From today on is the king

Chapter 479. 477. The First Full Score Dunk

All the staff at the technical desk were evacuated and replaced with five luxury seats. The computer was replaced with a scoring board, that is, five brands ranging from 6 points to 10 points. There is no electronic scoring device yet, but this kind of manual scoring makes Liu Mang, who has seen too much high-tech, feel more ceremonial. It is more exciting than seeing the scores on the LED screen coldly.
The referee also left the field, and the DJ of the Eagles came directly to the field to act as the host.

Originally, in the slam dunk contest, the judges who scored the points should be retired celebrities, but this is Carter's return to the slam dunk contest after two years, so it is a bit special.

The essence of human movies Dominique Wilkins, Dr. J Julius Irving, and the first-generation force king Larry Bird, the three are retired celebrities, but the other two judges are not, but active veterans, Jazz postman Karl Malone and Wizards basketball god Michael Jordan!

The most luxurious judge lineup ever!

When Liu Mang saw Jordan and Ma Long stepping up to the judges' seat, his heart suddenly jumped!
Fuck!These two smelly old men are actually judges!
Depend on!You won't wear small shoes for the young master!
Liu Mang regretted it a little bit, he would not have teased them if he had known earlier, this is a good time.

Seeing Jordan and Ma Long smirking at him, Liu Mang felt a bit like running in the sunset, and his dunk career was full of no regrets...

Draw lots draw lots!

Among the six participating players, Liu Mang was the last one to hold the drawn note in his hand.

The importance of the order of appearance in the dunk contest and the three-point contest is very different. It is different from the advantages and disadvantages of the three-point contest. In the dunk contest, everyone hopes to dunk first!
Because of the same level of viewing dunks, the first dunk may get a full score, and the second dunk may be because the first dunk is too good, which raises the judges' expectations. Even if the second dunk is equally exciting, it will be lower than expected.

Especially today, Liu Mang has two championship-level opponents, Jason Richardson and Carter. This is particularly important. And today's judges, three historical super dunkers, Irving, Wilkins, Jordan, and a very high-sighted dunk.
A true master duel was tense from the very beginning.

Liu Mang unfolded the folded note nervously and expectantly, a 3 was written in the center of the note!

The third appearance!
not bad!
As long as it's not the fourth and unlucky Carter, Jason Richardson, and Richard Jefferson, the three damn top three will do.

When Liu Mang showed his lottery to the host, he looked at the lottery he showed to the host, yo, Carter is sixth, the finale.

Carter didn't care about the first appearance. After unfolding, he didn't look at it and showed it to the host. Then he saw that the host took the other people's lottery in his hand first, and then looked at it. It turned out that he was the last one to appear, but his expression didn't change at all.

The order of appearance is Richard Jefferson, Stoudemire, Liu Mang, Jason Richardson, Drummond Mason, Carter.

When the lottery was drawn, the lights in the audience were dimmed, and the spotlights were on the judges' seats. Several bigwigs were being interviewed. After the players determined the order of appearance, they all returned to the sidelines, waiting for their performances.

All the preparations continued, the media removed the interviewers, all the lights were turned off, and then a beam of spotlights hit the center of the court. The host stood next to the focus of the spotlights and picked up the microphone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you guessed it right, the slam dunk contest that everyone is looking forward to, and everyone is crazy about, has begun!"

"First... we have super dunker from the New Jersey Nets, Richard...Jefferson..."

In the host's deliberately drawn-out coda, Richard Jefferson ran onto the stage.

The host gave the ball to Richard Jefferson, now it's Richard Jefferson's show time!

The focus of the spotlight became diffused, hitting the right half of the judges' bench.

The All-Star Slam Dunk Contest has officially begun!

The restless voices at the scene began to drop, and everyone stared at Richard Jefferson.

Liu Mang on the sidelines felt that kind of passionate and excited feeling. Any nervousness, any anxiety, and any tasks were all left behind. Feeling this atmosphere, Liu Mang only felt excited and excited!
The slam dunk is divided into preliminaries and finals. In each round, players dunk twice in this round, and each player takes turns.

Each dunk has a chance of failure. If you fail to dunk, you can do it again. If you fail both times, you will be scored according to the failed dunk. Each judge can give 6 to 10 points.

Since there are six participants, the top three in the preliminaries enter the final.

The first dunk player in the first round, Richard Jefferson's first dunk!
Richard Jefferson held the ball at the center line, did not retreat too much, and was full of confidence in his bounce!I don't think I can rush so far and accelerate!
What kind of performance will the first deduction look like?
Everyone's eyes widened. The first dunk is often the easiest dunk to get a high score. Richard Jefferson has the best dunk sequence, and everyone is looking forward to this dunk!
Finally, the dunking begins!

Richard Jefferson dribbled for a few seconds, began to run slowly ahead, and threw the ball to the basket when he ran beyond the three-point line. Then, Richard Jefferson kicked back with his left foot and sprinted with all his strength!

Richard Jefferson takes a step inside the free throw line and the ball just bounces right over his head!Richard Jefferson's legs were like springs, the whole person flew up, and the whole person catapulted towards the basket, and his hand picked the ball from above his head. At this time, Richard Jefferson's head was already parallel to the basket!After reaching the highest point, it begins to fall!During this process, Richard Jefferson's right hand did not stop. He pulled the bar from bottom to back with his right hand, pulling the bar in a semicircle. Before landing, he swung the ball in a semicircle and smashed the ball into the basket!

The exaggerated bullet speed and exaggerated jump height will detonate the fans who shut down their voices at once!

Kidd on the sidelines also led a group of players dancing with excitement.

The visual effect of this slam dunk looks really exciting, the fans on the scene and the stars who helped out on the sidelines are very excited, but...

Several judges looked at each other, then curled their lips. Obviously, this dunk did not satisfy them.

It’s not that dunks are bad, but…these are moves from 20 years ago. The moves are good-looking, but they have become dunks that many dunkers can occasionally complete in actual combat. Of course, because they are good-looking, many people use them, but they are too common!
Although Richard Jefferson's explosive jumping height and speed made this dunk action almost perfect, but this was just the level when Larry Nance made this action in the first slam dunk contest in 1984. This action, Larry Nance has achieved a near-perfect level, and Richard Jefferson is also at this level.

Back then, Larry Nance could get full marks by relying on this move, but nearly 20 years have passed, and he still uses this move, no matter how perfect the completion is. Unfortunately, except for Irving who was defeated by this dunk against Larry Nance and gave it a 7 points for nostalgia, the other four judges all got 6 points, and the total score was only a pitiful 31 points.

Many fans at the scene expressed disappointment when they saw all 6 points and 7 points with a little red among the green bushes.

It is true that Richard Jefferson's dunk is very good-looking, very explosive, and the visual effect is explosive, but it really cannot catch the eyes of these big guys.

Moreover, even with a few more ordinary judges, it is estimated that it will only look like 35 points, which cannot be higher.

Richard Jefferson returned to the bench in frustration. There were only a few of them left for the slam dunk contest. The rest of them gathered in the VIP fan area on the other side, closer to the slam dunk basket, so they could see it more clearly.

Richard Jefferson was a little frustrated, and the others were not much better. Such a strict scoring standard sounded a wake-up call to the rest of the participating players, including Liu Mang. It is not necessarily a dunk that you think is good, but you can be appreciated by this group of high-sighted celebrities!
"Whoa...Richard's dunk is so amazing, let's invite the second player...Amar'e Stoudemire..."

Relatively speaking, Stoudemire is the easiest one right now. He didn’t prepare for the dunk in the finals. He only prepared two dunks in total.

Seeing that the judges were so strict, Stoudemire was ready to take out his final dunk!
Although the first dunk didn't get a high score, Richard Jefferson's dunk has ignited the audience. Although the fans value the championship, they pay more attention to whether they look good or not during the game!Although Richard Jefferson didn't get a high score, the fans just thought it looked good and looked forward to the next performance even more!

Stoudemire came directly to the left side of the three-second zone, without running up or accelerating, and stood there to move his body.

Seeing this scene, a big question mark hangs over people's minds.

What is this for?
Just buckle like this?

Stoudemire said yes, brother will buckle like this.

In everyone's confusion, Stoudemire faced the basket very close, slapped the ball with his right hand, bounced his body forward, received the ball with his left hand in the air, passed the ball from under his right leg to his right hand, turned 90 degrees to face the basket, and smashed the ball into the basket!

Compared with this move, Richard Jefferson's move just now can be regarded as a super difficult move. This move is just an ordinary half-turn around the baseline and dunk!

but!

Different people make the same dunk, especially the outside and inside players make the same dunk, the visual effect is completely different!

If Stoudemire's ball is dunked by an outside player, it is estimated that he will not be able to run at the bottom with 30 points.

but!

The one who made this move was a [-] meter power forward!Moreover, the movement is extremely smooth!The flexibility of the body is like that of a defender. It moves smoothly and gracefully in the air. After the abdomen is retracted and unfolded in the air, the body pulls up the ball like a bow and cuts into the basket. It is the flexibility that only a defender can have.

But this action was made by a violent power forward with a huge body and extremely well-developed muscles!
Needless to say, Liu Mang was dumbfounded. If this ball were replaced by some dunk contests where few experts participated, it would be at least a difficult dunk with 45 to 50 points!
In fact, in the original dunk contest in 03, Stoudemire really scored 49 points in the finale dunk!
From the perspective of visual effects, this dunk is even more exaggerated than Richard Jefferson's just now!

The fans at the scene cheered again, and then everyone stared at the judges' bench to see how many points they would give.

Not to mention, compared to Richard Jefferson, the big shots were much more satisfied when they saw this dunk, and they all laughed and applauded.

It's an idiot for a defender to dunk like this, but it's full of creativity for an insider to dunk like this!The deductions were so good that several big shots all gave a score of 8 points or more. The two insiders Malone and Bird gave 9 points, Jordan, Irving, and Wilkins gave 8 points, and Stoudemire got 42 points!
This score is too good-looking, and the fans are finally satisfied. Stoudemire is also excited to high-five the stars who rushed to the sidelines.

Although the dunks of the first two participating players are not considered high scores, they are really good-looking!

The excitement of the fans has not diminished at all, and because of the people who will be playing next, everyone cheers as much as possible, and some fans are more direct, and the scene began to be shouted one after another: "Ace...Ace...Ace..."

At home, most of the fans at the scene today, at least half, are locals from Georgia. The first to support, of course, is Liu Mang, his own player.

When it was time to fight, Liu Mang calmed down instead. He kept hinting that he should be calm, and it seemed to have some effect. After seeing the performances of the first two opponents, he knew that he could do better and had confidence in himself.

"Welcome, ladies and gentlemen... to our world's best young superstar... ay ay ay ay ay... ace..."

A bunch of small spotlights hit the bench where Liu Mang was sitting. Liu Mang came out of the bench. Jason Terry, Raheem, Muhammad... and other Eagles players, Tracy McGrady, Iverson, Gasol, Stockton... and other players who had a good relationship all went to the court and high-fived Liu Mang.

This scene made the fans more excited than the previous two scenes before the dunk. Richard Jefferson, a simple second-year player, has few superstars with good relationships, and Stoudemire is just a rookie. Except for Marbury, none of his well-connected players in the same year could get tickets for the VIP area.

To use Wang Banbi's famous words, Liu Mang made his debut in the dunk contest, and half of the superstars in the NBA came to cheer him on. Even Kobe came up and gave him a high-five.

Although he can't wait to shoot Liu Mang to death today, Kobe is looking forward to seeing Liu Mang go to Gang Carter, because he was also the slam dunk champion. Before 2000, the slam dunk king had a high gold content, but after Carter won the slam dunk king, he became the best dunk king.

Richard Jefferson and Stoudemire, as well as Jason Richardson and Drummond Mason who did not play, were envious of seeing this scene, except that Carter's eyes were filled with anticipation.

When Carter made an appointment with Liu Mang, it was purely impulsive at first, and he regretted not being able to compare dunks with Liu Mang in the game when he was put on the bench by the head coach.

After calming down, Carter quickly realized that in terms of dunks, Liu Mang was really good this year, but to be regarded as an opponent... he is still a bit unqualified.

However, Carter has always thought that Liu Mang is a very amazing player. From the moment he met this guy, he felt very special. He can always do things that people think he can't do.

No, last season everyone said that his physical fitness was not good and he didn't bounce. After training his body this year, he found that his bounce is also very strong.

Carter is looking forward to how Liu Mang will dunk.

The judges are also very curious, what surprises can this guy create?
Liu Mang took the ball and came between the center line and the three-point line in the dunk half.

this distance?

Where does space accelerate?
What's more, Liu Mang not only didn't muster all his strength and tense his muscles like other people, but his whole body was like that, not relaxed, but definitely not tense.

Use an appropriate adjective to describe Liu Mang who is dribbling between the three-point line and the center line-do whatever you want!
Whenever Liu Mang is equipped with Zach LaVine's dunk bag, this feeling of disdain for dunks makes the people around him very impressed when they see him!

Finally, after ten seconds of luck, Liu Mang finally started to act!

Jing Ruozi moves like a rabbit, talking about the current Liu Mang, like an arrow from the string, sprinting towards the basket, a few steps to the free throw line, taking a step inside the free throw line with his left foot, picking up the ball with his right hand, rising up from the ground, handing the ball from his right hand to his left hand lightly but quickly, passing the ball from his right leg to his right hand with his left hand, and then picking up the ball with his right hand, dunking into the basket.

Liu Mang makes the first dunk, jumps from inside the free throw line and changes hands to dunk!
To be honest, this dunk is not very difficult, but for some reason, people think that it looks shocking!

That kind of feeling that there seems to be a lot of energy left, as if the ball is just being buckled and played, not only does not make people feel uncomfortable, but it has an inexplicable shock.

This is the characteristic of LaVine's dunk. It seems that LaVine's dunk is already against the sky, but no matter how bad it is, LaVine gives people the feeling that he still has more energy.

Others roared excitedly after dunking, but Liu Mang, with a relaxed expression after landing, completely ignored the exaggerated shouting from the sidelines and all kinds of players who pretended to be dragged into the court by others. Liu Mang bumped the ball with his feet and handed it to the host.

This kind of calmness, calmness, and the feeling that he didn't seem to go all out, has a very strong visual impact, and the fans can't help but cheer again!
LaVine's dunks make people feel strong, not only his dunks are strong, but his dunks in exhibition games can be regarded as challenging Carter. The key is that no matter how difficult his dunks are, he always seems to have room for it!

This naturally makes fans and judges look up a lot!
All the other contestants did not meet the judges' expectations for dunks, and the scores they got became lower.

As for Liu Mang this time, he gave the judges more expectations. Not only did he not lower the score, but the judges couldn't help but start discussing.

It seemed that there was some hesitation and entanglement, but in the end it was firm.

5 out of 10!
Jordan, Malone, Owen, Wilkins, Bird, five big guys, all gave 10 points!
The first fifty points of the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest are released today!
(End of this chapter)