NBA: This Center Is So Stable

The game was a big success, and the game was a big success.

Chapter 145: The Gambling Old Rogue

With Nash hitting the first ball in the bottom corner, this three-point contest came to an end. In the end, Nash won the championship with 24 points, breaking Peja’s dream of winning three consecutive championships.

After the game.

Peja hugged Nash very generously.

Both of them are newcomers in the league. Although it is a pity that they failed to win consecutive championships, Peja is calm about his inferior skills.

“Let’s congratulate Nash. This is his first three-point contest champion in his life. His career seems to have just begun. It is obvious that this guy is still growing after transferring to the Knicks. It is worth mentioning that his 24 points in the final tied the historical record set by Mark Price in 1994.”

“At the same time, we should also applaud Peja. Although he failed to defend the championship and win three consecutive championships, he is still a dazzling top shooter in the three-point contest. I hope that both of them will get better and better after the All-Star Game.”

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The thunderous voice of the live MC was transmitted to every corner of Staples.

Front row.

Bird looked at Jordan with a smile on his face.

At this time, Jordan didn’t know whether his face turned black or was originally black: “Larry, you won! I didn’t expect that the Knicks guard would have such accuracy.”

After Peja finished that round, Jordan already had a bottom line in his heart, but the result was still a little unexpected.

Bird didn’t worry about the old rogue defaulting at all, and he even anticipated Jordan’s next move.

“What do you mean, Bird? Are you interested in playing for the next dunk contest champion?”

Looking at Jordan’s playful smile, Bird pursed his lips slightly.

“Michael, you are a member of the jury. Do you think it’s fair to bet with me on the dunk contest champion?”

Hearing Bird’s question, Jordan reacted suddenly.

Bird was so happy that he almost forgot that he was one of the dunk contest judges.

However, this identity did not affect Jordan’s interest in the bet. The old rogue raised his eyebrows:

“Fair? Do you think I will deliberately give a low score? How about this? The two of us take a piece of paper to write down the names of the people we choose and give it to a third person for safekeeping. After the results of the game are announced, we will take it out again.”

“If our choices overlap, the bet will be invalid. Similarly, in order to prevent you from saying that I scored subjectively, another rule will be added. As long as the final champion is not the player I chose, I lose.”

Bird thought about it for a while. This plan sounded fine. It can be said that Jordan showed enough sincerity to bet with him. Seeing that Jordan was so unwilling, Bird agreed and even raised the stakes.

“Michael, in this case, how about raising the stakes to 500,000 this round?”

“No problem!”

Bird’s proposal hit the gambler Jordan’s heart. He just lost 100,000, even if the guess of the dunk contest was correct, it would only be a two-way tie.

That was not a big deal for the old rogue. This guy who was obsessed with Bo when he was a player would not be satisfied.

Moreover, the identity of two-time dunk contest champion and judge gave the old rogue full confidence.

If the three-point contest just now was a bit self-humiliating, then the current dunk contest was a return to Jordan’s home court.

Looking at the players who were about to participate in the dunk contest, Jordan had already made up his mind.

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On the other side of the stands.

Angelina and Scarlett were happily discussing the three-point contest just now. Their whispers attracted the attention of the fans behind them.

“I didn’t expect that Wang’s teammate actually won the championship. The long-haired player’s shooting hand was really stable.”

“It’s really a bit unexpected. Looking at the reaction of the fans at the scene, Peja, who was defeated by him, seems to be a double champion. There is a reason why the Knicks have such a good record this season!”

At this point, Angelina smiled wickedly: “How about it, Scarlett, are you ready to cheer?”

“Cheering?”

Scarlett was a little confused.

Looking at the innocent eyes of her friend Scarlett, Angelina frowned:

“Don’t tell me that you don’t know that your crush will participate in the dunk contest later.”

“Ah, I…”

Scarlett looked at Wang Song, who was warming up on the sidelines, with an apologetic look.

“You’re done, I’ll tell him later!”

“Don’t, sister, I’ll treat you to dinner later. I heard that a new LV store has opened in Los Angeles recently. Let’s go buy bags.”

Looking at Scarlett

Angelina covered her mouth to hold back her laughter, looking embarrassed.

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On the sidelines.

Nash, holding the trophy, returned to the bench amid the celebrations and cheers of his teammates. Wang Song, who was standing next to him, had already stood up to warm up.

“Wang, do you need my help later?”

Wang Song, who was going through the motions in his mind, was interrupted by this voice. Looking at Nash’s face, he suddenly had a new idea.

“Steve, I remember that you are not only good at hand skills, but also good at footwork, right?”

In Wang Song’s impression, if the Son of Wind had not come to play basketball, he would have achieved something in football. After all, his brother is a Canadian international and his father is a professional football player in South Africa. The genes are there.

Wouldn’t it be a waste to not use this ready-made network?

Passing the parcel is easy for Nash. Although his creative dunk with Stoudemire in 2005 did not win the championship, it was also a gimmick.

Nash nodded silently, not knowing what his teammates had come up with for a while.

The preliminary round of the dunk contest begins!

The players participating in this year’s dunk contest include Ricky Davis, who was just traded to the Celtics, Chris Anderson of the Golden State Warriors, Fred Jones of the Indiana Pacers, and Jason Richardson, who won the second consecutive championship.

The jury is composed of five people, including “Flying Man” Michael Jordan, Dr. J Julius Irving, “Human Film Essence” Dominique Wilkins, “Little Peter Pan” Kobe Bryant, and Dee Brown, the champion of the 1991 dunk contest.

The rules are roughly the same as those of the three-point contest, and the competition is divided into two rounds.

Each person has two chances in each round. After a single dunk fails, there is one chance to make up for it. The total score and ranking of the two dunks will advance to the next round.

In addition to the same rules, the biggest difference from the three-point contest is that the dunk contest requires more creativity.

This is why most dunk contest champions cannot win multiple consecutive championships. Inspiration is a very important factor in the dunk contest.

And the double champion Jason Richardson can be said to be the player who is very close to making history. If he wins three consecutive championships, he will become the first player in the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest.

So he made sufficient preparations for this before the game. In the second dunk in the first round, he made a backboard dunk and drew cheers, winning the first 50 points of this dunk contest, plus 43 points in the first dunk to get 93 points.

And Fred Jones from the Pacers was not to be outdone, scoring 46 points twice in a row to secure a place in the finals.

At this point in the game, the highlights of the first two players can be said to have directly put the rest on the stove, and only one place in the finals was left.

(End of this chapter)