The Godfather of Basketball

The Staples Center arena was packed, and 20,000 people was not enough for an event like the All-Stars.

The first to start is the Skills Challenge.

Yesterday scored 12 points and 22 assists, won the rookie game MVP No. 1 Lang John Wall performed bravely and successfully won the final championship.

After the skills challenge, there will be a three-point shooting contest.

Neither Novak nor Kapono participated in the competition this year. What is more interesting is that the Celtics and Cavaliers, two old enemies, both participated.

On one side are the elders of Pierce and Ray Allen, and on the other side are the young combination of Green and Anderson.

The remaining two are Dorell Wright of the Warriors and Kevin Durant of the Thunder.

Among these 6 people, Ray Allen is also the biggest favorite to win the championship.

In fact, the situation in the first round was similar to that predicted.

Green and Wright both scored 11 points, and their performances were average. As for Durant, who seemed to be joking, he scored 6 points, almost tying Jordan's record of 5 points in the three-point contest.

In the end, Anderson scored 16 points, Pierce scored 18 points, Ray Allen scored the highest 20 points in the preliminaries, and the three reached the final.

In the final, unexpectedly, Anderson played bravely and scored the highest 20 points, beating Ray Allen (19 points) to win the three-point contest.

This result even surprised Tang Tian.

But this also shows the charm of the three-point contest, which is about playing on the spot.

The three-point contest was an upset, and the fans were excited.

But after the three-point contest ended, everyone's emotions became even more excited.

Because immediately followed by the much-anticipated slam dunk contest.

Tang Tian also stopped chatting with Swift and looked at the field.

This year's dunk contest is somewhat different from Tang Tian's previous life.

Because of James' participation, McGee did not appear in this year's dunk contest.

In addition to James, the other three people who participated were Griffin, DeRozan and Ibaka.

In this slam dunk contest in the previous life, Griffin Feiyue won the championship. Now that Feiyue has been used by Pietrus 2 years ago, he is a little curious about what moves Griffin will choose.

The slam dunk contest is about to start, and the sideline commentary is also busy. Barkley, Kenny Smith, Reggie Miller, and it is worth mentioning that the former slam dunk king Howard is also one of the commentators.

"Dwight, LeBron finally announced his participation in the slam dunk contest, but you became a commentator. Wouldn't it be a pity?" Miller said with a smile.

"Of course, but the league thinks I'm already a dunk legend, so I'm sitting here with you."

Howard still has a sense of humor, and this opening made everyone in the commentary stand laugh.

"Okay, Dwight, I admit, after you retire, I will consider inviting you to join TNT as my partner." Barkley also said along the way.

"So can we now predict who will become the final champion? We all say a name."

"LeBron."

"LeBron."

"LeBron."

"Griffin."

Among the four, only Barkley thinks Griffin will win the championship.

"Hey, guys, this is a slam dunk contest, not a fame contest!" Barkley slapped the table with a smile.

"That's right. I think our judges are more harsh on LeBron. If he wants to win, he must show some real skills." Howard said with a smile on the side. He is obviously more experienced in the competition.

While the commentators were talking, the host introduced the judges of the slam dunk contest.

Drexler, Brent Barry, James Worthy, "Dr. J" Owen, Wilkins.

Five legendary dunkers/stars.

After the introduction of the guests, there was a burst of excited cheers at the Staples Center, and the long-awaited slam dunk contest finally kicked off.

DeRozan was the first to appear on the stage. This is also his second time participating in the slam dunk contest. His first action was a baseline run, and he dunked under the crotch with the ball rebounded by his teammates.

The difficulty is not small, but the take-off height is not enough, the visual impact is average, and I finally got a score of 44 points.

Imbaka was next to the stage, and he made some appearance stunts. Some black girls came out with flags printed with "NBA Africa", which aroused the atmosphere of the scene.

The atmosphere came, and he followed it up with a dunk from the free throw line.

Just stepped on the free throw line, very standard.

The judges finally scored 45 points.

Slam dunks at the free throw line are tough, but the slam dunk contest isn't just about difficulty.

Ibaka's take-off height is average. When he dunks, the top of his head is almost flat with the frame, and his movements are stiff and rigid, without much aesthetic feeling.

But this is at least a free throw line dunk, a rare sight.

The score given by the score also shows that their requirements tonight are very strict.

After Ibaka is Griffin.

The cheers of the audience erupted immediately.

Griffin was reimbursed due to injury last season. After his comeback this season, he frequently staged deadly dunks in the game. He was called the strongest dunker after Carter by the fans, and he is also the biggest favorite to win the slam dunk contest this year.

And as a member of the Clippers, he also played as the host of this dunk contest.

If it weren't for James' participation, he would have locked the championship in advance.

Griffin didn't have too many fancy moves, and after Kenny Smith finished his introduction, he rushed to the inside with the ball.

After the jump, he turned around and dunked.

180°!

It almost didn't buckle in.

It exploded right away.

Many fans stretched out their hands and hugged their heads. Compared with DeRozan and Ibaka, this dunk is extremely cruel.

You must know that Griffin is a big man with 2 meters 08 and a weight of 110 kilograms!

Barkley was already there yelling "are.you.kidding.me."

On the final third try, Griffin finally pushed the ball in.

Power, beauty, explosive visual impact.

Totally violent aesthetics.

The spotlight flashed on the scene, and the audience in the auditorium, including the superstars sitting in the front row, all gave 10 points.

49 points.

The final score given by the judges was 1 point less than the full score. They were really harsh tonight.

At this moment, Tang Tian turned his head and glanced at James who was about to appear at the end.

As far as the dunk field is concerned, the young Griffin is obviously more suitable for the dunk contest than James.

To win Griffin, the difficulty is no less than last year's finals.

"What action is LeBron going to use?" Swift asked curiously at this time. Since Hathaway showed that she "knows the ball" last time, she also took the initiative to learn some NBA knowledge, and now she can Chatted with Tang Tian about some topics on the court.

"I don't know." Tang Tian shook his head.

He really doesn't know.

He gave James some advice on dunk moves before, but James didn't tell him which one to use.

At this moment, the cheers of the audience reached the highest peak since the All-Star Game.

James stood up from the sidelines and took off his training clothes.

The "Little Emperor"'s slam dunk contest is finally about to begin.