NBA All-Star Weekend.
The second night came as planned.
This time, the All-Star Skills Challenge, the Three-Point Shootout Contest and the most important All-Star Slam Dunk Contest were held.
The venue was the Air Canada Center Arena, home of the Raptors, which can accommodate more than 19,000 spectators, so the scene was very lively, and the fans were already excited before the show even started.
First up is the All-Star Skills Challenge.
The participating players are Patrick Beverley, Draymond Green, Anthony Davis, CJ McCollum, Karl-Anthony Towns, Isaiah Thomas and Jordan Clarkson.
In the end, Karl-Anthony Towns went all the way and used a three-pointer to kill Isaiah Thomas to win the Skills Challenge.
Next up is the three-point shooting contest.
Interestingly, this time Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry both participated in the show. The two were teammates and both were good at three-point shooting. In the end, the two teammates got into a fight in the finals.
Thompson finally defeated Curry with 10 consecutive 11-goal goals and 27 points.
The "fight" between the Splash Brothers has come to an end, making this three-point shooting contest very popular among fans.
After the previous projects were over, the on-site staff hurriedly cleaned up the equipment and began to set up the dunk contest site.
In these few minutes, information about the participating players also began to be played on the big screen.
League officials have obviously made special preparations. When introducing each player, they will play their dunk highlights, and there are even some short videos shot specifically with the players.
The first one to appear was Aaron Gordon.
From the Orlando Magic, he wore a black suit and sat on the sidelines today. When the live camera showed him, Gordon stood up and raised his hands to the fans, and then his highlights began to play on the big screen.
Those were all his various dunks with the Magic. In terms of action alone, they were really exciting, and therefore attracted endless cheers from the fans at the scene.
Next up is Zach LaVine.
LaVine stood up first to greet the fans, and then his wonderful performance for the Minnesota Timberwolves began on the big screen.
Some of the video clips are still his alley-oop cooperation with Zhao Feiyang. Judging from those clips alone, his jumping and movements are perfect.
In addition, he was the winner of the last slam dunk contest, which also resulted in a large number of fans supporting him. The cheers and shouts at the scene even flooded the entire arena.
The third player to appear was Will Barton of the Denver Nuggets.
Patton's dunk highlights also look pretty good, but they are obviously inferior to the previous two.
The fans did not hesitate to applaud him, and many people applauded him.
Button himself seemed relatively satisfied. He not only reached out to greet the fans outside the stadium, but also looked like he was determined to win the championship.
The last person to appear was Zhao Feiyang.
Compared with the performance of the top three players, Zhao Feiyang has too few scenes in the video highlights. Originally, he didn't have many dunks in the game, especially last season. In most cases, he ended the battle with a cautious layup. Dunk, a method that may lead to injuries, was basically blocked by him.
By the beginning of this season, he had a little more dunks. Especially after his comeback during that period, he would never choose a layup if he could dunk the ball.
However, compared to his career, there are still too few such dunks, and it is really difficult to pick out some stunning ones among these dunk scenes.
Therefore, when Zhao Feiyang's dunk highlights were played, not only was there not much applause, but there was also a lot of ridicule.
Even some players sitting in the VIP seats couldn't help it.
"Oh! No! This collection is too ordinary..."
"I suspect this guy is here to be funny..."
"Don't doubt it, he's just here to be funny! I don't know why he would want to participate in the dunk contest? Does he think he can do anything?"
There was a lot of discussion at the scene.
Regarding these scenes, Raven was somewhat angry. He patted Zhao Feiyang's shoulder to comfort him, "Zhao, don't think too much. We can just go about our business and don't care about the outside world... "
However, Zhao Feiyang's performance exceeded his expectations.
Not only was Zhao Feiyang not angry, he actually stood up from his seat. He turned around in a circle towards all the fans at the scene, and then made Allen Iverson's signature "listening" movement of putting his hands to his ears.
"bring it on!"
"Just laugh!"
Zhao Feiyang smiled and spoke while doing the movements.
Raven was dumbfounded when she saw him like this.
"Oh! God!"
"Is Zhao planning to give up treatment?"
"Or was he determined from the beginning?"
The laughter at the scene did not decrease because of his actions. Many players still laughed wildly. For example, Button, who was sitting aside, maybe because it was boring to laugh alone, he simply pulled his teammates to laugh together.
"Hahaha... Look at that guy, he's so funny! Does he think of himself as a superstar?"
"Wait a minute I want to see how he dunks? I wonder if this guy can jump?"
"Man, hold my camera. Not only will you take pictures for me later, but you will also take pictures for that guy. Then I will make a video collection and post it online so that the fans can see how we compare. ....."
call out.
After the whistle blows, the dunk contest officially begins.
The first person to appear is Zach LaVine.
Before going on stage, Zhao Feiyang gave him a high-five and cheered him up.
"Zach, this is your highlight moment! Come on, brother!"
"necessary."
LaVine walked onto the court smiling.
With all the fans watching, he threw the basketball toward the basket. The first throw failed because the position was not ideal. LaVine did not take off but went over and picked up the ball.
After picking it up, LaVine threw the ball again.
This time, when the basketball that fell on the ground bounced up, LaVine rushed from the right side of the basket to the position under the basket, leaped high and then used his left hand behind his back to switch the ball to his right hand, and then made a one-handed shot with the back of his hand. Dunk the ball into the basket.
boom.
The ball went in.
The whole crowd cheered.
The judges sitting at the scene also looked surprised.
"pretty!"
"Great dunk!"
"This guy's dunk was really perfect..."
After a few seconds, all five judges gave it perfect marks.
LaVine’s first dunk in the first round ended with a perfect score.
The crowd cheered.
Zhao Feiyang also happily rushed off the court to high-five LaVine.
"Well done!"
Next it was Gordon's turn.
