The second half of the game came quickly.
Although the Denver Nuggets struggled to chase points in the third quarter, the gap between them and the Minnesota Timberwolves was obvious.
Therefore, the Nuggets failed to achieve any reversal.
As for the Timberwolves, Zhao Feiyang managed to put in a hard effort but still easily scored 30 points. The final score between the two sides was 100 to 114.
The Timberwolves finished off the Nuggets with double digits.
After the game, the Nuggets naturally left in despair, but Nuggets player Will Barton was very unconvinced.
When the players from both sides were greeting each other, he deliberately walked up to Zhao Feiyang. Although he took the initiative to hold his hands with Zhao Feiyang, his words were not polite at all.
"Zhao, I'm waiting for you to participate in the dunk contest!"
"Man, that's what I'm good at... I advise you to build your mentality first, otherwise you're very likely to be embarrassed... That's embarrassing in front of fans all over the world... ..."
Barton smiled evilly.
"Oh, really?"
"In this case, I also want to know what kind of wonderful expression you would have if you lost in a field that you are proud of..."
Button didn't care at all, looking indifferent, "Then I'll wait for you to participate in the competition..."
"I can't wait for All-Star Night..."
Both parties quickly said goodbye and left.
After returning to the locker room, while Zhao Feiyang was changing clothes, Zach LaVine also started chatting with him. After persuading Zhao Feiyang once, LaVine never said anything to persuade him to give up. Instead, he taught him his dunk experience.
"Zhao, I'm very happy that you can participate. This time we will participate in the competition together! Man, this is a very exciting thing for me..."
"But I have to tell you that the dunk contest not only focuses on difficulty, but also on more tricks and gimmicks. It seems that you are not suitable for challenging dunk events with high difficulty, so try to choose a dunk that is slightly more difficult but with more gimmicks. High action..."
"I have some ideas here. If you arrive early for training tomorrow morning, I will tell you secretly...man, this is something I never tell others...but you are different, you are me Brother, so I am willing to tell you..."
Seeing LaVine's statement, Zhao Feiyang was moved and looked at LaVine to ask a question, "Zach, if I say... Of course, it's if! If I learn your dunk action I beat you and took away your dunk contest championship, what would you think?"
Raven was stunned for a moment, seeming to be thinking. After a few seconds, his face showed an extremely happy look.
"No, man, I would be very happy if you beat me...I don't care about the slam dunk trophy. I've already won one, what's the value of having one more?"
"If you can win the championship, it would be great for me... However, now I am more worried about whether you will be eliminated in the first round..."
The two left the arena while chatting.
Perhaps to help Zhao Feiyang adapt earlier, the two entered the training hall two hours early for training the next morning.
LaVine also showed off his dunking skills and many different dunking movements for Zhao Feiyang after the warm-up. The perfect and gorgeous dunk also surprised Zhao Feiyang.
At the same time, it was also known to the outside world that Zhao Feiyang was about to participate in the dunk contest. From Minneapolis to Denver, from the Timberwolves to the entire NBA, from the United States to China, even many Asian fans have read this kind of news on the Internet.
The media are also happy to see such things, but they will spare no effort to report or even add fuel to the fire on any topical news.
NBA officials finally found such a gimmicky news, and quickly added fuel to the fire in private, asking some TV stations to report the news, creating various public opinions on the Internet, and specially invited celebrities to discuss the matter.
"Oh! This is a very bold decision. I know that Zhao rarely does such unreliable things! But this time, I think he is a little too arrogant... Of course young people have ideas. It’s a good thing, but all this should be based on strength. If you can’t be down-to-earth, I’m afraid there will be many unexpected effects..."
Charles Barkley discussed.
"I have met a lot of Asian players and participated in some events in China. Frankly speaking, China has no shortage of players who can dunk. They have some very powerful guys in the private sector, whether it is dunking skills or tricks. There are so many..."
"However, as far as professional players are concerned, I haven't seen many people who are amazing so far. I have also seen their local league, and the slam dunk contest there is simply terrible... .”
"Zhao has made great progress since coming to the United States. However, I am still not optimistic about his participation in the dunk contest. This is not his specialty, at least it seems like this for now..."
Shaquille O'Neal said.
Some talk shows didn't mind the excitement and invited Nuggets player Barton to the show to ask his opinion on Zhao Feiyang's participation in the slam dunk contest.
Whether it was for the effect of the show or he really thought so, Barton did not hide his thoughts at all on the show.
"Frankly speaking, I am not optimistic about him, let alone him, I have not even seen many Asian professional players with high level of dunking... In my opinion, he is just talking angry words, I am even competing I told him at the end that he might be embarrassed if he went..."
"But Zhao didn't listen to me at all. He insisted on going. It seems that he must have thought he could defeat me. If that's the case, I wouldn't mind competing with him..."
"It's just that I hope people won't laugh at him if something happens to him. After all, it's very courageous for him to participate in the dunk contest..."
The program team was very happy to see Patton's weirdness, and the fans laughed it off.
Even many local fans who support Zhao Feiyang are not optimistic about his participation in the dunk contest at all this time.
When the news spread back to China, the fans' reaction was even more excited than the local fans in the United States.
"What are you doing? Zhao Feiyang is participating in the dunk contest? He's not kidding us! Is it okay for him to go? Don't talk about other things, let him try a crotch-hand dunk first? I think he can't do it. ..."
"I think Zhao Feiyang can do well when he participates in the All-Star Game, but when he enters the dunk contest, I think it's just a fool's errand! This guy is out of control now..."
"At this age, if he still behaves like this, forget it, let him suffer the consequences! Otherwise, who knows what he will do next year?"
