am i proud?

Chapter 255 Slam Dunk Contest?I'm here to play!
If you use the characters in popular online games to define NBA stars, Shaquille O'Neal is undoubtedly the most powerful fighter.

He wears heavy armor with amazing defensive power, and holds a huge ax that is invincible. He is the perfect combination of a meat shield warrior and a weapon warrior.

LeBron James is more like a paladin, able to carry, attack and "milk"... Well, assists are really similar to "milk" in a sense.

Wang Dalin's "third brother" Hamilton is the number one assassin in the world. His ghostly running without the ball, plus his sharp catch and shoot, perfectly interprets the definition of the role of an assassin.

Kobe, McGrady and Iverson are magicians with the most powerful attack power... Their super attack power can often produce a "group injury effect", and sometimes even one person can overwhelm a team!
As for Wang Dalin... how should he define it?
He now has a super offensive power, and his assists and rebounding ability have reached the top of the league, and his inside and outside defense is also top-notch, so...how should this be defined?

A melee mage in online games?
What the hell is a melee mage who can "milk"?

So... the three-pointer is not Wang Dalin's only means of attack, it's just a relatively sharp weapon in his arsenal.

Standing on the stage of the final round of the three-point shooting contest, when the first shot was missed, Wang Dalin couldn't help but "thump" in his heart, and thought to himself: "Could it be that the champion of the three-point shooting contest tonight is lost?"

But the second ball he threw went into the basket immediately, which also made his heart settle down a little.

Immediately after the third, fourth, and fifth shots were hit one after another, Wang Dalin's heart finally entered a state of Gujing's tranquility... Uh, that's how he was in the three-point contest two years ago!
"Shua... Shua... Shua... Shua... Shua..."

"Shua... Shua... Shua... Shua... When..."

In the next two points, he made a total of 10 of 9 shots, but it was a pity that he missed the flower ball at the top of the three-point arc, which also made him miss a total of 3 points. If there is another ball missed, even if it is an ordinary ball, his final score can only be equal to Korver at most.

Barkley, Smith, and Bird were all so absorbed in watching that they had forgotten to explain, and all the audience held their breaths for fear of disturbing Wang Dalin with any noise.

The DJ on the scene screamed desperately. He wanted to call on the audience to join him in calling out Wang Dalin's score, but the audience didn't respond at all. Only his voice echoed in the "Staples Center", which seemed extremely monotonous.

Wang Dalin made persistent efforts and hit all 5 shots at the fourth point, and now there are only 5 balls left for the last point.

A total of 21 points after shooting four points, if the last point is all hit, he will tie the record for the highest score in the three-pointer contest he created two years ago, and he will almost certainly win the three-pointer contest tonight.

I am afraid that no one at the scene would believe that Peja can surpass such a high score, and it is estimated that Peja himself does not believe it.

But... if he misses an ordinary ball, he will be equal to Korver's score. If he misses a flower ball, Korver will probably be the champion tonight!
When Wang Dalin came to the last point, he deliberately took a deep breath, and then he grabbed the ball and shot.

"Shua... Shua... Shua... Shua... Shua..."

Another 5 hits!
After throwing all the balls, Wang Dalin raised his right hand high and clenched it tightly into a fist... At this moment, he was like a king returning from victory, receiving warm cheers from his subjects.

Yes... When he made the last goal, there was a roar of cheers like a tsunami, and everyone stood up to give him warm applause and cheers.

Peja on the sidelines couldn't help applauding for him, he really admired Wang Dalin... How could he be unconvinced when he scored 27 points in two three-point contests?
Barkley and Smith did not applaud, mainly because they were both stunned.

Bird on the side smiled slightly: "How about it? I just said Darling-Wang can do it?"

Only then did Smith come to his senses, and said with a sneer, "Larry, you really are a prophet!"

Bird immediately couldn't help pretending to be coercive: "That's... I'm not boasting, my intuition has never missed it! By the way, when will you two cash out your bet?"

Smith suddenly woke up and said, "Isn't it? Peja hasn't voted yet!"

Barkley also hurriedly said: "Yes, Peja hasn't voted yet, so it's too early to say that Darling-Wang has won the championship... isn't it too early?"

Bird laughed: "Do you still think he can beat Darling-King?"

Smith smiled wryly, "No!"

Barkley also said: "It should not work!"

Byrd smiled and said, "Isn't that enough?"

Smith argued: "But...he has to wait until he's finished?"

Bird looked at Barkley and saw that his expression was the same as Smith's, so he said lightly: "Alright, then wait a little longer!"

……

If Peja is a very competitive person like Kobe, maybe he still has the desire to fight to the death, but he is obviously not Kobe's kind of person, so he shot quite hips this round and only scored 14 points in the end.

After seeing Peja's last bouquet jumping out of the box, Korver got up and hugged Wang Dalin, and said sincerely: "Congratulations, Darling!"

"Congratulations to you too, Kyle!" Wang Dalin patted him on the back and smiled, "The runner-up also has a $15000 bonus!"

In addition to the first prize of $30000 in the Shooting Star competition, the first prize of the Skills Challenge, the Three-Point Shootout Contest and the Slam Dunk Contest are all $25000, the runner-up prize is $15000, and the "participation award" is $5000.

After a brief awards ceremony, Korver sat in the audience... Wang Dalin will soon participate in the dunk contest, and he doesn't want to affect his recovery.

As I said earlier, shooting 1 consecutive three-pointers in one minute is actually very tiring, and Wang Dalin has already shot two rounds, so the physical exertion is really not negligible.

It's fine if it's normal, but since he signed up for the slam dunk contest, he must recover his strength as soon as possible, otherwise... Those difficult dunk moves can't be played casually!

There are four people participating in this slam dunk contest. Besides Wang Dalin, Jason Richardson, who has won the championship for two consecutive years, Pacers shooting guard Fred Jones, and Ricky Davis, the "former boss of the Cavaliers" who has been traded to the Celtics.

First up was Ricky Davis.

His first two attempts were unsuccessful, and on the third he dribbled left to the hoop, then turned 360 in the air for a one-handed dunk and finished with 44 points.

The second player to play was Fred Jones.

He first threw the ball high, and then he jumped up like a spring on the soles of his feet. After catching the ball in the air, he made a one-handed dunk. This dunk gave him a full score of 50 points.

Defending champion Jason Richardson played third.

He first stood behind the rebound, and then jumped directly under the basket to complete a "big windmill" dunk. This action was relatively simple, and he only scored 45 points in the end.

Finally it was Wang Dalin's turn... Although this was only his first time participating in the slam dunk contest, after all, the "coffee position" was much higher than the top three, so the organizers arranged him for the finale position.

After Wang Dalin came out, he took off his sports jacket first, and then carefully checked whether his shoelaces were fastened properly. He deliberately slowed down when doing this.

The pair of basketball shoes he is wearing tonight is the "Reaper All-Star Commemorative Style" just launched by "Li Ning". This sneaker has a total of 5 colors, and each color is limited to 317 pairs worldwide. It corresponds to Wang Dalin's birthday on March 3.

The price of this basketball shoe in the overseas market is 198 US dollars, and the price in China is 1488 yuan. Calculated by the exchange rate of this period, it is obvious that the domestic price is still much cheaper than overseas.

(PS: Based on the exchange rate at this time in 2004, the exchange rate of US dollars into soft sister coins is about 8.2767, and $198 is about 1639 yuan of soft sister coins.)
Although this limited-edition commemorative basketball shoe is not much more expensive than the ordinary model, Li Ning is confident that this basketball shoe will become a luxury item sought after by sneaker collectors in the future, just like some special basketball shoes of "AJ".

Just like the pair worn by Wang Dalin, its background color is red like blood, and the color of LOGO represents pure white, just like a pure white lotus standing in the middle of a pool of blood, the overall appearance is quite high.

Good looks are certainly affirmative. After all, Wang Dalin himself was consulted for the initial design of this basketball shoe. With his vision far ahead of this era, how could he design an ugly basketball shoe?
The on-site camera lens inadvertently gave a close-up of this pair of basketball shoes for two or three seconds. For a while, even CCTV Sports Channel introduced this basketball shoe.

"These shoes are really beautiful!" Director Zhang couldn't help but sighed, "It's better in this era. How could I have such good conditions when I was playing? It would be nice to have a pair of canvas 'pullback shoes'!"

Yu Jia on the side also echoed: "Yes, this is the latest 'Reaper All-Star Commemorative Edition' basketball shoes launched by the 'Li Ning' company. There are a total of 5 colors, and each color is limited to only 317 pairs worldwide!"

Director Zhang hurriedly said: "Today we have such a pair at the live broadcast. I hope that all viewers in front of the TV will actively participate in our live broadcast interaction. You will have the opportunity to get this pair of basketball shoes, which are limited to 317 pairs in the world!"

Yu Jia sang together with him and said, "The 'Reaper All-Star Commemorative Edition' basketball shoes are absolutely worth the money, and you deserve them!"

……

Of course Wang Dalin couldn't hear the voice of CCTV advertising "Li Ning", he had already decided on his first action.

He dribbled the ball from the left side of the three-point line and rushed into the basket, and then jumped straight up. His take-off height was astonishing. In an instant, his forehead had reached the height of the basket, and then... with a "pop", he even raised his face and kissed the basket!
The moment when he kissed the basket was the climax of his jump, and then of course his body sank and he was about to fall... But he didn't panic at all. He grabbed the ball with one hand and swung it round with his right hand, which was a "big windmill", and smashed the ball into the basket hard.

After a loud bang, Wang Dalin landed on the ground and followed by two small jumps, removing the huge impact of landing from a high place without any trace.

The entire "Staples Center" was silent for about two seconds, and then a huge roar broke out in the audience, with various applause, cheers, screams and whistles one after another.

The five judges didn't look at each other at all, and directly raised the sign with 10 points... 50 points in total!
Of course this dunk deserved a full score, but compared with the full-score dunk by Fred Jones just now, it was clear at a glance whether it was higher or lower.

Everyone knows... Giving this dunk 50 points is because the full score is only 50 points. If the full score is 60 points, it should be worth 60 points!
Of course, Wang Dalin, who traveled from mid-February 2021, has never watched the latest NBA Slam Dunk Contest, in which the champion Anfernee Simmons' "kissing the rim" dunk caused complaints from the entire network.

Just you can also be called "kissing the basket"?
Your lips are more than half a foot away from the basket... How about blowing kisses?
In fact, the later generation Dwight Howard uploaded a photo of himself kissing the basket on the Internet during his rookie season, but he didn't actually kiss the basket at that time, and it was still a little bit worse.

Even so, that photo once ignited the Internet, and countless netizens and basketball celebrities commented on it. All in all, there is only one description-"Cool, dick!"

Wang Dalin kissed the basket firmly this time, and the visual impact he brought to the audience was of course even stronger... Uh, Howard was still a high school student at this time!
In fact, this action is really dangerous. If the take-off position is not well grasped and the take-off height is too high, it is entirely possible to knock off a few front teeth on the basket.

Fortunately, he has a "copper skin and iron bone badge" body protection, and he has practiced this movement many times, so he has mastered this movement very accurately.

In the slam dunk contest, big players definitely don't take advantage, so Howard of later generations chose more extra performances, such as wearing Superman costumes and capes.

And Wang Dalin didn't want to play like this, he had already thought very clearly that he had to use particularly cool moves to conquer the judges and the audience.

After the first dunk, the second dunk started with Ricky Davis, who had the lowest score in the first round.

This time he dribbled the ball from the baseline to the basket at high speed, and then dunked the ball from the crotch up with both hands. Unfortunately, he failed and only scored 31 points in the end.

Jason Richardson's second dunk was very beautiful, repeating his wonderful performance when he won the championship last year.

He first threw the ball high to the backboard, and after the ball bounced back, he caught the ball in the air, stepped down and changed hands, and then completed a reverse windmill dunk from bottom to top. This dunk conquered five judges and got a full score of 50.

Fred Jones' second dunk was a bit simpler. He just rushed to the basket at high speed and made a 360-degree turn and dunk with one hand. In the end, he only scored 42 points.

Finally, it was Wang Dalin's turn to appear on the stage again, and the audience burst into thunderous applause. Obviously, his first dunk had completely conquered everyone present.

Currently ranked first is the defending champion Jason. Richardson, his total score is 95 points, the second is Fred. Jones, his total score is 92 points.

As long as Wang Dalin can score 43 points in this dunk, he can advance to the final round together with Richardson, while Jones and Davis can only be eliminated.

It stands to reason that he can do a simple move, and 43 points is not a high score, but since he has already appeared on the stage of the slam dunk contest, how can he allow himself to make a mediocre slam dunk?
For this dunk, he decided to conquer everyone with a more cool dunk.

I saw him throw the ball high from beyond the three-point line, and then rushed towards the basket quickly. When the basketball rebounded from the ground, he just jumped up and caught it.

Perhaps some senior fans have already thought of the 2011 dunk contest. At that time, Blake Griffin tried several times for the first dunk but failed. In the end, he could only lower the difficulty and complete a 360-degree mid-air dunk with both hands.

In fact, if he could complete the original action at that time, he could definitely be called "cool and cocky"!
After all, Vince Carter just completed a 360-degree mid-air spin with one hand. Even so, he scored a full 50 points. However, Griffin’s original action was a 360-degree mid-air dunk with two hands, which was obviously more difficult.

Wang Dalin was still a little bit worried about that slam dunk. He estimated that Griffin should have completed it in normal training, but he was still unable to complete it in the slam dunk contest. It is really a pity.

Of course, there is no doubt about the jumping height of "Gilifen" at its peak, and it often completes various flat-frame dunks in the game. The reason why it failed to complete that action in the slam dunk contest is mostly because its wingspan is too short.

According to the physical test report before the 2009 draft, Griffin's barefoot height is 6 feet 8.5 inches, which is 204.5 cm, and his wingspan is 6 feet 11.25 inches, which is 211.5 cm... This arm span combined with height does not seem too short?
But considering his excellent shoulder width, his arm length is actually quite short, and his palms are also a bit small. This is obvious to fans all over the world, and no one deliberately blacked him.

Wang Dalin is 211cm tall and has a wingspan of 231cm. Even though his shoulder width is good, his arm length is still top-notch in the league. In addition, his jumping of 92 is no worse than that of Griffin, so he can calmly complete this extremely difficult dunk.

Different from the situation of the first dunk, the moment he completed the dunk, all kinds of applause, cheers, screams and whistles erupted in the arena, as if a few drops of water were suddenly dropped into a pot of boiling hot oil, and the pot was fried in an instant!

Naturally, this dunk scored 50 points again. Wang Dalin and Jason Richardson advanced to the final together, while Ricky Davis and Fred Jones were already eliminated.

In fact, in the original time and space, the champion of this year's slam dunk contest should be Fred Jones. The main reason is that Jason Richardson's two dunks in the finals were too difficult and he couldn't finish them all the time.

在这个时期，除了贾森.理查德森以外，NBA只有三人曾两次夺得扣篮大赛冠军，分别是迈克尔.乔丹（1987年、1988年）、多米尼克.威尔金斯（1985年、1990年）和哈罗德.迈纳（1993年、1995年）。

Originally, Jason Richardson was the most promising person to break this record, but unfortunately he failed to accomplish this feat.

Although Fred Jones was eliminated in this life, the one who advanced to the final was replaced by Wang Dalin, who was more fierce. The face of the defending champion was full of dignity, obviously he had already felt the huge pressure.

Taking advantage of the break before the final, Barkley hurriedly dragged the cameraman to the arena to have a brief interview with Wang Dalin.

"Hey, my good brother, have you missed me recently?" Barkley greeted Wang Dalin with a fat face full of smiles.

"Hey, Charles, I'm glad to see you at the scene!" After all, he was an old teammate who sweated together on the field, and Wang Dalin was also very enthusiastic about Barkley.

"Your two dunks just now were really exciting. It seems that you are very likely to win the championship tonight!" Barkley smiled and blinked. "What moves are you planning for the final? Tell me quietly first!"

Wang Dalin pointed at the camera and said with a smile: "How can this be called 'Tell you quietly'?"

Barkley said with a sneer: "Oh, which one of us is with whom? Just tell me, okay?"

Wang Dalin said with a smile: "The finals haven't started yet, I can't leak the secrets in advance, I can only tell you...my two moves in the finals must be more exciting than the preliminaries!"

Barkley looked itchy, and asked again: "We have such a good relationship, can you reveal a little bit?"

Wang Dalin said with a smile: "Well, well, let me tell you a little bit...I did not complete the two moves in the final by myself. I will ask Ron to be my partner!"

Barkley's face changed, and he exclaimed, "Isn't it? You want to fly over Ron? He's 6 feet 7 inches!"

Wang Dalin laughed and said, "Who said I must overfly him? I just said that he will be my partner... The role of a partner is not only for being overflyed, right?"

Barkley exclaimed again: "Could it be a pass for you? Damn! You are too big, right? Ron's passing skills may not be as good as mine!"

Wang Dalin said with a smile: "Okay, don't guess blindly, you can see it for yourself later?"

Barkley nodded and said, "Okay then, I'll just wait and see... By the way, I have to remind you that Jason won consecutive championships last year and the year before. He is not someone to be taken lightly, so don't underestimate him!"

Wang Dalin smiled and said, "Don't worry... let alone him, even if Vince Carter comes, I can still win the championship!"

Barkley was surprised: "Isn't it? You have such a big confidence?"

Wang Dalin said with a smile: "Of course! Just think about it carefully, as long as I signed up for the individual competitions during the All-Star Weekend, which one has I not won the championship so far?"

Barkley nodded and said, "That's right...but..."

Wang Dalin interrupted him with a smile: "Don't worry about it, I'm not afraid to tell you the truth... I'm here to play this slam dunk contest, and I'll win another championship by the way!"

Barkley: "..."

(End of this chapter)