Super all-around point guard

Chapter 756 The last dunk contest!
In order to defeat Xie Chen and win the championship, Karl Downs didn't care about his face and reputation. He played tricks twice in a row, causing Xie Chen to fall behind Downs.

In the end, the plot really succeeded, and he got the chance to make a three-point shot earlier than Xie Chen.

As long as Towns can make the shot, he can win the championship. This is a view that almost everyone will agree with, but today something happened on the scene that no one expected.

Towns did score the ball. He did make the shot earlier than Xie Chen, and his ball reached the basket earlier than Xie Chen's. However, the final champion was Xie Chen.

I saw the ball thrown by Downs, with a bang, and the first hit hit the basket!
"Damn it!" Seeing this scene, Towns himself tensed up. Could it be that the ball is about to hit iron?
However, Towns found that although the ball did not go directly into the net, after it hit the basket, it bounced straight up into the sky. After a bounce, it fell again, and the direction happened to be precisely aimed at the basket!

"Go in! This goal definitely went in!" Towns turned from sadness to joy in an instant. It turned out that the ball had to be bounced before it went into the frame. As a professional player, Downs often saw this kind of "twisting" goals.

But just when Towns's ball fell straight into the net from the sky above the basket, before the ball hit the net, Xie Chen's bouquet suddenly appeared and stepped into the net first!
Swish!
Swish!
Xie Chen's bouquet entered the net first, followed by Downs' basketball!

"They all entered!" Everyone was surprised.

Yang Jian yelled: "Towns shot the three-pointer first, but in the end it was Xie Chen who made the first shot!"

Zhang Weiping said with a smile: "Haha, both of them scored the ball. It stands to reason that Towns who shot first should win, but his ball bounced on the rim, which wasted a little time and gave Xie Chen a chance. This kind of situation is really rare. Xie Chen won the championship of the Skills Challenge. It is really dangerous. He was almost snatched away by the big guy."

At the end of the Skills Challenge, Xie Chen defeated Downs with an extremely weak and dangerous advantage, and won the championship of this challenge. The last goal also made the scene burst into cold sweat. No one expected that the final of the challenge would end in such a dramatic scene.

"Ah! Why!" Carl Downs hugged his head in frustration. In fact, the big players who participated in the competition had already gathered behind him. As long as Downs won the championship against Xie Chen, these guys would rush forward to celebrate Downs. Unfortunately, this moment has not yet come.

Xie Chen also let out a long sigh of relief. It's really dangerous. If Downs is a little more lucky, he really won't be able to win the challenge.

"Haha, Downs deserves it. I let you deliberately play tricks and knock Xie Chen's ball away. Have you tasted the retribution?"

Many netizens also expressed their opinions.

Afterwards, the award for the champion of the Skills Challenge. This award is not what Xie Chen wants most tonight. What he wants most is naturally the champion of the slam dunk contest!

Next, Xie Chen will continue to participate in the dunk contest with Zach Lavin, Aaron Gordon, and Andre Drummond, and this is the last time Xie Chen will participate in the dunk contest!
Even though everyone knew that this award was not the most important one, as a wife, Katie was still very happy to see Xie Chen receiving the award. After receiving the trophy, Xie Chen handed it to Katie. Katie hugged her in her arms, very happy, as if she had received a long-awaited gift.

For Xie Chen's next slam dunk contest, Katie naturally has confidence in Xie Chen, because Xie Chen has told Katie all his secret weapons, and Katie believes that no one can defeat Xie Chen.

Before tonight's main event, the slam dunk contest, the two hosts also discussed the slam dunk contest.

Yang Jiandao: "This is the last slam dunk contest that Xie Chen participated in. Since Xie Chen defeated Zach Lavin in the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest last year and won the slam dunk contest, he has been named the number one dunker in history and even recognized by Carter. Therefore, this slam dunk contest has also attracted much attention. The scene is also full of celebrities. Regarding this slam dunk contest, what do you think Director Zhang will be the final champion?"

Zhang Weiping said: "This year, Xie Chen, LaVine, Aaron Gordon and Drummond participated in the slam dunk contest. Frankly speaking, Xie Chen and LaVine belong to the same level, while Gordon and Drummond are not as good. As a big player, Drummond wants to perform cool moves in the slam dunk contest, such as staying in the air, turning, and so on. Zhuang is a very violent dunker, but he can’t compare with Xie Chen and LaVine, so the finals of this dunk contest are Xie Chen and LaVine. Last year we basically saw what the match between Xie Chen and LaVine was like. Both of them are the strongest in the world, and their movements in the air are very beautiful. Simply put, Xie Chen can do any moves that LaVine can do, but LaVine can’t do any moves that Xie Chen can do.”

Yang Jian added: "That's right, if it's more about staying in the air than bouncing or moving in the air, LaVine and Xie Chen can tie. However, Xie Chen has two styles of dunks. In addition to the elegant ones like LaVine, there are also very violent and domineering ones. This makes LaVine have no chance of winning in front of Xie Chen. Unless he can be better than Xie Chen in his own style, otherwise, it will be difficult to win Xie Chen. I guess there is no suspense for tonight's championship."

Before the game, everyone was optimistic about Xie Chen. Xie Chen's dunking ability left a deep impression on everyone. Basically, in every official game, he could perform dunk moves as he wanted. Others always felt that Xie Chen was not at the same level.

But such a view may not be a good thing for Xie Chen, because everyone's expectations for Xie Chen are too high. Once Xie Chen's performance is not good enough, people will be disappointed.

Aaron Gordon waited quietly for his appearance. He didn't care about what others thought of him. The more he underestimated him, the stronger the sense of amazement he would give everyone when he showed his true strength!

First of all, before the players come out, the judges of this slam dunk contest will be introduced.

The first judge was Iceman George Gervin, and the second judge was Mutombo. When the camera was aimed at Mutombo, Mutombo shook his finger at the camera very funnyly, which was his signature move.

After Mutombo, there was McGrady whom I hadn’t seen for a long time. McGrady wore black-rimmed glasses and looked very handsome under a suit. Next to McGrady was Shaquille O’Neill, who has always had a good relationship with McGrady.

The last judge was Magic Johnson, who also received the warmest applause at the scene.

The most exciting moment was staged soon, Zhuangshen Drummond was the first to appear!
A short video of Zhuang Shen was first played on the big screen, and then the music sounded, and Drummond appeared domineeringly.

Yang Jian: "Drummond is on the stage. His appearance is similar to that of a boxer, but he doesn't hold any boxing gloves. It's a simplified version, followed by two beauties."

In last year's slam dunk contest, because the four contestants were all superstars, although Zach Lavin was not counted, he was more competitive than James in the slam dunk stage, so in the appearance ceremony, the contestants also spent a lot of effort.

This year is different, not only is Drummond's appearance ceremony very simple, Xie Chen didn't even prepare for any appearance ceremony...

As the first player to perform, Drummond is obviously very nervous, and he is the only big man among the participating players. Unless he has particularly good ideas and particularly difficult moves, it will be difficult to be shortlisted for the finals.

Drummond obviously knew this too, so he chose a very difficult action for his first dunk.

I saw Drummond came behind the backboard.

"Oh? Looks like Zhuang Shen is trying to dunk from behind the backboard." Yang Jian said.

Drummond blew into his hand, took a breath, and without wasting time, threw the bouquet in his hand towards the basket in front of him. After the bouquet landed, Drummond quickly followed up, jumped up from behind the backboard, and after receiving the ball in the air, he actually did a crotch dunk!

The scene was shocked!
This action is very difficult!

There was only a bang, and the ball hit the basket without dunking.

Yang Jian also explained: "Hey, Zhuang Shen made such a difficult move when he came up. This is to get the ball from behind the backboard and do a crotch dunk. This is really difficult for a player of his height. This is almost a dunk. If it is dunked, I think I can get 10 points."

Zhang Weiping said with a smile: "Yes, it seems that Drummond really wants to squeeze out Zach Lavin, and he also wants to enter the final, haha."

The first dunk was unsuccessful, and Drummond continued to try the second dunk. Everyone saw that he dared to challenge such a dunk, and everyone gave him a lot of applause, but unfortunately, Drummond still failed in his second attempt.

"It seems that Zhuang Shen is very clear that his opponent tonight is too strong. With the strength of Xie Chen and Zach Lavin, he has basically reserved two places in the finals. So if it is an ordinary dunk, then Zhuang Shen has no way to enter the finals. He can only gamble." Yang Jian said.

Drummond also sighed at this time. If this dunk is successful, he may get a full score of 50 points and have a chance to advance to the finals. Unfortunately, his success rate in private training is not high, and it is even more difficult to perform perfectly on the spot.

Reluctantly, for the third dunk, Drummond chose a relatively simple action, a reverse dunk with both hands from behind the backboard.

Everyone knows that Drummond's score will not be too high.

Then, everyone turned their attention to the judges’ seats. This time, the judges no longer used the scoreboards, but buttons, and the scores would be displayed on the screen in front of them. In fact, for players like George Gervin and Magic Johnson, they still prefer to use the scoreboards, and they are very repulsed by such new things that can no longer be called high-tech.

Soon, the scores given by everyone were clearly displayed on the screen.

Magic Johnson gave 7 points, O'Neal 7 points, McGrady 8 points, Mutombo and George Gervin also both scored 7 points.

Yang Jian said: "In this way, Drummond scored 36 points. I am afraid that such a result will not make it to the final."

Zhang Weiping also followed up and said: "Yes, I will definitely not be able to make it. It will be very difficult for Aaron Gordon to advance to the finals next time. The finals have already been booked by Zach Lavin and Xie Chen."

After playing the short video of Aaron Gordon, Aaron Gordon appeared handsomely dressed as a magician. When he arrived on the court, he took off his suit domineeringly, but the response was not great. After all, everyone came to see Xie Chen and LaVine. No matter how gorgeous and cool the other players made their appearance ceremony, it was useless.

Here, a good dunk gets applause.

Faced with this weak response, Aaron Gordon was also a little unwilling, and secretly said in his heart: "I will let you know my true strength soon!"

Aaron Gordon picked up the ball and thought to himself: "Now I have to find a way to enter the finals. I have two dunks that will definitely score a full 50 points. If I use these two dunks first, I will definitely squeeze LaVine into the finals. But if I want to win, those two dunks must be used in the finals."

Unlike Drummond, if Aaron Gordon wants to squeeze LaVine into the finals, he can do it now, but he has to keep his secret weapon for the end, otherwise he will be compared to Xie Chen's free throw line in the finals. He only has two moves that can win the free throw line.

I saw Gordon standing on the right side of the 45-degree three-point line, staring at the basket, slapped the ball on the spot, and then rushed to the basket quickly!

At the basket, Gordon jumped with both feet, turned in the air, and at the same time the ball changed hands from under his crotch, and dunked the ball back into the basket!
Gordon did it once!
The first cheers were heard at the scene. Although it was not too enthusiastic, everyone felt that this kid can do it, and he did a good job.

Yang Jian also commented: "This is a crotch dunk after a mid-air spin. It's done very well. Although the degree of difficulty is not too great, and the creativity is not too brilliant, Gordon showed it very well. Unlike Zach Lavin's elegance, his dunk is obviously violent. I don't know if he can get 10 points."

Zhang Weiping said: "Gordon's dunk is not bad, but LaVine and Xie Chen haven't dunked yet. It's very difficult for him to score 10 points."

What Zhang Weiping said is right, 10 points is not so easy to come by, if Gordon gives a perfect score for this goal, then if LaVine and Xie Chen are both better than this, how should the score reflect the difference between the two?
Everyone in the judges' seat also looked at each other, and then scored.

Yang Jian: "Magic Johnson gave 9 points, O'Neal McGrady also scored 9 points, yo, Uncle Mu and George Gervin also scored 9 points, all of which were 9 points, so Aaron Gordon scored 45 points in the first round, which is not high but not low."

After Aaron Gordon, Zach Laven, who has attracted much attention, appeared on the stage!
Zhang Weiping became excited and said, "Look, the 10-point dunk is coming soon!"

(End of this chapter)