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Chapter 191
This is a crazy weekend, and before the All-Star Game, the most exciting moment is the slam dunk contest. Maybe the slam dunk has appeared too often in the top five shots, but people will still Indulge in the perfect combination of strength and skill.

Those guys who can break away from gravity are still the targets of people's eyes on the court. Only when the slam dunk contest appears, the shouting in the arena will reach its peak. People lose their minds.

Everyone will remember the classic shots that appeared in this game, Joe Tianwang's stretched body that took off from the free throw line, Wilkins's gorgeous "human movie essence" performance, Vincent Carter's perfect one-armed windmill, by the way , don't forget that super small potato Webb's dunk.

However, there are only two protagonists in today's arena, and everyone else including Nate Robinson has to stand aside. Lin Yi and Howard, who have been standing on the sidelines for warm-up activities, are the focus of attention on this arena. Everyone wants to see what kind of tricks these two big men will play.

"Dwight Howard, the appearance of this superman saved the slam dunk contest, and he brought the game back to its original height." This is Dominique Wilkins' evaluation of that monster, maybe A bit exaggerated, but it is true.

The less and less innovative slam dunk moves have brought this traditional game to a dead end, and everyone can no longer see any possibility of innovation, so more self-respecting guys will definitely not choose to participate in this kind of game. Most of the time, I still choose to sit on the sidelines in well-dressed clothes as an audience.

However, the "Warcraft" who often grinned and grinned reinvigorated the game after participating in the game. No one can forget the moment when the guy was wearing a Superman cape and waiting for the game, the big black man in the blue cape Put on a reality show for everyone.

This guy used his funny performance to make that weekend a sea of ​​joy. It would not be an exaggeration to say that this guy brought the slam dunk contest back to the prosperity of the 80s. With endless novelty gimmicks.

The media’s evaluation may be more accurate. It is this big man who turned the NBA’s slam dunk contest into a reality show, or he brought the slam dunk contest into the prop era. "Little Emperor" James also took back his life, ready to participate in the competition in 2010.

But today, this Superman seems to be meeting a rival. A kid who is a few centimeters taller than him is going to have a showdown with him on this field that belongs to Superman, and it seems that from Howard's smile Many people read it with a little reluctance.

Rudy Fernandez, Nate Robinson, JR Smith, Howard, Lin Yi, these guys are preparing for the preliminaries in turn.

This competition may be the first time a foreign player has participated. Of course, that refers not to Lin Yi, but to the Spaniard Rudy Fernandez. The treatment of whether to get a green card is indeed different.

What kind of spirit is it that a foreigner has no self-interested motives and regards the slam dunk career of the American people as his own?This is the spirit of internationalism, this is the spirit of entertaining the people, and every player participating in the slam dunk contest must learn this spirit.

But Rudy Fernandez obviously didn't think about how to impress the judges. He was the first foreign slam dunker and the first one to be slammed.

The move he designed has a fancy name "rainbow lob", and Rudy designed this move to let Gasol throw the ball behind the backboard from behind, and then he himself took off diagonally from behind and caught the ball with one hand. Rebound, then turn over and kick back.

It's a pity that Gasol, a good comrade, seems to be in a state of sleepwalking. He didn't pass the ball in a row, and he couldn't complete the action until the prescribed 2 minutes were all used up. When it came to the two chances of overtime, he finally It is to complete such an action.

However, the judges were almost yawning. Maybe his dunk reminded people of the shocking reverse layup completed by Dr. J in front of the magician, but he still only scored 42 points.

At the end of the game, the dissatisfied Spaniard made a thumbs down contemptuous gesture to the judges, but it was useless, he was destined to be eliminated. On this day of entertainment, the Spaniard The first one was entertained.

JR Smith is the second to play. His one-armed windmill that bounces the ball off the floor is perfect. However, the jumping link after he catches the ball reduces the viewing of this slam dunk, and this action is almost being performed by others. Shit, he was only able to get a score of 43 from the panel of judges.

"Maybe this game is no longer suitable for me. I am too old for this game, and my legs are no longer young." After the game, Smith was very clear about his fate of being eliminated , This venue should be handed over to those young people.

Then Nate Robinson, who appeared third, also completed the same action as Smith, but this 1 meter man obviously had the advantage of height, and he completed this action when he was at the highest point in the air. He is smooth and perfect, but his height takes too much advantage.

With 46 points, it can be said that the small man has put a lot of pressure on the two big guys who will play later.

Howard is the fourth appearance, and everyone is looking forward to another explosive performance from this guy. Last year's Superman appearance has been unforgettable.

"Is this guy going to have some sort of Superman Returns?" was the question on everyone's mind.

But no one expected that this time he would arrange such a big scene for his appearance. A forklift put a brand new basketball hoop directly on the sidelines, 3 meters 35, a new height, a new challenge, especially It was the lights from the scene that suddenly hit the other side of the field, a phone booth that often appears in Superman movies.

David Stein condoned this kind of performance, he wanted to make this kind of weekend full of madness, especially when the fans at the scene kept shouting "superman", the atmosphere was completely pushed to a peak by this monster-like big guy.

The ingenious idea of ​​combining height and humor has won Howard enough popularity. Even if his dunk is simply a two-handed dunk after receiving a pass from Nelson, what does it matter? Making millions of people laugh at the same time was enough for the panel of judges to give him a perfect score of 50.

The kids would even scream "He is back! He is back!"

Howard is very satisfied with this effect, and now all the pressure has been shifted away from him, and the yellow-skinned kid is now the most stressed person.

But Lin Yi didn't start to worry as Howard imagined, this was just a game, and Lin Yi was even more happy that the arena was full of laughter.

But he was talking to the host in a low voice, and after he finished speaking, he stepped aside, holding a basketball and trying to feel it.

When Howard heard from the host that Lin Yi was going to challenge the height of 3 meters and 35, he realized that the props he applied for now actually fulfilled that kid.

But he just curled his lips and didn't say much. It's just the same height, and there is no gorgeous appearance ceremony, and there are not so many gimmicks. Even if he succeeds, it doesn't matter.

Lin Yi looked at the tall basketball hoop in front of him and took a deep breath. In the eyes of everyone, this tall guy started his run-up in the middle circle.

At the moment when he was close to the three-point line, Lin threw the basketball high, and the arc drawn by the basketball in the air hit the backboard directly.

"Rebound and dunk, no creative guy." Howard grinned and said to Wade next to him.

But the basketball that was thrown seemed to be too close to the basket, Howard thought in his heart that the yellow-skinned kid had already made a mistake because of nervousness.

Bouncing the rim, the orange basketball hit the rim hard, just as Howard estimated, and bounced high again.

"A mistake?" Even Wade wondered if Lin Yi made a mistake because the basketball hoop was too high.

But Lin Yi's forward pace did not stop as they thought, but jumped high at the moment he stepped into the three-second zone line, his long arms stretched out with all his strength, as straight as a javelin.

There were no mistakes. When Lin Yi caught the basketball trajectory in the air, everyone really knew what this kid was going to do.

His basic design is to smash the basketball on the back edge of the rim and then catch the ball and dunk it.

How accurate calculations are needed, and how strong the ability to control the air is, no one can predict how high the basketball will bounce after hitting the basket. Don't forget, this is a 3-meter basketball stand.

When Lin slammed the ball into the basket, the Phoenix basketball hall was terribly quiet. Almost everyone held their breath. No one wanted to let his voice ruin everything, including Howard Everyone was shocked by such a jumping ability.

Screaming, cheering, stomping, a few seconds later the scene has become a boiling sea.

Howard very helplessly told Wade beside him.

"Go find me in the locker room, I don't have the [-] dollars on me." Howard knew that he couldn't do this kind of action by himself, maybe he could raise the height of the basketball hoop, but he definitely did. Less than such a perfect self-throwing and self-throwing action, the race was almost over from the moment Lin started running.

50 points, no suspenseful score, if those judges don't want to be thrown eggs, they'd better hold their ten signs high.

It's just that the next game is nothing to watch. This yellow-skinned kid made the next game lose suspense in advance with just one attempt. I really don't know whether to like his slam dunk or despise him for disrupting the progress of the game.

There is no way, the performance just now was too perfect, this kid who created miracles.

(Second update, this chapter is not very satisfactory, but my head hurts too much, I really can't afford to change it...)
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