Ibaka, who was the first to play, dunked from the free throw line and scored a total of 45 points. However, looking at Ibaka, he was not satisfied with this score.
The second player to appear was Li Kaiming's teammate, JaVale McGee.
Before McGee started dunking, the staff on the court moved the opposite basket over and placed it side by side with the baskets here.
It looked like McGee was going to dunk two baskets at the same time!
This is because the audience still doesn't understand how McGee is going to dunk, so they are also looking forward to this ball.
After the on-site facilities were adjusted, McGee went over to check it out personally, and then walked to the left three-point line with two balls!
Everyone's eyes were fixed on McGee, who saw the latter holding a basketball in each hand, leaning over to cut into the three-point line from the side, running for two steps, gently stretching his right arm, and then putting the ball on the backboard on the left. fling!
At the same time, he accelerated and rushed over. While his left hand dunked the ball into the left basket with one hand, his right hand caught the rebounded ball in the air and pushed the ball into the right basket!
After McGee landed, the camera lights on the scene flashed non-stop!
This ball deserves a full score for both creativity and beauty!
Li Kaiming walked up and high-fived McGee to celebrate.
At the judges' table, several judges talked and laughed and discussed for a while, and then all five of them gave a high score of 10 points!
This is the first perfect score in this slam dunk contest!
Ibaka, who was the first to dunk, looked ugly now!
Originally, when he scored 45 points, he thought that even if his score was not high, it would not be at the bottom. Unexpectedly, the next person would break the mark as soon as he came out!
The third person was Griffin, who was playing at home. As soon as he stepped on the court, the Staples Center burst into cheers!
To describe it in a very humane sentence, no matter what, this is my child!
There must be many Los Angeles fans at the scene who thought so.
After Griffin walked onto the court, he inadvertently glanced at Li Kaiming, who was sitting on the waiting table, chewing his nails, and a fighting spirit arose in his heart!
You took away the mVp of the rookie game, but tonight's dunk king must be mine!
After warming up and clearing the dust off his feet, Griffin picked up a ball from the rack.
Ready, then dribbled to the free throw line, changed from holding the ball with both hands to holding the ball with one hand and raising it to the sky, and then rotated 360 degrees in the air, during which there was a small lever behind the ball with both hands.
state!
Unfortunately, with the sound of the ball hitting the basket, the basketball did not go directly into the basket calmly, but hit the rim and bounced high!
Griffin's first dunk failed!
Griffin was a little embarrassed after landing. He dunked on his first appearance in front of the folks in Los Angeles!
He rubbed his hands together with an embarrassed smile on his face.
He even took the time to glance at Li Kaiming's expression, fearing that there would be even the slightest trace of a mocking smile on the latter's face...
It's a pity that Li Kaiming was chewing his nails the whole time, and the expression on his face never changed from beginning to end.
Griffin took a deep breath and took the ball from the staff.
There must be no mistakes this time!
Griffin took a deep breath, then started from outside the three-point line and used the same action again, but this time in order to ensure that he could dunk the ball firmly, he canceled the small lever in the first attempt. .
As a crisp dunk sounded, the Staples Center was quiet for a moment, and then cheers and applause broke out!
Griffin turned around and smiled!
Several judges are also very understanding of the world. After all, this is a project held at the Staples Center. How can we not give some benefits to the players playing at home?
In the end, Griffin's dunk scored a high score of 49 points!
Except for Griffin, the other contestants pouted!
This dunk is indeed pretty good, but it's not worth 49 points. To be fair, it's about the same as Ibaka's score!
The third player to play was DeMar DeRozan from the Raptors.
He started from the right side of the three-point line, and then threw the ball high with both hands. He accelerated without the ball. When he rushed under the basket, the ball he threw had bounced to the same height as him!
DeRozan grabbed the ball with one hand, then pulled a lever and dunked a reverse basket from the other side of the basket!
I have to say that DeRozan's dunk looks really good at his height, and his flying posture in the air is also very graceful!
Li Kaiming was sitting in the waiting area and spontaneously applauded DeRozan!
This ball is really pretty!
However, after the scores from the five judges came out, even Li Kaiming was dumbfounded!
Only 44 points!
The lowest score so far!
DeRozan had a look of dissatisfaction on his face, but he could only endure it because the people sitting on the judges' bench were all famous figures in NBA history. DeRozan was just a second-year rookie. Not on the same level...
At this time, Li Kaiming, who saw DeRozan's score, frowned and began to think.
He feels that he is relatively objective. In his mind, DeRozan's dunk score should be about the same as Griffin and Ibaka's dunk score, or even a little higher.
In terms of difficulty, DeRozan's one is harder than Griffin's. If Griffin doesn't choose to lower the difficulty, the two are about the same.
If we compare creativity, the free throw line dunks were all broken by Jordan, and Jordan still dribbled the ball and dunked, unlike Ibaka who ran with the ball!
As a result, Griffin actually scored 49 points from the judges, 1 point short of a perfect score!
There must be something wrong here!
Li Kaiming knew the secret inside after a little thought.
It seems that if nothing else happens, the dunk king should have been arranged before the game, and it is Griffin!
It turns out that America also does this kind of background operation...
It seems that I have unknowingly become a disruptive character...
The corners of Li Kaiming's mouth slowly raised, something interesting!
It's Li Kaiming's turn to appear!
He stood up and high-fived several opponents around him, and then walked onto the court.
The commentators for the slam dunk contest were still the same four people as before. Dwight Howard was a little curious, "I wonder what kind of action Li Kaiming will choose?"
Howard asked the question on behalf of a large number of people. Although Li Kaiming is also a favorite in the slam dunk contest, it is obviously not like the three-point contest where almost everyone thinks he will win the championship.
Now it was Li Kaiming's turn to take action. Almost everyone's eyes were fixed on Li Kaiming's every move.
Li Kaiming took the ball and walked to the three-point line on the right, then waited for a while, estimated the distance, and suddenly threw the ball into the sky!
"It looks similar to what DeMar DeRozan did. Want a self-throw and a dunk?" Charles Barkley nodded slightly.
After throwing the ball in his hand, Li Kaiming suddenly started to take off. After taking two steps toward the basket, the ball he threw high bounced back into the air!
Li Kaiming kicked the ground with both hands, and then swung his hands forcefully toward the back of his body, as if to add a little more strength to his jumping speed!
After jumping up, Li Kaiming stretched out his right arm. As his right arm was fully extended, his body also completed a 180-degree rotation!
At this time, his right hand happened to catch the basketball in the air. His rotation had not stopped. At the same time, he put his left hand behind his head, making a gesture of tribute to Karl Malone!
After completing the remaining 180-degree rotation, Li Kaiming was exactly an arm's length away from the basket!
Li Kaiming dunked the ball into the basket!
boom!
As a crisp sound of a bomb exploded, the Staples Center boiled!
The faces of several historical stars on the judges' bench showed incredible expressions!
This action is impeccable no matter from the perspective of beauty, creativity or tribute to the predecessors!
Even Griffin sitting in the waiting seat applauded Li Kaiming with a complicated expression!
Even if he doesn't admit it, it can be seen from the reaction of the fans at the scene that Li Kaiming's dunk is better than his!
In the end, all five judges gave Li Kaiming full marks, and Li Kaiming became the second player with perfect marks tonight!
"Tonight's game is going to be great. Both Li Kaiming and JaVale McGee have perfect scores, but only the top two can enter the finals. Griffin is under a lot of pressure!" Harlan said with a gloating expression on his face.
There are two rounds of dunks in the preliminaries, and the score in the preliminaries is the sum of the two rounds of dunks. If Griffin wants to advance to the finals, his second goal must be at least 2 points higher than either McGee or Li Kaiming!
Thinking of this, Griffin, who was sitting in the waiting seat, instantly felt that the chair was even uncomfortable!
Whether it is McGee or Li Kaiming, both of them are very strong. It would be impossible to defeat them!
Soon the second round begins.
Ibaka, who was the first to play, also played a plot, specially inviting a child, and then hanging the child's teddy bear on the basket, so that he could play the role of a big brother who helps others!
Child: Who hung this bear up? Don’t you have any idea? Hang it up for me and you're still taking credit from me. If you take off your pants and fart, it's you!
Overall, this idea can be said to be very bloody! It feels like a war movie with a little bit of a youth idol drama added to it, which is inconsistent no matter how you look at it.
In the end, Ibaka started from the baseline, then ran to the basket and jumped high. While dunking the basketball in with his hand, he also took down the child's teddy bear with his mouth!
This scene is all about bounce and camaraderie!
Child: This stuffed bear smells bad, I don’t want it anymore!
In the end, the five judges gave Ibaka a score of 45, the same as last time.
If nothing else, Ibaka should be the first player eliminated.
Then it was Griffin's turn to come on the court. He invited his teammate, the first-generation bearded Baron Davis. Davis threw the ball from the side of the backboard, hit the backboard and bounced back. Griffin took off to catch the ball, double A beautiful big windmill came out of the arms!
This ball looks very good, with sufficient power and height. If it were placed in a game, it would be a dunk that would score among the top ten goals.
But this is a dunk contest, and to be honest, this shot is not that good in the dunk contest...
However, what is surprising is that five judges actually gave Griffin a perfect score...
At this time, even Barkley in the commentary box couldn't understand. "What's going on? I want to go over and ask these guys. How does this ball deserve full marks?"
