Legend of Tomorrow

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That night, the Challenge was played at the Staples Center.

The first thing to start is the Shooting Star competition that was just set up this year. Four teams participate, each team consists of three players, including an active NBA player, a retired superstar of the team and an NBA female player. There are a total of 6 shooting points, and three people shoot separately. The next person can shoot after the previous person makes a shot. The outcome is determined through a round of competition. The team that hits six points the fastest wins.

It wasn't easy because the last shot was a midfield shot.

In the end, the Lakers won the first shot star championship with Magic Johnson hitting a long shot from the center line in 43.9 seconds.

Then came the Skills Challenge, in which the slow and heavy point guard Baron Davis unexpectedly won the championship.

In the finals, Fisher was the first to play. He passed the ball twice before passing the ball and made three three-pointers. It took 37.6 seconds in the end. Fisher's poor performance took the pressure off Davis. Although the ground pass was delayed, he completed the task in one go and completed the game with a one-handed dunk in 31.6 seconds.

The three-point contest saw another upset, as Kings sharpshooter Peja Stojakovic lost to Denver's Woshan Leonard.

Peja scored the highest 21 points in the preliminaries, and Leonard only had 18 points to advance to the finals. In the finals, Leonard scored another 18 points, Peja 16 points, and Korver 15 points.

This is where luck determines the outcome. From the time Leonard entered the league in 1995 to the present, he has only made more than 40% of his three-pointers in two of the nine seasons. Peja would definitely be more accurate in normal training, but his performance was abnormal.

Finally it was the dunk contest, the highlight of the day. Before the players came out, some dunk highlights of the four contestants were shown on the big screen, accompanied by Eminem's rap, and the atmosphere was good.

When it was Guo Xu's turn, his dunk over Anthony Pillar was replayed repeatedly. It was difficult for Pillar not to become famous.

CCTV5 broadcast the game live. Zhang Lili introduced: Guo Xu is going to challenge his limit today. Who would have thought that he would not shoot three-pointers and instead participate in the dunk contest? When the news broke, many people thought it was a joke.

Xu Jicheng laughed and said: This is really unexpected. After Tudou Weber, no player under 190cm has participated in the dunk contest.

Zhang Li said with a smile: I decided that Guo Xu is much better. He is not a potato figure. (Weber: Am I a potato figure?)

Weber, nicknamed Potato, is about 170cm tall. People's deepest impression of him is his dunks.

After the Pistons selected Webb with the 87th overall pick in the fourth round of the 1985 draft, they did not sign with him. After that, he was lucky enough to join the Hawks. During his rookie season, he participated in the All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest in his hometown of Dallas. In this competition, he made a splash and won the slam dunk contest, giving a big gift to his hometown fans and becoming the shortest dunk champion in NBA history.

During the music, the host began to introduce the players one by one. The first player to appear was Ricky Davis of the Celtics, a swingman with a height of 201cm. He walked onto the court to a sporadic applause and even a few boos.

A fat fan near the court shouted: Ricky, you can definitely win, they are all invited to assist you in the dunk contest!

... Davis' running movements were not smooth after being yelled at by this voice.

It will be difficult to change his image in the short term, and the short term probably refers to this life. However, his dunking ability is indeed very strong. He completed a crotch-hand dunk in actual combat during the regular season, making him the first player in the NBA to do this.

The second player to appear was the Nuggets' Chris Anderson. He has not yet received the nickname Birdman. His arms are clean and not full of tattoos. When he got tattoos, he looked like a bird gliding when he jumped to block shots and grab rebounds. The tattoos on his body were particularly fancy, and they looked a bit like the feathers of a big bird.

Anderson is a blue-collar man, the Nuggets' backup power forward, and the tallest player to participate in the dunk contest in recent years. He is 208cm tall and weighs 111kg. He entered the NBA as a non-draft player, and his scores were almost all dunks, with few points.

The scene was unexpectedly quiet. No one from the Los Angeles fans applauded Anderson. He waved to the sidelines and got no response, which made him feel a little embarrassed. There is no way, he has no reputation, and many fans don't know him.

Next came Pacers shooting guard Fred Jones, and the fans didn't applaud. He averaged only 5 points and 2 assists per game for the Pacers this season and is an ordinary substitute.

His height registered in the league is 193cm and weight 95kg, but he is half a head shorter when he stands next to Davis. His actual height is only 188cm, and his figure and playing style doom him to no future.

Guo Xu made his final appearance. As soon as the host called out his name, the fans started applauding and cheering.

He stood up from his seat, walked slowly onto the court, and waved to the fans around him. The applause and shouts continued for a long time.

The three opponents all had the same feeling: Is this even necessary? How to compare with him? Is this guy already determined to be the champion?

This is the benefit of stars participating in the challenge. The popularity is enough to drive the atmosphere of the entire venue, especially this weekend in Los Angeles, which is equivalent to half of Guo Xu's home court.

After introducing the players, the host introduced today's five judges. Magic Johnson, Sky Hook Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and other retired celebrities.

After some warm-up, the dunk contest officially began, and Davis was the first to appear.

He chose the action of self-throwing and self-dunking from the board. He failed to succeed in the first two times. He had to change his action and dribble from the right side to the basket, then turned counterclockwise in the air and dunked 180 degrees with one hand.

His move was very beautiful, but because it was a make-up dunk, he only scored 45 points.

The rules of the current dunk contest are relatively strict. If a player fails to dunk twice, he still has one chance to make up for it. However, there is only one opportunity to make up for the dunk in each round, and the ball that has already been dunked cannot be made up again.

In other words, players have a maximum of three chances, and whether they make it or not depends on the judges’ scores. This is not like the previous life in 2006, when Nate Robinson dunked 15 times in the finals, and finally defeated Iguodala and became the dunk king. It was ridiculous.

The second person to appear was Anderson. He jumped high in front of the frame and then turned 180 degrees in the air and successfully dunked with both hands. The completion was clean and neat, but the action was too simple. The five judges only gave a low score of 42 points. It's hard to get excited about this kind of turnaround dunk.

The third place was Jones. He first threw the ball high on the left side, then jumped up and dunked hard with one hand. This dunk earned him a full score of 50 points. The fans at the scene did not give much applause, and the response was mediocre. Many people felt that the score was too high. Although Jones jumped very high, it was not difficult.

Guo Xu made his final appearance, and many viewers started applauding before he even dunked. League officials are very happy. This is the slam dunk contest they wanted. After 3 years, it is finally popular again.

Guo Xu took the ball and walked 60 degrees to the right, threw the ball high, then quickly rushed to the basket, jumped with both feet, turned 180 degrees in the air and just caught the basketball that bounced off the ground with his right hand, with one hand a little bit on the right side Dunk the basketball in.

This is the dunk that Marion calls the Goddess of Liberty. Although Guo Xu is short, Marion's movements are much more relaxed when he performs it. He showed both physical flexibility and height in the air, and it took him two months of practice in a time loop to complete the dunk.

Guo Xu was able to grasp the strength of the throw and the timing of the jump very well, and the success rate was 50% when he caught the ball. He was lucky today and completed it in one try.

The audience was stunned and cheered together, and the judges collectively gave a perfect score of 50.