136. Violent dunk with continuous crotch change
At this time, the lottery ceremony began on the court, and Ye Zheng got the second to last draw, and John Wall was the last one.
The first one to play was Aaron Gordon, and the second one was Zach Lavin.
At this time, one of the referees began to announce the rules of this dunk contest. As veterans of the dunk contest, the three of them didn't want to listen to this rule at all. Ye Zheng was not very familiar with it and listened very seriously.
In the first round, four players take turns to perform slam dunks and are scored by the judge. A referee will determine whether the dunk is effective. If the ball is in the player's control before entering the basket, it will be judged to be valid.
Each person dunks twice in the first round, and the points are summed up and compared. The highest score is 100, the lowest score is 60, and the two with the highest score enter the next round. Each person dunks twice in the last round. The higher score will win after the summation. The lower score in the first round will first dunk. If the dunk fails, the player has a chance to make up the dunk again. However, there is only one chance to make up the dunk in each round, and the balls that have been deducted must not be re-dunked again.
There are 5 judges in total, and each judge scores a dunk from a minimum of 6 points to a maximum of 10 points. Therefore, the highest total score for each dunk is 50 points and the lowest is 30 points. If a player who has used up a chance to make up the dunk fails again, his failure dunk will be scored, and the score will also be between 6-10 points.
"Did you all understand the rules?"
"I understand!" the four people replied at the same time.
At this time, all four of them were holding basketballs and warming up on the court, slapping the basketballs one by one.
"Ye Zheng, you are here to participate in the dunk contest for the first time, don't have too many ideas." Zach Lavine smiled.
"What's wrong? I'm here, but I'm here to win the championship." Ye Zheng said confidently.
The other two players, Aaron Gordon and John Wall, both burst into laughter.
"The champion is not so easy to win! In recent years, it is all three of us who have entered the finals, and it is impossible for you, a newcomer." Zach Laven said proudly.
His condition is also very strong today, and he believes that the dunk champion on this side still belongs to him.
The first one to play was Aaron Gordon, who was already full of enthusiasm. Aaron Gordon played for the Orlando Magic, averaged 16.2 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. He had excellent athleticism, explosiveness and vertical bounce ability, and had a positive attitude towards playing. He was thin but strong, and he was not afraid of confrontation. With the help of his super continuous bounce ability, the frontcourt rebound was very powerful. Moreover, his height was 206cm, which was the highest in this dunk contest.
Aaron Gordon got the ball near the free throw line. After slapping twice, he began to accelerate and quickly entered the basket. A backhand dunked into the basket.
His first dunk was successful, but the difficulty was not too great and did not arouse the exclamation of the audience on the sidelines.
Whether it is creativity, bounce height, or even the coherence of movements, is not that eye-catching.
The five people in the judging table communicated with each other, and after each expressed their views on the ball, they began to score the ball of Aaron Gordon.
Except for O'Neal who saw him as a striker and gave 9 points, the other four judges gave only 8 points, and one gave 7 points. The first dunk in the first round looked very dull.
This is also related to Aaron Gordon's injury. A month before the All-Star Dunk Game began, he was invaded by injuries on the court. When he landed, his ankle was uneven and there was obvious swelling. So he was a little cautious when he dunked this time.
Aaron Gordon only scored 39 points in this dunk!
The next one to play was Zach Lavine, which caused a burst of cheers on the sidelines. After all, he was the dunk king of the previous session.
He has excellent athletic ability, vertical bounces up to 105.4cm, and has a very fast first step to start.
Zach Lavin likes to end the attack with a single jump shot, but his shooting is not stable. Zach Lavin is afraid of physical confrontation on both ends of the offense and defense. The defense is weak with the ball and without the ball, and cannot fight against strong guards. His willingness to do so on the defensive end is not strong, and he often misses people and is easily broken through.
This time Zach Lavin appointed a player and stood at the distance of the rebound, allowing the opponent to raise the basketball in his hand.
Zach Lavine started to accelerate from the three-point line, accelerated and ran from the left to the rebound, and the speed was very fast. When he came to the designated player, he jumped over the opponent's head and neck, and then took the basketball in the opponent's hand into his hand, and completed the change of hands in the mid-air to get the ball, and dunked into the net with both hands.
This dunk was also a success, which finally caused exclamation from the audience on the sidelines.
Although the player Zach Laven selected was not very tall, he was about 189cm.
"Awesome! I deserve to be the dunk king of the previous session, and the first dunk is so exciting!"
"It seems that Zach Lavine is determined to win this dunk king."
"This guy's bounce ability is still so amazing!"
His deduction also made the judges have a high impression on him. The scores scored by the five judges were 9, 10, 9, 10, 9, and 9, with a total of 47 points.
Zach Lavine scored such a score in the first round, which was already very good.
Ye Zheng's appearance also attracted the attention of the audience on the sidelines. The main purpose of many fans coming to the scene was to see Ye Zheng. "You can see if Ye Zheng can win the championship by the first ball and the first dunk."
"Zach Lavin's goal is very difficult and interesting. Now it depends on how Ye Zheng's dunk is."
"I feel it's hard for Ye Zheng to defeat Zach Lavender, but Ye Zheng's bounce is also good, and he should have a surprise performance."
Such a popular player made the judges whisper. Most of them have retired for a long time and are not as concerned about the NBA as before, and they don’t know much about some rookies.
"Who is this? It looks like Asian?"
"This is the Chinese player Ye Zheng. He joined the Lakers this season and has broken several NBA records in succession." O'Neal introduced it carefully.
These veteran players stared at each other. They didn't even have the qualifications to touch the records created by Ye Zheng, let alone breaking them.
"Is this true?"
"Of course! Otherwise, how could so many Lakers fans like him? You have to know that Lakers fans are very picky!" O'Neal said.
"Then you must take a good look at the rookie's performance."
After Ye Zheng picked up the basketball, he patted it in his hand and looked for the feeling.
He stood on the three-point line and thought about what action to make a big splash. Suddenly his eyes lit up, and he thought of it and randomly looked at Zach Lajiao.
At this time, Zach Lavin's mouth was raised and responded to give Ye Zheng a provocative smile.
It was at this moment that Ye Zheng moved, took the ball, and ran on the three-point line. His speed was getting faster and faster. Zach Lavin, who was staring at him, seemed to feel something. He narrowed his eyes and the expression on his face became serious.
After reaching the free throw line, Ye Zheng jumped up.
"As it turns out, is he going to change hands under his crotch in the air?" As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Ye Zheng changing hands under his crotch in the air.
"God, this is a continuous change of hands under the crotch!"
"This is even more awesome than the dunk that Zach Laven won the championship!"
Ye Zheng in the air was like a glider, sliding from the free throw line to the edge of the basket, raising the basketball in his hand high with one hand, and finally dunking the basketball heavily like a tomahawk.
"Bang!"
The entire basketball rack was shaking violently, and it felt like the basket frame would fall down with a little force.
"Ye Zheng's dunk is too powerful!" "The first dunk is even better than the last dunk of Zach Lavender in the last time."
James, Durant, Irving, Curry and others on the sidelines all stood up.
"Abnormal! It's so perverted." These people said in unison.
At this time, the review also scored, without any suspense, Ye Zheng won the full score with his first deduction.
"This rookie is really amazing." One of the judges couldn't help but exclaim.
"Are all the newcomers so awesome now?"
"This kind of dunk method can get full marks even in our era!"
"Yes, the old gangster Qiao Gang leader at that time also won the title of Flying Man because of a dunk at the free throw line! Unexpectedly, this guy is not inferior at all!"
O'Neal said with a smile: "Do you know? This player was discovered by Kobe from China."
"Is there any story here?" All four judges leaned over.
Listening to O'Neal's revelation about Ye Zheng's growth, they can be said to be a legend, and these old-fashioned buttons can be heard with relish.
The last one to play was John Wall, who was once the No. 1 pick in the draft and also won the dunk king. He averaged 20.5 points, 5.8 assists, 3 rebounds and 1.5 steals on the court. He is an excellent point guard with height, wingspan, speed and bounce. He is good at creating fouls and has an excellent overall view, but his shooting is unstable. He defends by relying on his size and athletic ability, and can steal and block shots.
When Ye Zheng's full score was deducted, John Wall temporarily changed his original plan.
At this time, a player was standing under the rebound, holding a basketball in his hand, while Wall started running from the left bottom line and just stepped into the paint area. The player threw the basketball in his hand onto the rebound.
The rebound rebounded, allowing the basketball to fly to the hands of John Wall, who had already taken off. At this time, he was making a reverse dunk into the net.
However, the timing of the two of them was not well grasped for the first time. After receiving the basketball, John Wall was only half a meter away from the basket and could not make any moves of reversal.
In the second attempt, John Wall allowed the ball-holder to use more power. As soon as John Wall jumped up, he took the basketball into his hand. In the air, he gave him a certain amount of time, allowing him to calmly make a move and dunk the basketball in.
Due to the failure of the first time, the judge's impression of the score was a bit lower. According to the original difficulty, John Wall's goal was comparable to Zach Laven's dunk, but in the end John Wall only scored 46 points, even a point lower than Zach Laven's.
Chapter completed!