Basketball's No. 1 Anti-Fan

Chapter 376 This dunk must be given 10 points

It is February 2th, the season trading deadline.

The Pacers took the lead and reached a three-way deal with the Pelicans and Magic.

The Pacers traded Isaiah Thomas, who was plagued by injuries, for Elfrid Payton.
The Magic sent Elfrid Payton in exchange for Nelson and a future lottery-protected first-round pick;
The Pelicans sent Nelson and a lottery-protected first-round pick to acquire Thomas;

Elfrid Payton is the point guard that the Magic have focused on training in recent years. This season, he averaged 13 points, 4 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game.

He has excellent defensive and organizational skills, but the problem is that he has no shooting ability, which is very similar to McCaw.

The Magic traded him because this type of guard is not popular in the small ball era, and this is the last year of his rookie contract.

The Pelicans' motivation is easier to understand, as they lack a hard-to-solve scoring point at critical moments.

As for the Pacers, they need someone to share the organizational pressure with George. At this time, George is still better at being an off-ball wing player.

The Warriors, who had previously attracted much attention, also made a move afterwards. They sent guard Ben McLemore, who was signed with a mid-level contract last summer, to the Hawks in exchange for Ersan Ilyasova.

今年30岁的伊利亚索瓦身高2米08，本赛季代表老鹰队出场46场，首发40场，场均能够贡献10.9分5.5板1抢断，场均出手3.7次三分，命中率达到36%。

The Cavaliers did not make any moves on this trade deadline. Rose returned in early January. His condition declined compared to the beginning of the season, but Murray got playing time during his absence, and the Cavaliers had enough manpower at the point guard position.

Of course, more importantly, JR gradually regained his form and returned to the starting lineup in January.

Now the Cavaliers' entire lineup rotation is relatively stable. Although Wade's condition is not as good as last season, the overall lineup depth is back.

The gap between them and the Celtics has now been narrowed to 2 wins.

Time flies and it is February 2th, the 17th NBA All-Star Game kicked off in Cleveland.

This was the first time Cleveland hosted the All-Star Game of the four major sports, and the city was more lively than ever.

Thanks to Hansen's presence, Cleveland's sports industry has been thriving in recent years. At this time, many commercial streets have been formed around the Quicken Loans Arena, which is fully capable of receiving a large number of tourists.

This day was one of the most prosperous days in Cleveland.

As the host, Hansen also took turns to appear at various major events.

In addition, Jokic appears quite frequently.

Hansen will leave Cleveland in the summer, which is something only a few people know now, but the Cavaliers are clearly starting to prepare for Hansen's departure.

Jokic will take over Hansen's torch and become Cleveland's new totem figure.

Of course, Jokic, who looked "happy", didn't know all this.

He felt that these were the most tiring days of his season and just wanted them to end quickly so he could go back and rest.

In this All-Star Game, Hansen only participated in the main competition as a player, but in addition to that, he was also invited to participate in this year's dunk contest as one of the judges.

Theoretically, active players will not serve as judges for the dunk contest, but the Cavaliers have very limited dunkers in their history.

Especially because of Nance Jr.’s participation, Nance Sr. is still unable to serve as a judge.

Of course, as the strongest dunk contest champion of that year, no one would question Hansen's level.

But the most important thing is that since the peak showdown of the dunk contest that year, the attention to the dunk contest has been declining, just like the All-Star Game.

There is no reason for Han Sen to compete as a player again, but the judges' words are also very interesting.

In fact, it worked better than expected.

On the second day of the All-Star Weekend, when the competition reached the dunk contest and the judges were introduced, the scene was boiling.

Han Sen waved his hand, and he was in a pretty good mood.

When you are a contestant, your fate is in the hands of the judges. When you are a judge, you control the fate of the contestants.

In fact, the contestants in this year's dunk contest are not weak.

Derrick Jones Jr., who played as the host, Donovan Mitchell, who led the Kings to their best record in recent years and is heading for the playoffs, Larry Nance Jr., the son of the first NBA Slam Dunk Champion Larry Nance, and Aaron Gordon, who had previously competed with Hansen and LaVine and showed excellent dunking skills but unfortunately failed to make it to the finals.

It is no exaggeration to say that this should be the one with the highest quality of contestants in recent years.

The competition became fierce from the beginning.

Mitchell, who was the first to come on the court, started to get busy. He set up a new basket behind the basket.

This kind of operation has only appeared when McGee participated in the dunk contest and dunked twice at once.

However, Mitchell's final choice was to hit the backboard to another basket, and then dunked the ball after receiving it.

This goal is very creative and difficult, but the overall viewing experience is a bit poor.

Han Sen gave his first score as a judge: 9 points.

Mitchell scored 48 points, a pretty good start.

His score also put pressure on subsequent players.

Nance Jr. came on stage next and immediately performed a one-arm giant swing to pay tribute to his father.

This is a slam dunk of sentiment.

Especially since Nance Sr. was a player for the Cavaliers back then, this dunk drew huge cheers at the scene.

However, Hansen was not very fond of sentiment and only gave 8 points in the end. Nance's dunk finally gave him 44 points.

The third player to come on stage was Jones Jr., who made the whole audience excited as soon as he appeared on the stage.

In the past two years, Jones Jr. has basically performed dunks to warm up before every game at home. His popularity here is too high.

Jones Jr. is also a ruthless guy. He comes on and launches a powerful attack right away.

He brought in Caruso as his assistant.

Caruso threw the ball onto the backboard, Jones Jr. rushed in to catch the rebound, and while flying over Caruso, he completed a dunk with a change of hands between the legs.

When the ball was hit in, the entire Quicken Loans Arena was boiling.

Han Sen couldn't help but nod. Jones' basketball skills still need to be improved, but his dunking level is perfect.

Hansen scored his first 10 points of the night, and Jones Jr. also dunked his first perfect dunk of the night.

The last person to appear was Gordon, who was also highly favored.

As a former rival, Hansen was also looking forward to meeting Gordon.

Gordon asked his teammate Fournier for help for his first dunk. Fournier hit the ball on the side of the backboard. After Gordon received the ball, he turned 360 degrees with straight arms and dunked.

Fournier's pass was of poor quality and hit the side of the backboard, but Gordon caught it and still completed a dunk.

It is true that a wonderful dunk is often accompanied by a low-quality pass.

Hansen scored his second 10 points of the night, and Gordon also got his first full score of the night.

The strength levels of the four players can basically be seen from the first round of the preliminaries.

As long as there are no mistakes, the final will be between Jones Jr. and Gordon.

After the second round of preliminaries, no accidents occurred.

Jones Jr.'s second dunk was a bit like Gordon's first dunk, but he still did his signature dunk between the legs, which earned him 49 points.

Gordon was even more exaggerated. He made a similar move that year. After flying under the crotch of Fournier who was holding the ball under the basket, he turned around and completed a reverse dunk.

This ball was quite similar to Han Sen's "Scorpion Tail" shot back then, and it also earned him his second full score of the night.

At this time, fans also began to realize that this year's dunk contest was extraordinary.

Han Sen also became serious at this time, because he knew that the two men were equally strong, and they both needed the championship.

There is no need to say much about Gordon, but as for Jones Jr., he needs such a championship even more to increase his own value.

The final began quickly. Jones Jr. came up with a sprint to the baseline and then turned 360 degrees to dunk with his crotch changing hands.

Every dunker has his own favorite signature move, for example, James likes the tomahawk, Hansen likes the windmill, and Jones Jr. loves the crotch move.

But this dunk was Jones' most exciting one tonight, perfectly demonstrating his jumping ability, which ultimately earned him full marks.

The pressure was on Gordon.

When Gordon came on stage, the scene began to boil.

Because Gordon invited the Magic team's mascot, the Magic Dragon, out again!

There was no tribute this time, but the live camera was already given to Han Sen on the sidelines.

The fans suddenly felt like the dunk contest from that year was still going on.

The Magic Dragon stood on the side of the basket with the ball in his hands.

Gordon sprinted from the baseline, jumped up, grabbed the ball from over the Magic's head, and then completed a mid-air dunk with a crotch-changing switch of hands.

The crotch is not exclusive to Jones Jr.!
Moreover, this ball shows the characteristics of Gordon's dunk, or the reason why he is so popular among fans.

His body was like an iron tower, and when he jumped it felt like his muscles were flying in the sky.

Gordon also knows how to show his sense of contrast. After changing his hands in the air, his legs were spread 120° or even more, which created a strong visual impact.

Hansen scored 10 points, and Gordon and Jones Jr. tied again.

The second dunk that decides the outcome.

Jones Jr. still did it under the crotch, but this time the difficulty was increased again.

Because he directly found two people, in addition to Caruso there was Kuzma, and the ball was held above the head of the taller Kuzma.

After sprinting, Jones Jr. took off and picked up the ball while completing a crotch dunk, and at the same time jumped over two people to complete a change-hand dunk.

Now the whole place was boiling.

Han Sen and the judges beside him looked at each other and both knew that the competition was going to be exciting.

Of course, the pressure also came to the judges.

If a perfect score is given, the champion will either be Jones Jr. or both teams will go into overtime.

But it would be inappropriate not to give Jones full marks for this dunk.

After exchanging eye contact, Han Sen and the other judges gave full marks.

Gordon was backed into a corner.

This kind of situation puts a lot of pressure on the players.

Han Sen also looked at Gordon.

As a time traveler, although he had only seen Gordon's dunk performance with LaVine in "historic" 2016, he remembered that Gordon had never won a championship.

So just like on the court, if Gordon wants to prove that he deserves the championship, he has to put in a championship-level performance.

Just like he did back then.

Gordon's second dunk was again assisted by Magic Dragon.

But the magic dragon did not stand still. Instead, he stepped on a balance bike and circled around the basket.

Gordon finally seized the opportunity to sprint and jump, grabbing the ball from Magic Dragon's hand. At the same time, his assisting hand reached behind his head to pay tribute to Karl Malone, completing a 360° dunk.

When Gordon completed this action in one go, the scene was boiling again.

Because this is a classic "50 points out of " move!

Even if Gordon dunked first, the championship would have already belonged to Gordon.

For the second dunk, the judges’ scores came out one after another.

Everyone else gave a full score of 10, and the last one to give a score was Han Sen.

Also 10 points.

Accompanied by a burst of excitement at the scene, this year's dunk contest will also usher in overtime dunks like last year.

Just like Han Sen's 86 points before, classics often appear when they are not expected before the game.

This year's dunk contest will be another classic showdown after that year's one.

However, this overtime game is a greater test for the players.

Because the players will not deliberately prepare for the cutting action, they can only choose one from the actions they can usually perform.

Jones Jr. was still the first to appear on the court. His choice was to challenge the extremely high difficulty and pay tribute to LaVine's windmill dunk from the free throw line.

His movements were successful and done in one go.

However, the only drawback was that his jumping distance was not enough and he completed the jump in one step from the free throw line.

The free throw line showdown between LaVine and Hansen back then is not so easy to imitate.

Hansen scored 9 points, and Jones Jr.'s dunk finally got 48 points.

This score means that the championship is likely to be decided in this dunk.

Gordon enters.

There is no magic dragon this time.

Obviously, Gordon didn't expect the dunk to happen.

However, even though there was no magic dragon, he still called Fournier to act as his assistant again.

Similar to the previous baseline dunk, Fournier once again slammed the ball into the basket.

This time he did not make any mistakes. Gordon sprinted, caught the ball, turned in the air and slammed the ball.

The movement of this ball is very stretched, and the difficulty of the dunk is also quite high.

Of course, it’s less entertaining than the two dunks in the final.

After the slow-motion replay, the camera also turned to the judges on the sidelines.

They will decide who will win the dunk.

The other four judges announced their scores.

10 points, 10 points, 9 points, 10 points.

Han Sen is still the last one.

The whole audience's attention was instantly focused on him.

If he scores less than 9 points, the championship will be Jones Jr.'s. If he continues to score 9 points, both sides will have a second dunk in overtime. As for 10 points, the championship will be Gordon's.

The 9 points was the result that the fans were most looking forward to, because neither player performed at the same level as before in this dunk.

Finally, Han Sen gave his final score.

10 points!
Not only because of this dunk, but also because of Gordon's overall performance tonight, he deserves the championship of this championship!
(End of this chapter)