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Chapter 360 The Slam Dunk Contest That Year

On the evening of February 2th, the Rookie Challenge.

The Rookie Challenge is the appetizer of the All-Star Weekend. In the league where fresh blood is constantly pouring in, the youth storm will always make people feel bright.

After this reform, appetizers are also worth watching.

That night, the lights inside and outside the stadium were bright.

A large number of media surrounded the outside, carrying out all-round coverage of the All-Star weekend.

The holding of the All-Star Weekend also attracted some celebrities from other industries.

It's not just because of the need to "snap" the camera. Judging from the holding of the All-Star Weekend itself, it is a good product to stimulate tourism growth.

Celebrities participating in the All-Star Weekend, some are local politicians, some are stars in the entertainment industry, and some are billionaires with assets exceeding [-] million.
There are so many things, dazzling.

However, there are not many celebrities participating in the Rookie Challenge, and most of them even have to rely on the NBA's own stars to support the scene.

Many players like the Warriors who stayed in Oakland for vacation came to the scene of the Rookie Challenge.

For example, Qin Fei made a special trip to cheer for Atast.

Artest is the only player selected for the rookie game by the Warriors. There are many rookies in the Warriors, but Artest is the only one who really gets a chance.

Artest's performance and reputation are also relatively loud, including the incident of breaking the ribs of the "flying successor" before, and this kid has begun to bear some positive and negative evaluations.

The key is to face up to such evaluations.

Artest is not the starter of the first-year team. Miller, Francis, Szczerbiak, Odom and Brand are the starters of the first-year team.

The second-year starters were Jason Williams, Mobley, Pierce, Nowitzki and Ogwakandi.

From the lineup point of view, both teams are quite strong, and for second-year players, although they are second-year players, this is the first time they have participated in the Rookie Challenge.

Because of the shortened season last year, the NBA did not hold an All-Star Weekend at all.

After such a calculation, why this year suddenly changed to the first grade challenging the second grade seems to be a matter of course.

After all, the league should also consider allowing second-year players to participate in the rookie game.

Qin Fei made a special trip to cheer for Artest, but Artest himself didn't seem to be very popular, and Odom and Artest were considered acquaintances.

Artest was bored on the bench and yawned several times.

"Is this guy going to sleep?"

The "big star" Qin Fei who sat in the first row watching the game and Iverson beside him talked with a smile.

In addition to Qin Fei, Iverson, Kobe and other young stars who came to watch the game today came to the scene. The three of them have a good relationship. With Qin Fei as the bond and goal here, Iverson and Kobe have stronger motivation.

"He's still dozing off, go up and do it, go for the MVP, grab it if you can't!"

Kobe was a little angry. He felt that no matter what the game was, he should go all out, even the All-Star Weekend rookie game. This is the basic quality of a professional player.

Iverson doesn't care, anyway, Artest is not his teammate, he is Qin Fei's younger brother.

What he paid more attention to was the No. [-] player of the Rockets.

Since January, Francis has also gradually shown a trend of coming from behind. Together with Elton Brand, he has achieved a go-ahead against Odom and has become a player who may compete for the best rookie.

The basketball training Francis received was not professional before college. Francis, who often plays basketball on the street, has integrated the ball control skills of street ball into his own skills.

It is precisely by virtue of his skillful dribbling and excellent explosive power that Francis can always tear apart the defense and rush to the basket quickly.

Unlike traditional guards who dodge layups after breaking through, Francis, with his excellent jumping and staying in the air, often directly staged dunks after breaking through. The scene of dunking the center has been staged countless times. His tomahawk dunking is full of fun. He belongs to the most typical violent play style of young people.

This year, Francis became a player in the dunk contest.

Therefore, the degree of attention is relatively high among these players.

That night, Francis really belonged to the most eye-catching players, at least in the loose defensive state in front.

One of the balls intercepted Nowitzki's pass to Jason Williams. After dribbling halfway, he didn't dribble and threw the ball directly to the basket like a slam dunk contest performance.

Then he rushed in like lightning, caught the bounced basketball, drew a small circle with both hands in the air, and dunked the ball in.

At the back, it was not Artest's turn to perform, but Brand's performance.

Brand even staged the scene of dunking the last champion Lang Ogwokandi, which made the audience boil.

Qin Fei, Kobe and others also stood up and applauded.

It's really not stealing the spotlight, it's that the ball is really amazing, and the direct dialogue between the two champions makes this scene even more interesting.

The rookie game was even more exciting at the end, and overtime was played at the end.

The last freshman unexpectedly won the second-year players, and Brand became the MVP of this rookie game.

Bill Russell, Magic Johnson and other basketball stars who came to the scene applauded the rookie who overturned the second grade. They did what others thought they could not do, that is amazing.

Saturday night, February 2.

Saturday is the happiest day of the week for working as a worker. This day is a day to relax. You don’t have to think about work, and you don’t have to worry about the upcoming work week.

So every Saturday night, even the TV shows get a little more colorful.

In Laomei, the relatively well-known variety show "Saturday Night Live", which is live-streamed late at night on Saturdays, is now deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

During the NBA All-Star Weekend, Saturday night is also a very anticipated multi-item night.

Including three-point contest, dunk contest and so on.

At the beginning of the century, the slam dunk contest was reopened.

Therefore, this year's slam dunk contest has always attracted more attention.

The official finally selected a total of five dunkers, namely the Raptors cousin combination Carter and McGrady, the Rockets Francis, the Hornets Ricky Davis and the Pistons Stackhouse.

No one from the Warriors participated in the dunk contest, but Qin Fei still went to the scene to watch this classic duel.

Kobe's teammate O'Neal also came to the scene.

O'Neill is a big guy who likes to be funny, showing off his new Sony video camera everywhere.

He was still screaming "Yo Yo" over there, as if he was about to start rapping directly.

"What is he doing?"

Kobe covered his face. Although O'Neal was older than him, Kobe always felt that O'Neal was relatively naive. Of course, as the second leader of the team, he couldn't say anything wrong with O'Neal, so he could only cover his face helplessly.

O'Neal's cameras have already started recording, and he may want to record a first-person view of the All-Star Game.

When turning to Qin Fei and Kobe, O'Neill smiled and said, "You two handsome guys, say hello to the camera!"

Qin Fei suddenly remembered the time he saw Kobe in Los Angeles, didn't Kobe look the same, so he turned his head and took a look at Kobe.

Noticing that Kobe was rolling his eyes, Qin Fei smiled and introduced: "Beside me is Kobe Bryant, who fascinates thousands of girls. He is an elegant and charming handsome guy. Please don't be surprised when you see him in the camera!"

"Because he was born to be in the camera!"

Kobe laughed and cursed: "Isn't this nonsense?"

O'Neill's big head popped out from behind the camera: "What's the matter, gentlemen?"

"Of course, I think you shouldn't leave this camera. You can record the entire All-Star Diary for Kobe." Qin Fei gave advice from the perspective of a professional film investor.

Before Kobe said anything, O'Neill immediately shook his head and rejected Qin Fei's proposal.

"I don't have this plan. Kobe is so flamboyant. He even likes to comment on my dunks. You know, Shaq's dunks are the most ferocious dunks."

Kobe didn't want to talk to him at first, but it was O'Neal who opened the mouth first, and he immediately responded, "Maybe I can be a judge of the slam dunk contest in the future, please comment on what happened to the slam dunk!"

"Besides, Qin Fei also did this matter!"

Kobe brought the topic to Qin Fei, and then blamed him: "Qin Fei said that Shaq's dunk was more than ferocious, but not enough to watch. When it comes to dunks, we have to look at Vince Carter."

O'Neill:? ? ?

Qin Fei: .
O'Neill pointed the camera at Qin Fei.

Qin Fei was helpless.

In O'Neill's slightly "bad" eyes, he responded: "My original words are——Shaq's dunk is very fierce, like a big shark jumping out of the sea. It is very practical, but the viewing is second."

"Obviously it's highly entertaining, next time you don't leave under the basket, I'll dunk you ten times."

O'Neill finally threatened Qin Fei viciously, and Qin Fei spread his hands helplessly.

Kobe beside him laughed, and pulled Qin Fei down on the back seat.

At this time, there were more and more people in the arena, and several players who were going to participate in the slam dunk contest also appeared, wearing the jerseys of their respective teams, and standing on the sidelines.

Under the bright white lights, five young players stepped onto the field.

McGrady chewed gum and high-fived Carter.

Amid the passionate noise of the DJ, the slam dunk contest kicked off amidst all the attention.

Sitting next to Qin Fei were Kobe, Iverson and others, while O'Neal sat on the other side with Garnett and others.

The first dunk to play will be Tracy McGrady.

McGrady and Carter are both Raptors players, so both of them put on the classic Raptors jerseys with purple on the front and black on the back.

McGrady was the first to play and walked to the three-point line with the ball.

A beep sounds, the countdown begins, and he tosses the ball toward the hoop.

Walk two steps slowly, look up and wait for the basketball to hit the ground, and then wait for the moment the basketball bounces, suddenly speed up and rush to the basket, and in the eyes of everyone expecting, soar into the air!

The whole person turned 180 and a half degrees in the air, grabbed the basketball that had bounced to a high point with both hands, and lowered the ball to the lowest point.

The body in the air suddenly paused, and after one fold, it buckled back with the backhand!
"boom!"

The crisp dunk sound shocked the entire Oakland stadium.

This coherent dunk is extremely aesthetic, and it is particularly elegant and stretched. In terms of the aesthetics of the dunk, it has surpassed most of the previous dunk contests.

"It's so cool!"

All the fans at the scene stood up, and many of them took out the 10-point signs in their hands.

10 points, must be 10 points!
"This dunk is fine!"

Iverson next to Qin Fei affirmed that McGrady's reputation is not obvious now, but after the dunk, it is estimated that many people will realize that this player next to the brilliant Carter of the Raptors is actually a good boy with outstanding talents.

Francis was the second to play, a tomahawk dunk on a rebound, which also shocked everyone.

Carter is the third appearance.

He opened his arms and stretched his muscles and bones, took the ball and slapped the ground twice, and began to store his kinetic energy near the middle circle.

On the left three-point line, Carter began to trot.

Standard low-handed dribble, slowly accelerate, and reach the basket.

With great strides, he catches a bouncing basketball outside the paint, then sprints to the rim, bends his knees, and jumps off his feet.

The ball was in his arms, turning in a super big circle from the front, and his body turned 360 degrees in the opposite direction, hovering like a giant dragon.

After the arm passed the frame easily, it was buckled down again heavily!
"boom!"

360-degree reflexive dunk!
Carter succeeded in one go!
Carter, who landed on the ground, jumped twice, clenched his fists and roared.

Everyone in the audience went crazy, what kind of fairy dunk is this!

O'Neill, holding the camera in his hands, showed an extremely exaggerated expression, with a round mouth and protruding eyes, which could almost stuff a duck egg.

"I buy it!"

Everyone is jumping and cheering!

The host is also crazy.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we can go home! The game is over!!"

Kobe Iverson and others were also stunned. Carter's dunk was too exaggerated. Let's not talk about the one-time success. Has anyone done this before?
Do you want to be so stretched and elegant?
"You're right, when it comes to the beauty of a dunk, it still depends on Carter."

O'Neill specially came to Qin Fei to talk about the dunk evaluation that Qin Fei had mentioned before.

Qin Fei was confused, but smiled.

Although he already had this dunk scene in his memory, but seeing the dunk of the century on the spot, he still felt very different.

This year's dunk of the century is not just this dunk, there are many dunks on the way.

McGrady, sitting on the sidelines, smiled at his cousin.

It was a glorious moment for his cousin, who already knew he could dunk at this level.

In terms of dunks, Carter in the second grade has already stood at the pinnacle of history. After the Jordan era, there are more and more wing scorers like Carter.

This is the brilliance. By Carter's side, even he doesn't have many opportunities at all.

On the sidelines, Iverson, Qin Fei, and Kobe sat side by side.

The camera also scanned them. When McGrady saw these three people, his mind was full of thoughts.

He entered the NBA one year later than Kobe, but when Kobe was in the third grade, he was already an All-Star player averaging 20 points per game. Although he has made great progress in the Raptors this year, he averaged only 15.4 points per game.

Carter is Jordan, he is Pippen, this is the different positioning of the two.

The more brilliant Carter was, the more hopeless McGrady felt.

Because the most important reason is that Carter is not Jordan, and he does not want to be Pippen.

He is McGrady, a player who can complete dunks such as folding, 360 degrees, and crotch changes. If Carter can do it, he can do it too.

He looked up and found Qin Fei smiling at him.

This is the elder brother who taught him the "Master of the First Step". His smile contained meaningful encouragement.

Maddy's heart warmed.

When everyone pays attention to Carter, only he will remember him, right?

(End of this chapter)