unfinished glory

Chapter 108 Slam Dunk Contest
The four players participating in the slam dunk contest this year are the defending champion Josh Smith, the 76ers' mighty Andre Iguodala, the Knicks' rookie Nate Robinson, who is 1.7 meters tall, and the most anticipated Li Chongxiao.

Originally, the league invited James to participate in the competition, but after he hesitated several times, he finally gave up the chance to confront Li Chongxiao.

This year's slam dunk contest judges are all basketball legends from Houston, namely Tomjanovich, Drexler, Moses Malone, Elvin Hayes and Kenny Smith.

From the point of view of dunking, such a lineup of judges is really shabby. Except for Drexler, who can be regarded as a top dunker, other players are not famous for dunking.

However, the basketball stars who appeared in the audience seats of the slam dunk contest today can be described as star-studded.

Active top insiders such as O'Neal, Yao Ming, Duncan, and Garnett were all present, and even the injured O'Neal also appeared in the audience.There is also Stoudemire, who is disgusted in his mouth, but itchy in his heart, also appeared in Houston in a hip-hop outfit.

Then there are some active backcourt superstars like Kobe, Iverson, Tracy McGrady, James, Nash, Kidd, etc., and none of them are left behind.

Then some former dunk kings all appeared on the stage, from Larry Nance, Wilkins, "Potato" Webber, to Barry, Kobe, Carter and Jason Richardson, and even Dr. J also appeared.

The Spurs star David Robinson, Celtics star Russell, Bird, Lakers star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magician, etc. are also interspersed in the middle.

The appearance of Jordan, the famous Bulls, even caused a burst of cheers from the audience.

Many people came here not only to join in the fun, but also to watch Li Chongxiao's performance.

Although Li Chongxiao is famous for his slam dunks in official games, he has completed several stunning classic slam dunks in less than two seasons. Many people think that he is the one with the highest level of slam dunks in active service.

A person who has such a powerful dunking ability but is stingy with dunking in the game, if he takes the initiative to participate in the performance dunk contest, he must have unimaginable creativity and earth-shattering moves.

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The first player to play was Iguodala. He threw the ball 45 degrees outside the left three-point line, then rushed to the inside, caught the rebound and made a windmill dunk.

Although his dunk was good, the judges were well-informed and only awarded 45 points for this ball.

The second player to play was Nate Robinson. After he got the ball, he started from outside the three-point line, then dribbled to the basket, smashed the ball to the floor and rebounded, and completed a two-handed dunk with a 180-degree turn in the air.

Considering Nate Robinson's height, the Knicks rookie scored 49 points.

The third player to play was Li Chongxiao. He was holding the ball and was about to play. Kobe next to him asked jokingly, "Hey, Daye, what trick are you going to play?"

Ordinary players might say you just wait and see, but Li Chongxiao didn't hide it at all.Say directly: "Let's play at the free throw line first."

This scene was captured on the big screen by the reporters at the scene, and even the sound was transmitted through the microphone.

The atmosphere on the scene suddenly became lively. No matter what time it is, dunking from the free throw line can be exciting, but some viewers still feel disappointed because this action has been performed in several dunk contests, and it is too uncreative.

You can't take off your clothes once after dunking.

Li Chongxiao walked unhurriedly to the three-point line in the other half, and the audience saw that it might be a dunk from the free throw line.

As a result, after standing still with the ball, Li Chongxiao relaxed his body and started shooting.

The audience was a little confused at first, and then became excited. Could it be that they want to catch a rebound from the free throw line and dunk?
Li Chongxiao threw a ball with a super high arc, and when the ball fell, he started to start, accelerate, and sprint.He has a good grasp of the rhythm, and his points are very accurate.

Just past the middle circle, the stride begins, taking off half a foot in front of the free-throw line.At this moment, the ball had already landed and landed in the sky behind Li Chongxiao's head.

Just when the audience thought that Li Chongxiao's ball was going to fail, he folded into a reverse C shape in the air, with his arms facing back, caught the ball, and then swung it forward fiercely, smashing the ball into the basket.

After dunking the ball, Li Chongxiao just pulled the basket lightly to relieve the force, and then fell to the ground. He staggered two steps, and then fell forward.

Seeing this, the cheerleaders of the Rockets didn't care about being surprised, they all stepped forward to hug him and rolled to the ground together.

The audience at the scene couldn't care less about their own cheerleaders sticking up. Qiqi stretched his neck and widened his eyes, as if seeing the arrival of aliens.

The players were the first to react. Garnett and O'Neal puffed up their eyes, looked at each other in agreement, and then let out a cry.

Even Jordan looked unbelievable, Carter stood up and shook his head, Kobe opened his mouth wide, and every star had a stunned expression on his face.

When Li Chongxiao walked back to the player's seat, people kept coming to congratulate him, as if he had already won the championship.

Defending champion Josh Smith was obviously affected by this goal, because his prepared action was similar to this one, flying from the side of the free throw line to slam dunk vigorously with both hands, but after seeing Li Chongxiao's dunk, he suddenly didn't confidence.

He changed his original plan and took out the second set of moves he had prepared. He sprinted from outside the three-point line into the inside line, received a pass from his teammate and turned his back to the basket, and made a squatting dunk.

It's a pity that his mentality was obviously affected, and he dunked twice in a row, and finally he could only use a half-turning dunk to finish hastily.

The judges were very disappointed and only awarded 40 points, and Josh Smith was also very frustrated.

For the second goal of the preliminaries, facing the pressure brought by Li Chongxiao, Iguodala also used his secret weapon. He jumped from the outside, caught the rebound ball from Iverson behind the backboard, crossed the backboard, and successfully dunked with a backhand.

This ball is full of excitement and creativity, and the judges gave it a perfect score of 50 points.

In the two rounds of the preliminaries, Iguodala scored 95 points.

Then Nate Robinson played, under pressure, he completed a crotch change dunk, the judges gave 46 points, so that he and Iguodala had the same points.

Then Li Chongxiao appeared on the stage, and all the audience stood up.

Li Chongxiao stretched out his hand and pushed Yao Ming, Yao Ming smiled wryly and walked towards the basket.

There was an uproar at the scene, and the crowd was excited. Everyone thought that Li Chongxiao was going to play a big move and was about to fly over the "Moving Great Wall".

I saw Yao Ming walk to the basket, then took out a pair of scissors, tiptoed to the bottom of the basket with a "click click", and cut off the net.

After Yao Ming finished cutting the net, he returned to the audience seats. The audience sighed and regretted for a while, and then became curious about what action Li Chongxiao was trying to accomplish by cutting the net.

At this time, Li Chongxiao was already standing outside the three-point line on the left. He moved his body, and then dribbled towards the basket.

When stepping into the reasonable collision zone, Li Chongxiao leaped high, used an ordinary one-handed dunk action with his left hand, pressed the ball into the basket, and then let go.

With no net in the way, the ball falls quickly.Then he used his right hand to catch the basketball from under the basket, swung a small windmill, and dunked the ball over his head into the basket.

This is a double dunk!
When Kareem Abdul-Jabbar saw the dunk, he covered his head with his hands, looked shocked, and muttered to himself: "This is it!"

There is no doubt that with a perfect score of 50 points, Li Chongxiao will advance first, while Iguodala and Nate Robinson will have another round of playoffs.

Josh Smith, who was determined to be eliminated, hastily completed the last dunk, scored 42 points, and ended the All-Star tour with a total score of 82 points.

(End of this chapter)