I'm good at basketball too

Chapter 369

This year's slam dunk contest returns to the classic format. It is no longer scored by fans, but is divided into two rounds of preliminary and rematch. Each player has three dunk opportunities in each round. Each ball is no longer limited by time. This will undoubtedly be a great to increase the viewing pleasure of this year’s slam dunk contest.

The four contestants are Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Bucks, Mason Plumlee of the Nets, Zach LaVine of the Timberwolves and Oladipo of the Magic.

As a player representative, Plumlee participated in the launch ceremony held by NBA TV this morning. He has contributed 79 dunks so far this season, ranking first among the four contestants.

It is worth mentioning that Antetokounmpo is the first Bucks player to participate in the dunk contest in 18 years. The last time was Ray Allen in 1997.

This dunk lineup is undoubtedly the No. 13 pick Zach LaVine this year. He has huge palms and amazing jumping ability.

He left countless jaw-dropping dunks when he was in college. What kind of creativity he can come up with in the dunk contest is very exciting.

Li Ran expressed his expectations for LaVine's dunk in an interview before the game.

Lavin said humbly that Li Ran is his idol.

Soon, the much-anticipated dunk contest began.

Plumlee was the first to play, and this ball was completed by him and this year's No. [-] pick Kelly Irving.

Irving smashed the ball to the side of the backboard, and Plumlee glided over the basket and scored with both hands.

Li Ran began to grade with some nervousness.

After some thought, he picked up the eight-point sign on the scoring board in front of him.

At the same time, other referees also raised their signs.

To Li Ran's surprise, the scores of the other four were all 8 points.

That meant Plumlee's first dunk ended up scoring 40 points.

When Plumlee dunked for the second time, he had thrown the ball behind the backboard twice before and failed.He put his brother Miles Plumlee on the court for the third time, and then made a run-up and then dunked.

Although the entire action of his second dunk was completed in one go, the creativity was so unusual that Li Ran gave a 7-point sign out of boredom.

In the end, Plumlee scored a total of 36 points with his second dunk.

Antetokounmpo played second. He threw the ball and hit the ground, then caught the ball and dunked, but failed three times in a row. Li Ran shook his head and gave 6 points together with other referees.

He scored a total of 30 points in the first round.

Antetokounmpo cooperated with others for the second time. After the two sides ran against each other, they caught the ball and dunked it with both hands behind their backs.

The imagination of this dunk was so average that Li Ran couldn't stand it and only gave it 6 points.

The current Antetokounmpo is really immature.

Oladipo made a unique appearance. He wore a pullover suit and a top hat and sang loudly, which made Rihanna and other singers laugh.

His first dunk was after the wave approach, and he turned 360 degrees in the air and dunked with both hands. He failed the first two times, but the audience had already whetted their appetites and took out their mobile phones to take pictures.

This is by far the hardest dunk ever.

For the third time, Oladipo finally dunked successfully. Li Ran applauded appreciatively and raised a sign with a perfect score of 10 in his hand.

All the judges gave a score of 10 points, and Oladipo scored a total of 50 points in the first round.After Oladipo dunked successfully, he also made a sign himself, announcing that he was crowned Mr. 360 degrees.

Kumamba's expressiveness is reminiscent of Dwight Howard, who won the slam dunk championship by dressing up as Superman in the past.

Before Oladipo's second dunk, he first interacted with celebrities, greeting Bill Russell and "Big Dream" Olajuwon, and Olajuwon signed the basketball.

However, his second dunk idea was a bit ordinary-after a run-up on the left, Payton threw the ball in front of the edge of the backboard, and then caught the ball and dunked it.

The referee gave a total of 39 points, Li Ran 7 points and the others 8 points.

Finally came the finale, when LaVine appeared on the stage, there were actually two rappers to help out.

He entered the field with the ball in one hand, calm and confident.

Moreover, when LaVine came to the court, he first saluted towards the referee's bench very gentlemanly, facing Li Ran.

Under the eyes of everyone, LaVine threw the ball and hit the ground. After receiving the ball, he changed hands with his right hand and successfully dunked with a backhand.

This ball completely violated the laws of physics, and the scene was filled with excitement.

Even Li Ran opened his mouth wide in surprise.

"As expected of Zach LaVine, his expressiveness when dunking is so strong!" Li Ran also felt a little itchy in his heart.

LaVine's second dunk was also amazing. He ran up from near the top of the circle, threw the ball to the ground, and after catching the ball with his left hand, changed hands from behind to his right hand, and then scored with a back dunk with one hand.

The whole movement is also done in one go, no matter it is the take-off height, staying in the air, fluency of movement, and imagination, it will kill everyone in front of you.

The judges all gave 50 points again.

LaVine's two dunks are reminiscent of Vince Carter in 2000 and Li Ran six years ago, which is refreshing.

There are three difficulties for LaVine's two dunks: one is to throw the ball and hit the ground, the ball has been dropped, he must first catch the ball in the air; two, after LaVine receives the ball, he has to complete the crotch or behind the hand change action; [-]. After completing the first two moves, he still needs to perform a kickback.All of this was done in an instant, a mid-air movement, which was unbelievable.

At the end of the first round, LaVine scored 100 points and Oladipo scored 89 points. The two of them successfully entered the second round.Oladipo's first dunk in the second round was when Payton was sitting on a chair and lifting the ball. Oladipo caught the ball and dunked with his hands after a run-up. However, he failed three times and he only scored 31 points.

Oladipo dunked for the second time. He first ran up from the top of the circle, tried to catch the ball, and then turned around for a 360-degree dunk, but because of insufficient take-off height, he failed. In the end, he only sent an ordinary dunk and scored 41 points.He scored a total of 72 points in two rounds.

LaVine's second dunk was when Andrew Wiggins raised the ball under the basket. After LaVine ran up to the right to catch the ball, he changed hands and then dunked with one hand.Because LaVine's take-off height was very high, the entire movement was very smooth. However, due to a lack of imagination and the fact that his first two dunks were so amazing, the referee only gave a total of 45 points.

LaVine dunked for the second time. Another player hit the ball on the basket. After catching the ball, LaVine changed hands and dunked. His posture in the air was very beautiful, and his stay in the air was very long, which made the whole action look very stretched. All the referees were surprised. Give him a round of applause.The judges gave 49 points, and the only 9 points was given by Li Ran.

LaVine scored a total of 94 points in two rounds and won the championship.

Although Li Ran was the one with the strictest scoring, he was the first to stand up and applaud LaVine, congratulating him on becoming the new dunk champion.

"If you want to participate in the dunk contest next year, I can play with you!"

Li Ran said this when presenting the award to LaVine.

Raven's eyes widened in surprise.

It has always been his dream to challenge Li Ran in dunking. Even Li Ran came back this year but did not sign up for the dunk contest, which made LaVine feel lost for a while.

(End of this chapter)