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It turned out just as Hanamichi had expected.

In his script, his teammate and right-hand man Damon Stoudemire helped him win the Rookie Game MVP honor.

Although Das' 17 points, 15 assists and 4 steals were also very impressive.

But who can blame Hanamichi for his 32 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks? They were just too terrifying!

In the words of the on-site commentator Bill Walton, Hanamichi's statistics are enough to qualify him for the All-Star MVP!

Naturally, Hanamichi and Dasi were also selected for the rookie first team.

(At this time, it was still the Eastern Conference rookies versus the Western Conference rookies, there was no sophomore year)

In the following All-Star Game, Hanamichi completely gave up on competing for points with the "Old Rogue" team from the Eastern Conference.

Instead, he overpowered the Western Conference starting power forward "Rain Man" Kemp in one rebounding match after another, leaving a deep impression on all the fans at the scene.

"It's like seeing Rodman with red hair!"

"But this red-haired guy seems to be even more powerful. He was able to grab 13 rebounds over Rain Man Kemp's head!"

"And that was just after 20 minutes on the pitch!"

After the All-Star Game, [Old Rogue] won his first All-Star MVP trophy after returning to the NBA.

As for the highlight that Hanamichi has high hopes for, the dunk contest is here!

The original dunk contest in 1996 was won by Brent Barry of the Clippers, Michael Finley of the Suns, Greg Minor of the Celtics, Jerry Stackhouse of the 76ers, Doug Christie of the Knicks, and Darrell Armstrong of the Magic.

A total of 6 people participated.

This time, because of Hanamichi's reasons and Doug Christie's change of team, he came to the Raptors early and had no time for him, so Hanamichi replaced Doug Christie to participate in the dunk contest.

In this dunk contest, people only remember Brent Barry's two dunks from the free throw line.

He was the first white man to perform a free throw line jump in the dunk contest, and thus won the title of Slam Dunk King.

The theme of the dunk contest this year was also set - "White people can fly too!"

“I’m here this time!”

"Yellow people can fly too!"

The dunk contest started on February 2th local time.

The rules of the dunk contest are:

In the first round, each player must perform at least three dunks, and then the two with the highest scores are taken to accumulate the player's first-round score.

Among the six players, the three players with the highest scores in the first round will enter the finals. In the finals, each player is limited to two dunks, and the highest score will be used as the basis for determining the champion.

The order of appearance of these six players in the first round will be based on the draw, and the order of appearance in the final will be based on the results in the first round. The player with the best performance in the first round can appear last in the final.

The first player to appear in the preliminaries was Brent Barry. His first dunk was a one-handed dunk after catching a rebound from the floor. It could only be described as mediocre and the completion rate was also average.

The second dunk was a behind-the-back toss and dunk that was then caught with both hands. This move was a bit novel, and Brent Barry seemed very satisfied with the completion of it, so he should be able to get a high score.

As for the third dunk, he jumped up with one hand, held the ball above his head, turned 360 degrees in the air and slammed it. This dunk was similar to Stansbury's dunk in 1985, and the completion was pretty good, but the jumping distance was not as far as Stansbury's that year.

So even though he got a high score, Brent Barry was still not particularly satisfied with this move.

And to be on the safe side, Brent Barry chose to continue with the fourth dunk.

Barry was seen standing at the free throw line and measuring for a while, then retreating to the backcourt outside the three-point line, holding the ball in one hand and running to the middle of the free throw line, jumping with half of his foot on the free throw line, and dunking the ball.

As soon as this action was completed, the whole audience cheered, and Dr. J, who was a judge, was also very excited to see this scene.

In the end, the judges gave the highest scores to the 2nd and 4th spikes, with an average of 45.5 points, which is a high score for admission to the finals in this year!

The second player to appear was Armstrong. His first dunk was a long run-up dunk with both hands folded behind the back from the backcourt.

Because the posture was slightly deformed, although the movement was difficult, the score for the first dunk was not high.

After that, Armstrong failed to complete his subsequent dunks due to the pressure from Brent Barry, and even ran out of energy, so his dunk turned into a layup.

It can be said that he embarrassed himself in this dunk contest!

Hanamichi also understood why the dunk contest, which is so eye-catching, has such low ratings!

It wasn't until 1997 that the half-man, half-god Carter came to save the event!

The third to appear was Stackhouse. His first dunk was a one-arm reverse dunk, his second dunk was a one-arm windmill dunk, his third dunk was a two-handed windmill dunk in the middle, and his fourth dunk was a two-handed folded back dunk from the baseline.

Although all the actions were completed, the overall score was not high.

Finley was the fourth to appear. His first dunk was a one-arm dunk of the ball that bounced off the floor. Although his movements were average, he was so powerful that his performance was smooth and masculine.

The second dunk was a one-arm windmill jump from the middle, and the third dunk was a one-handed windmill jump from the baseline with both hands holding the ball in the air. This action is a bit similar to Jordan's kiss on the rim.

Finley was also very confident in his two dunks, and he was a little casual about the third dunk after learning about the high score.

In the end, Finley's average score in the preliminary round was 45 points, ranking second in the game.

The fifth person to appear was Miner. His first dunk was a one-arm slam dunk in which he caught the ball with one hand in the air. His second dunk was a heavy slam dunk in which he jumped from the middle and held the ball with one arm. His third dunk was a small loop in which he jumped from the baseline holding the ball with both hands. His fourth dunk was a folded back dunk in which he caught the ball that rebounded from the floor with both hands and then caught it.

With a total score of 41 points, it ranks third.

Following the live DJ’s passionate introduction, the last to appear was Hanamichi.

He also imitated Brent Barry's actions and looked at the free throw line for a while.

Judge Dr. J said in disbelief:

"Is Flower also going to do such an explosive dunk right from the start?"

"From the looks of it, it looks like he's going to dunk from the free throw line!"

While everyone was surprised, they were also prepared to watch a good show. They had no doubt that Hanamichi could dunk from the free throw line.

Anyone who knows this rising star a little bit knows that he has completed a dunk from the free throw line more than once in a game.

However, if the difficulty level is raised to the maximum level in the first move, then the following dunks may seem mediocre in comparison and may not get high scores.

But Ikebana naturally has a way to solve this problem.