouth, he swung his rounded long arm and directly smashed the basket.

The action is stretched and very visually entertaining, but in the opinion of several judges, it lacks certain creativity.

Kobe gave 8 points.

Dr. J gives 8 points.

James gave 8 points.

Jordan gave 8 points.

Lin Nan gave 9 points.

Nance scored 41 points in this one, not too bad, but not good either.

The second player to play was Wilkins, who was the champion of the second slam dunk contest in 1985.

Young Joe also participated in that slam dunk contest. At that time, Jordan was still immature. He lost to Wilkins at his peak in the final.

But then Joe's helper completed his revenge. He defeated Wilkins in the slam dunk contest with a jumping dunk from the free throw line.