NBA: The start beat Kobe Bryant in his old age

Chapter 170 Revisiting the Slam Dunk Contest
At nine o'clock the next day, the All-Star Celebrity Tournament started first.

All players participating in the All-Star game must be present today.

In addition to the players, there are many spectators throughout the Air Canada Center, which can be described as a sea of ​​people.

As an appetizer for the All-Stars, the Celebrity Game mainly invites some stars and NBA legends to play the game. As long as the purpose is to use the effect of celebrities to gain publicity, it can be regarded as promoting the NBA and combining sports and entertainment.

Because of the different levels of playing, the popularity of the Masters is relatively eye-catching, and almost no one pays attention to the outcome.

The most famous entertainment figure participating in the Masters this time is Drake, a big man in the rap industry and a loyal fan of the Raptors.

After the Masters, it's the Rookie Challenge.

As a member of the international team, Lin Tian put on a brand new jersey. He formed a team with Wiggins and Jokic.

The U.S. team is mainly a group of young U.S. players led by Towns. Among these players, there is Lin Tian's teammate Clarkson.

In Lin Tian's previous life, the U.S. team won this event, and Towns won the MVP of the Rookie Challenge.

It is impossible for Lin Tian to let him get his wish today.

When the starting players from both sides appeared on the field, some sleepy-eyed spectators finally cheered up.

The rules of the rookie game are roughly the same as those of the NBA regular season, but the game time is different.

After the game started, Lin Tian unceremoniously began to dominate the game.

He averaged more than 40 points per game this season!And every game is against the strongest defensive player in the opponent.

Now facing several rookies and second-year players of the US team, Lin Tian scoring is simply easier than cutting melons and vegetables.

Moreover, in such a game, few people will seriously defend. On the US team, only Towns held his breath and concentrated on defending, but it was useless.

In the first half, the audience was completely overwhelmed by Lin Tian's personal performance, he scored 40 points alone!
After the second half, Lin Tian's offensive restrained somewhat, but he led the international team to widen the point difference even more.

最终！整场比赛结束，国际队以165:138大胜米国队，林天得到65分12篮板6助攻！成为了新秀赛MVP！

In other words, Lin Tian snatched Downs' MVP away, and the final winner of this award in his previous life was originally Downs.

Although it is an MVP with almost no gold content, it is also the first MVP in Lin Tian's life, which is of great significance.

After the rookie game, today's game came to an end.

Lin Tian was very satisfied with his performance today, and he returned to the hotel with Clarkson.

Clarkson came to Toronto from Los Angeles this time to participate in the rookie game.

But he is different from Lin Tian. After the rookie game, he has nothing to do. Lin Tian will also participate in the All-Star Game the day after tomorrow.

After spending one night in the hotel, Lin Tian came to the Air Canada Arena early in the morning the next morning.

There are more people in the arena today than yesterday, especially media reporters from all over the world, at least more than 300 reporters.

Lin Tian finally found Kobe who was surrounded by three layers of media.

At this time, Kobe was wearing a black suit, talking to dozens of media reporters, and greeting passing players from time to time, in high spirits.

When he saw Lin Tian, ​​he said sorry to the reporter who was interviewing, and then walked towards Lin Tian with open arms.

The two briefly hugged and walked from the player tunnel to the court together.

After finally getting rid of the media, Kobe loosened his tie: "Lin! It's too difficult for me! These reporters have been pestering me all morning."

Lin Tian smiled bitterly: "I know, they must be asking you how it felt to participate in the All-Star Game for the last time."

"Haha! It's really like this!"

The two chatted and walked to the sidelines. At this time, some players were warming up, and the staff of the arena were arranging props.

Today there are three main events to compete, namely the skills competition, the three-point contest and the dunk contest.

Lin Tian has actually seen it in his previous life, but he wants to watch it again in this life.

He and Kobe were sitting on the sidelines, and they had a good view of the game.

Not long after, a group of the strongest players in the league also came to the sidelines from the player tunnel.

Among these players are Durant, Leonard, James, Paul George, Chris Paul and others.

The on-site commentator said bluntly into the microphone: "Oh! Guys! More than a dozen of the strongest active basketball players on this planet have all sat on the sidelines!"

The audience also hurriedly gave warm applause.

As the face of the league, Kobe just sat on the sidelines, and other well-known players also came over to greet him one by one, which shows his status in the world.

Even Green, who had a deep grievance with the Lakers before, also took the initiative to come over to make friends with Kobe.

Although Green's movements on the court are relatively large, there are not many black spots on the court except for his big mouth.

Curry and Thompson of the Warriors did not appear on the scene at this time, because they both participated in the three-point contest today.

In the lively atmosphere, the least attention-grabbing skill competition began.

Simply put, the skills game is about basketball skills, which has a lot to do with the touch.

To the surprise of many players, it was a big man like Downs who finally won the skill competition championship. This kind of situation is relatively rare.

After the skills competition ended, the three-point contest began immediately.

The Splash Brothers' three-pointer was really terrifying, and the two reached the final at the same time!

In the end, it was not Curry who won the three-point contest, but his good brother Thompsey.

Lin Tian's time travel did not change the scripts of the skills competition and the three-point contest.

In the afternoon, the most watched slam dunk contest started!

Lin Tian watched the live broadcast of this slam dunk contest in his previous life, and now he sits on the spot to rewatch it, and he doesn't even want to blink.

In his mind, this is the best slam dunk contest in history, bar none.

A total of four players participated in the slam dunk contest, namely Will Barton, Andre Drummond, Aaron Gordon and Zach Lavin.

In the first round of the competition, Will Barton and Drummond were both eliminated, leaving only Zach Laven and Aaron Gordon to enter the final.

When Harden was about to sit on the Raptors mascot, Lin Tian said to Kobe: "Kobe, don't blink."

Then, under the watchful eyes of more than 2 spectators, Gordon completed the shocking sitting button mascot, giving people an extremely exaggerated visual experience.

Players including Durant and Green stood up and held their heads, showing shocked expressions.

Even Kobe's mouth fell open in shock.

Both Zach Lavin and Aaron Gordon scored full marks on the first dunk in the final, and a playoff began.

In the extra match, Gordon thought of a move temporarily. Although he performed very well, he was defeated in the end. Zach Lavin won the championship of this dunk contest.

(End of this chapter)