After a while, the award ceremony began.
"The awards ceremony for the Skills Challenge has officially begun. Now, let us invite the champion of the 2013 NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge..."
"Damien!!!Lee-Rad!!!"
Inside the Toyota Center, everyone in the audience stood up unconsciously and kept shouting Lillard's name.
Lillard jogged all the way to the center of the court, hugged and exchanged greetings with runner-up Holiday, then stepped forward and took the trophy from Stu Jackson, another vice president of the league, kissed him first, and finally raised his hands in the air lift.
Last night was just an entertainment game, and it didn't matter whether he won or lost. But no matter what, this was Lillard's first time participating in a basketball feast like the All-Star Weekend.
Winning the Skills Challenge Championship for the first time he participated seemed to indicate that the All-Star Game was waiting for him.
After taking a look at the two teammates who came to cheer, Lillard knew that he had to work harder to truly experience the All-Star Weekend like Wang Zelin and Aldridge.
"Damien, do you have any acceptance speech?"
Lillard took the microphone: "First of all, I want to thank every fan who supports me. It is your cheer and encouragement that allowed me to break through myself..."
"Actually, I want to thank everyone on the Trail Blazers for supporting me before the game!"
"Of course, I am even more grateful to my parents for giving me such an excellent talent!"
"The last thing I want to say is... the All-Star Game, wait for me, I will go there sooner or later!"
The moment Ladd put down the microphone, raised the trophy and looked around, the audience cheered.
Countless Hollywood movie stars, football, tennis and other sports stars on the sidelines were applauding Lillard.
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The skills challenge is over and it’s the three-point contest’s turn.
Lillard's outstanding performance only brought three minutes of excitement to the Skills Challenge. After the excitement, the highlight in the hearts of fans will always be three-pointers and dunks.
This year's three-point contest takes the form of a confrontation between the East and West. The three representatives of the East are Irving of the Cavaliers, Novak of the Knicks and Paul George of the Pacers.
The three representatives of the Western Conference are Stephen Curry of the Warriors, Ryan Anderson of the Hornets, and Matt Bonner of the Spurs.
Last year's three-point contest champion Kevin Love did not participate this year, and the most popular player became Warriors star Stephen Curry.
He is the undisputed number one marksman in active service in the league!
Before the game, many people lamented that Klay Thompson should participate in the three-point contest. The latter's 14 three-pointers and a history-high 48 points in the rookie game are still the focus of discussion outside the court.
At this time, Curry was sitting on the sidelines stretching, and many eyes were focused on the baby-faced No. 30 player.
Klay Thompson is so good, so how good will Stephen Curry, who is ahead of him on the three-point list, be?
The host announces the rules of the competition:
1 The player who scores the most points by shooting within one minute is the winner;
2 The game is divided into two rounds with a total of five shooting points, including two points for offset symmetry, two points forty-five and one for Chen and one at the top of the arc:
3. There are 5 balls in each shooting point, 4 of which are orange balls, which are worth one point if hit, and one is a flower ball, which is worth two points if they hit... The full score is 30 points.
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Ten minutes later, the three-point contest officially began.
Six players were drawn, and the most popular player before the game, Steve Curry, unexpectedly appeared first.
"Wow wow wow! The strongest player is actually the first to appear. Let's see how Stephen Curry's performance will be?"
On the court, Curry, who was drawn first in the order of appearance, was a little confused, but he quickly adjusted his mentality, high-fived Klay Thompson, and came to the right corner.
"Are you ready?"
the host asked.
"ok!"
Curry nodded.
"Then, I declare...the game begins!"
As soon as he finished speaking, exciting music suddenly sounded, and Curry took the ball and quickly took action.
No. 1.
"Bang!"
Strike an iron blow in anger.
The second one~didn’t make it.
The third one~still didn’t make it!
He conceded three goals in a row as soon as he started, and the opponents behind him had bright smiles on their faces. Curry's teammates Klay Thompson, Harrison Barnes and others were heartbroken and looked at Curry nervously.
“This is definitely not the level Stephen should be at!
"Is he paying homage to Kobe?"
The host's explanation made the tense atmosphere disappear.
Fortunately, the Black Mamba was not present today, otherwise something might have happened.
In the blink of an eye, the last flower ball arrived. This time Curry slowed down, shook his wrist, and shot.
"Uh-huh!"
Finally got in.
Curry only scored two points on the first point.
"Is that guy really the top shooter on active duty?"
"At this level, even I can do it!"
The audience, who were looking forward to Curry's performance, began to boo. It was true that Curry's performance today was a bit eye-catching.
How do you say that?
How great is the expectation, how great is the disappointment.
Reached a 45-degree angle on the right wing.
Curry's performance was even worse, not making a single shot.
Two ordinary balls were hit at the top of the arc, and the final flower ball circled the basket for several times, and finally fell out of the circle, scoring only two points.
After three shots, Curry only scored 4 points.
"WTF!"
Wang Zelin on the side almost laughed out loud.
He remembered that this was Curry's worst performance in the five three-point contests he participated in, but he really didn't expect it to turn out like this.
Maybe Curry is preparing to challenge Jordan's record!
There are not a few people who have the same ideas as Wang Zelin.
Soon they reached a 45-degree angle on the left wing, and Curry came up and hit three consecutive shots. He must have regained his feeling, and his shooting rate improved significantly.
In the last point, Curry shot very well, but the poor shooting rate in the beginning had a great negative impact on Curry's total points.
17 points!
With such a score, unless the subsequent players have the same serious disorder as Curry in qualifying, it is almost certain that they will miss the finals.
Ryan Anderson came on for the second time, and his highlight was at the 4th point. He made all 5 goals and finally scored 18 points.
Bonner, the last player in the Western Conference, hit the first point, scored 18 points after shooting the first 4 points, and finally hit 20 points.
After the West End was completed, Curry, who had attracted much attention, was directly criticized by the team members for rarely traveling, which made many people stunned.
In the eyes of fans, Stephen Curry of the Warriors and Tony Parker of the Spurs in the skill game both suffered the fate of death in the heat of the game.
With the sound of "swish, swish, swish", the basketball flew out from the fingertips of many three-point masters, drew a beautiful arc, and then got into the basket, raising a white wave.
In the end, the Cavaliers' Kyrie Irving won the new three-point king with 23 points in the final, beating the Spurs' Bonner's 20 points!
Next is the dunk contest. In his previous life, Wang Zelin watched this dunk contest through video.
To be honest, so-so!
It's better to have LaVine.
This slam dunk contest is unattractive just from the list.
The one who attracted the most attention may be James White, one of the best dunkers in the world and the king of the free throw line specially invited by NBA officials.
But it has to be said that White is a big-game dunker who habitually loses weight in big scenes.
The preliminaries ended with two deductions and they were eliminated with 77 points.
The reason was that he kept making mistakes, and the second dunk was not even made until the end of time.
Starting from the 2001 McDonald's High School All-Star Game, to the 2006 NBA Slam Dunk Contest, and then to this year's NBA Slam Dunk Contest.
This is the third time that White has failed in the dunk contest broadcast live across the United States.
And every time he is the absolute seed player.
The Cologne competition championship was finally won by Terrence Ross of the Raptors.
The first dunk of the final was made by wearing the No. 15 jersey to pay tribute to Carter. After a rebound ball that hit the edge, he turned around and performed a one-handed split dunk, recreating Carter's classic dunk of the year.
Bonus points for sentiment!
There is a saying that since the 2000 Dunk Contest at the beginning of the century, the NBA's subsequent competitions have been disasters and have restored the glory of the year.
Some fans even joked: Should the dunk contest be closed for two years? Maybe we can wait for the next Carter-level super dunker.
In 1998 and 1999, due to various reasons such as the league's lockout and Jordan's retirement, the dunk contest was considered to have run out of money, so the league did not hold a dunk contest for two consecutive years.
The result is.
The dunk contest was born in 2000. Vince Carter, a half-man and half-god, defeated Francis, his cousin Tracy McGrady, Ricky Davis, Stackhouse and other top dunkers, and contributed to the most classic game in NBA history. The slam dunk contest.
No wonder some fans are making fun of it like this.
In this regard, Wang Zelin wants to say: Just wait a little longer. In two years there will be a No. 8 dunker who will save the dunk contest.
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February 18th is the last day of All-Star Weekend.
With all-star starters around him, Wang Zelin is very busy today.
In the morning, new starter Wang Zelin followed Kobe, James and other big players to participate in an event that must be held every year.
The community sends warmth!
It can be regarded as an activity specially formulated by Utah people in order to create a positive and positive image of the NBA.
At noon, after the community activities are over, officials will gather all the players participating in the All-Star Game together for interviews with major media.
After several more hours, these things were finally finished.
…
In a dance studio.
A group of tall and strong men were performing an eye-catching dance to the devilish accompaniment.
After the dance, James in the middle pulled down the white strap on his left shoulder, showing off his cunning old shoulder.
Everything is so skillful.
It seems that James has been practicing this action in private.
"Wang, what do you think of this move? Isn't it cool?" James raised his eyebrows at Wang Zelin for a layup.
"Ahem..."
"That's awesome!"
“Cool!”
Wang Zelin was about to cry.
Which god came up with this move?
That’s too much!
"In that case, let's rehearse a few more times quickly. The official performance will be held soon."
After saying that, James clicked on the notebook...
DNA moves again.
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At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the short dance music of 2 minutes and 10 seconds, after more than ten rehearsals, was successfully engraved into the genes of the six all-stars.
As for why it’s not the one-minute original video.
Thanks to Wade for his suggestion.
The original plan was for Wang Zelin to perfect the dance music, but who told him that it was a half-finished product.
Faced with this request, Wang Zelin refused without hesitation.
Are you kidding me?
Kunkun's supreme realm can actually be understood by him as a mortal. Not to mention Kunkun, even taking the Canadian electric eel as an example, he can't compare to other people's realms.
Under Wang Zelin's insistence that he would rather die than surrender, everyone had no choice but to repeat the dance music and lengthen it.
Otherwise, one minute is indeed too short.
After arriving at the Toyota Center Stadium in Houston, the members of the Kinita Dance Troupe first took photos with other All-Star teammates. After some interviews, the six of them came to the officially prepared performers' rest area during the All-Star Game.
It is worth mentioning that today is the 50th birthday of basketball god Michael Jordan.
Therefore, the six people entered the performers' rest area and found that it was already filled with many superstars from the American entertainment industry. It could be said that it was a gathering of big names.
"Hey man, look over there," Aldridge suddenly said in surprise, pointing to the front left: "Oh my God, that person is Beyoncé!"
Wang Zelin looked over and saw a tall woman wearing big sunglasses and leather pants, showing off her hot figure.
"It really is!"
Howard exclaimed.
The successive reactions from his teammates finally reminded Wang Zelin of the hot chick not far away.
The world-class queen of music—Beyoncé Giselle North!
During halftime of All-Stars, Beyoncé will perform a song for the crowd.
On top of that, there’s last year’s Grammy winner Arisia Kis…
A gathering of stars!
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At 5:00, the Houston Toyota Center, home of the Mosaics, was overcrowded. The arena, which can accommodate nearly 20,000 people, was packed with people.
The annual NBA All-Star Weekend is undoubtedly a gluttonous feast, and the All-Star Game as the highlight is the focus of countless basketball fans.
Every year, countless fans come from all over the world to watch the game live.
In addition, the sidelines were already filled with top celebrities from all walks of life.
For example, the Chinese giant Yao Ming!
As the former owner of this arena, Yao Ming attracted people's attention as soon as he appeared on the court. The arena photographer gave Yao Ming a close-up shot and showed it on the big screen.
"Ladies and gentlemen...the biggest party of the 2013 Houston All-Star Weekend is about to begin!"
The host's high-pitched voice instantly ignited the audience.
The first is the entrance ceremony.
"Ladies and gentlemen, in addition to the All-Star game today, there is another big thing to say...Congratulations to the great basketball god Michael Jordan on his 50th birthday!"
Immediately afterwards, a 50-second short film was shown on the big screen, which was enough to prove Jordan's unique influence on the NBA and the sport of basketball.
There is a little easter egg at the end of the short story.
Jordan's former teammate Pippen... Bulls head coach Phil Jackson... and a group of old acquaintances specially sent their blessings.
The Flyers who came to watch the game at the official invitation were also filled with emotion and gently wiped away a few tears that fell from the corners of their eyes.
The media "clicked" to record this moment forever, even thinking of the title.
The stars wish me happy birthday, and the trapeze artist sheds tears!
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