Immediately, Gordon, who was the runner-up in the dunk contest in 2015 and 2016, also appeared on the stage and began to show everyone his first dunk of the day.
His Magic teammate Elfrid Payton followed up and appeared to be going for an assisted dunk.
Payton hit the basketball on the basket stand near the baseline. Gordon behind him caught the ball and made a big windmill move, and then dunked the ball into the basket with one hand with his right hand.
Gordon's dunk was very exciting and won applause from the audience.
But compared with Wang Zelin's previous one, both the excitement, the degree of surprise, and the sound waves coming from the scene are much inferior.
Feeling the feedback from the scene, Gordon felt an inexplicable thump in his heart, secretly thinking something was wrong.
Sure enough, as the judges showed their scorecards, Gordon's face suddenly darkened.
Jordan - 9 points
Dr. J - 9 points
Wilkins - 9 points
Kobe Bryant - 9 points
Howard - 10 points
Among the five judges, only Howard gave 10 points, and the other four judges all deducted one point from Gordon. Obviously, in their view, with the strength shown by Gordon in the past two dunk contests, such a dunk can only It's quite satisfactory, not amazing.
Of course, that doesn't mean this dunk was easy.
On the contrary, this moment is actually quite difficult.
But Gordon was very unlucky. Wang Zelin's dunk earlier raised the excitement threshold of everyone on the scene again. Gordon's wonderful dunk, which had been rated as a perfect score in many previous slam dunk contests, now only received crickets. 46 points.
46!
Gordon, the runner-up in the past two dunk contests, scored the lowest score for his first dunk tonight.
The whole place was in an uproar.
Faced with this situation, the large LED screen at the scene began to continuously play the five dunks that had just ended. Everyone could not find that when Wiggins and Wang Zelin dunked from the free throw line one after another, the players behind them were more or less have been affected to a certain extent.
The difference is that Wang Zelin's free throw line dunk is more exciting and difficult than Wiggins, which has caused Gordon to be more severely affected.
Faced with such a score, Gordon obviously couldn't accept it, but the judges all scored it, and it was too late for him to regret it now.
If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have hidden it, and would have directly used his ultimate move.
Unfortunately, for the sake of safety, he chose to act according to the original plan, but in the end he ignored the impact of Wang Zelin's moment on the scene.
Gordon's face was gloomy all the way back from the court to the rest area, exuding the aura of keeping strangers away.
Raven glanced at the old rival beside him and wanted to step forward to comfort him, but he didn't know where to start.
After watching it, he took off his training clothes, grabbed a basketball and appeared on the court.
As LaVine made his appearance, cheers erupted again.
In the past two All-Star Slam Dunk Contests, LaVine has shown unparalleled dominance and won the championship for two consecutive years. If he can win this time, he will unlock an unprecedented achievement - the only consecutive player in NBA history. The player who won the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest three years ago!
Prior to this, there were many double champions in history, such as "Flying Man" Jordan in 1987 and 1988, "J-Rich" Richardson in 2002 and 2003, and "Junior" Jordan in 2009 and 2010. Potato" Robinson and LaVine in '15 and '16.
Considering that LaVine's overall strength is not a superstar or even an All-Star, being able to achieve such an achievement is enough to make him famous in history.
Coupled with the gathering of super dunkers this year, and the superstar who is guaranteed to be in the Hall of Fame after retirement and even ranked in the top 10 in NBA history as a background, it is not an exaggeration to call LaVine the first dunker in history.
Of course, the prerequisite is to successfully win the championship.
Feeling the attention of the audience, LaVine stood outside the three-point line and began to think about the choice of the first dunk.
Thanks to Gordon as the pioneer, LaVine felt unprecedented pressure and his concentration on the game also increased.
The strength of the opponents in this year's slam dunk contest is by no means limited. I cannot be like Gordon and must pay attention to it.
LaVine called his teammate Towns, and it looked like he was also assisting in a dunk.
After he said something in Towns' ear, he waved to the audience and started his first dunk attempt.
The entire audience suddenly became excited, and many people stood up. This year's slam dunk contest was more brutal than any previous one.
And LaVine is known as the strongest dunker after Carter, and he has also proved his accomplishments in dunking with his strength, which is no less than any previous super dunker. Everyone is looking forward to him taking over. Great performance down the stretch.
After Towns and LaVine came to the court, Towns was in front and LaVine was behind. The two kept a distance, and then...
Towns actually played the basketball like a football, starting from the center circle and moving towards the basket.
And judging from the level that Towns has shown, he seems to be really good at football.
A seven-foot center, but he used a pair of feet to show silky dribbling skills, which is really eye-catching.
After approaching the free throw line, Towns saw LaVine rushing towards him, suddenly accelerated to stop the ball, and lifted the ball into the air with his heel.
LaVine took half a step across the free throw line and leaped high into the air. After catching the basketball, he started spinning.
"Alley-oop, 360-degree dunk!" LaVine is LaVine after all, and this time he directly completed an alley-oop 360-degree dunk.
This is also very difficult. Although it is still lower than the previous two-legged crotch dunk from the free throw line, considering that Towns passed the ball to LaVine with his feet, this alley-oop is quite interesting and full of imagination. .
Jordan's people huddled among themselves, thought about it, and gave LaVine 50 points.
This made LaVine quietly breathe a sigh of relief. Judging from the previous five dunks, it would be difficult to advance to the finals without scoring full points.
Therefore, he chose to use one of his ultimate moves to press the box and cooperate with Towns to complete the alley-oop with his feet.
But Gordon was a little miserable, scoring only 46 points on the first dunk, the lowest score among the six.
Even if he scores 50 points in the second, there is a high probability that he will miss the finals.
Right now, Wiggins, Wang Zelin and LaVine, who have scored full dunks, are the most promising to advance to the finals... as long as they can guarantee 49 points in the second dunk.
Followed by Nance Jr. and Robinson III, and finally Gordon.
This made Gordon's mentality shattered. He had promised to be the strongest runner-up and the uncrowned king, but this year he couldn't even make it to the finals?
Soon, Wiggins came back on the court and started his second dunk in the first round. He first stood outside the 45-degree three-point line on the right, accelerated to the basket with all the fans watching, jumped up with all his strength with his legs, and successfully completed a 360-degree turn over with his hands behind his back.
The talented number one pick Wiggins once again shocked everyone with his skills. His elegant and elegant figure made everyone present feel bright. Although he did not get full marks this time, he still got a high score of 49 points.
This means that no matter how many points the next opponent scores, he has firmly occupied one of the three spots in the finals and became the first player to advance to the finals tonight.
(End of chapter)
