NBA: This Center Is So Stable

The first time, the second time, the second time.

Chapter 146 Leap Five

James’ former teammate Ricky Davis was the first to be eliminated. He was eager to succeed in the second dunk and failed to dunk twice, and he was out of the finals. Chris Anderson, the rookie of the Warriors, scored 85 points in two rounds and was on the edge of the finals.

In the first round, only Wang Song had not completed the dunk. The final appearance has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that you can grasp the dynamics of others, re-plan your own dunking action, and have a better psychological expectation.

The disadvantage is that seeing the previous scores will inevitably create pressure.

Jordan, who was sitting on the jury, wanted to see a little nervousness on the face of the Asian boy, but the other party was as calm as ever.

Bird, who was sitting on the sidelines, looked at Wang Song, who was the last player to appear in the first round, with expectation.

Although the bet between him and Jordan was that all contestants except Jordan’s choice would win, Bird still chose his favorite contestant.

Looking at Wang Song who was confident, Bird was more certain that this Chinese boy was well prepared.

This was indeed the case!

Wang Song repeated the dunk action in his mind. For the NBA in 2004, 50 points in a single round could guarantee entry into the finals, but in 2016, even the current performance of double champion Richardson would be nothing more than a small shrimp in the finals.

After thinking about the first dunk action, Wang Song found 5 people to stand in a row, led by Kurt Thomas, Alan Houston and other 5 players around 2m tall.

When this formation was put together, there was a continuous sound of surprise at the scene, especially the jury on the sidelines.

“Fly over five people? Boy, this is even crazier than what I did back then. This shot can be said to be a sure win for the finals!”

“This is harder than jumping over Shaq. Can he really do such a stretching move with his height?”

“I thought it would be a boring dunk contest, but it turned out to be quite interesting. Rookies are really interesting.”

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Facing the comments of other judges on the jury, Jordan couldn’t help smacking his lips: “If you fly too high, you’ll fall down easily!”

As a two-time champion of the dunk contest, he has a basic understanding of the difficulty of this move. Most of the participating players’ first dunks are generally used to warm up to maintain their scores. The Asian boy on the court directly chose a dunk with a difficulty coefficient of 50 points.

There are only two situations. One is that this arrogant Asian boy has too much confidence in himself and is not sure of his own weight; the other is that this dunk is just a warm-up, and his second dunk will only be more explosive than this.

Otherwise, according to the judges’ judging criteria, if the aesthetic threshold is raised and the second dunk is a mediocre one, it will affect the score, which is not worth the loss.

Jordan naturally prefers the second possibility.

Jordan has watched Wang Song’s games and has no doubts about his jumping and body balance ability, but it is more difficult to perform the action at the height of a center.

This is also the reason why there are few centers in the dunk kings.

In the stands, the Lakers camp.

“Postman, do you think that guy can complete this action?”

“Difficult!”

Faced with the question of the Sharks, Karl Malone’s brief answer showed his attitude.

“Haha, heroes think alike! This kind of technical action is not something we can try at our height. We might fall to the ground. The Asian boy is really desperate for the gimmick!”

Karl Malone looked at his teammate’s trembling flesh and nodded subconsciously.

He could understand what O’Neal meant. For O’Neal, who had fat wrapped around his muscles, a center dunk should be the most pure and violent power dunk. Now Wang Song was going to do the kind of air-staying action that guards and forwards would do, which was obviously not feasible.

On the court.

Standing at the end of the team was Knicks teammate Kurt Thomas. Compared to the panic in the stands, he was surprisingly calm holding the ball.

After Wang Song pre-ran, he calculated the distance of his steps and prepared to take off.

Everyone in the Staples Center was hanging in their throats. This gimmick of leaping over five people could be said to have whetted their appetite.

But it actually took only a moment to complete.

Wang Song stood at the half-court sideline, started to start with small steps, rushed to Kurt Thomas 50cm behind him, and suddenly jumped up, reaching the high point to take the ball from his teammates.

Under the absolute take-off height, the five people were useless and flew over in an instant.

Just when all the fans thought that Wang Song would easily smash the ball into the basket, the Asian boy in the air suddenly completed a crotch shot.

He changed hands and slammed the ball into the basket.

Bang!

After the loud dunk, there was the sound of the basket crackling.

And there was a 10-second silence at the scene.

It happened so fast that the fans far away didn’t even see what happened until the big screen replayed the technical action just now.

An incredible dunk action that was enough to be recorded in the history of the NBA dunk contest was presented to the audience.

Thunderous applause and cheers broke out at the scene!

The dazed jury showed four 10 points in one second, and Jordan was between 9 and 10 with a complicated expression, but finally showed 10 points.

There was no way. No matter how strong his personal emotions were, Jordan, as the face of the league, could not show 9 points. If this ball only scored 9 points, then Richardson’s 50-point dunk before could only be given 40 points at most.

50 points!

This was the result of Wang Song’s first dunk.

In the stands.

Karl Malone helped O’Neal to put away his jaw that almost fell to the ground.

The two female stars who were not particularly familiar with the dunking technique also celebrated happily after seeing the judges’ scores.

The fans in the stadium saw the reactions of the two female stars and cast their envious and jealous eyes on the young man who had just completed the amazing dunk on the court.

This Asian boy who was less than 20 years old was actually loved by two popular actresses at the same time.

On the court.

Wang Song responded to the cheers around him with a smile, but his movements were very neat and tidy. He silently took the ball and walked to the sidelines to prepare for the second move.

After a brief explanation with Nash, Nash began to dribble the ball on the sidelines.

Basketball is much heavier and larger than football, but after Nash’s brief familiarity, his footwork is still superb.

Just recalling the movements Wang Song just explained, his face inevitably showed some worry.

“Wang, are you sure you don’t want to do a simple move? You just need to make sure that the ball is dunked and you can enter the finals.”

Looking at Nash’s worried eyes, Wang Song shook his head. How can he leave his name in history if he doesn’t have some pursuit when participating in the dunk contest?

Although this move has not been practiced with Nash before, it is harmless. Just push the damn ball into the basket and it’s done.

Before the two of them started seriously, they went to the court to try out the move, which caused discussions among the fans.

“Unbelievable! Is this the second dunk move of Wang Song?”

“The difficulty of this move is no less than the previous dunk!”

“This awkward cooperation… Don’t tell me that the two of them just came up with the idea.”

(End of this chapter)