Legend of Tomorrow

In the passionate music, the four contestants took turns to perform and greet the audience, and the dunk contest officially began.

Guo Xu was the first to appear and received warm applause from the fans. No matter how beautiful the dunk by defending champion Zach LaVine is, his popularity cannot be compared with that of a superstar like Guo Xu. LaVine is just a role player for the Pelicans.

Also appearing with Guo Xu was the Ali mascot, standing under the basket holding a basketball. This is the mascot of the Fat Fox Group, not the NBA team, but Guo Xu was allowed by Xiao Hua to cooperate with the Fox.

The Lakers are one of the three rare NBA teams without a mascot. Guo Xu's advertising will not affect the interests of the Lakers.

CCTV5's Zhang Lili said: It looks like Jason is going to make a big move for his first dunk. Is he going to take the ball and fly over the mascot to dunk?

Yao Ming is a guest commentator on CCTV5. He said: When Wall won the slam dunk contest, his last dunk was a folding back dunk that leaped over the mascot. I don't know what actions Guo Xu will add, but it is difficult to get high scores with a simple trapeze dunk.

After the audience witnessed LaVine's dunk, the standard of the dunk contest has been raised in the past two years.

Aaron Gordon watched from the sidelines, his heart skipping a beat. He prepared a similar trick and planned to use it after entering the finals. If Guo Xu used the trapeze idea in advance, the effect would be greatly reduced when he did it again.

No one can say that Guo Xu is plagiarizing. He performed leaping over people when he participated in the dunk contest in 2005. This action is not very creative. European streetball players and AND1 players have done it.

Guo Xu understands the principle of step-by-step. He will not make big moves on the first dunk. This is just a warm-up.

He jumped on the spot a few times and then accelerated. In an instant, he picked up the speed. He took off with both feet and flew over the mascot's head. He picked up the basketball with his left hand. He switched hands from his crotch to his right hand and flew to the basket to dunk sideways. Basketball goes in.

The spectators on the sidelines, including many players, all showed incredible expressions. The Timberwolves' No. 1 pick, Towns, had the most exaggerated expression and contributed funny emoticons on the sidelines.

Today's judges are Tracy McGrady, Mutombo, O'Neal, Magic Johnson and George Gervin. All five of them happily gave Guo Xu 10 points.

His dunk is more difficult than that of tall players because he is only 183cm tall and his registered height is only 180cm. Some fans still call him the strongest 180cm on earth!

Drummond Drummond played for the second time. He chose to throw and dunk from the baseline. It was just a very ordinary half-turn backhand dunk.

With Guo Xu Zhuyu in front, he only scored 36 points.

The four judges gave a low score of 7 points. Mutombo gave face a relatively low score of 8 points. The audience's response was also very cold.

Gordon came on for the third time. He started from the right side and rushed to the basket. He half-turned and switched hands to dunk the ball in.

His move is very beautiful, much more difficult than Drummond's dunk, but not as shocking as Guo Xu's crotch change of hands. After all, he is 206cm tall.

O'Neal and Magic only scored 9 points, and Gordon scored 48 points on the first dunk.

Defending champion LaVine was the last to play. He made a beautiful change of hands behind his back, threw and dunked the basketball from the right side of the basket to the left with a backhand dunk, and scored a full score cleanly.

Drummond, who had the lowest score, came out first with the second dunk, and invited retired star Nash, who was a spectator on the sidelines and dressed in casual clothes, as his partner. At first glance, he didn't intend to enter the finals, and his dunk ideas were all improvised.

Nash first showed off a wave of football skills that bumped the ball, and then ran first to pick up the ball with his heel. Drummond followed up with a windmill alley-oop dunk, which took four times to complete.

Although the ball was dunked in, it was neither high nor difficult, but Nash was allowed to play for a while.

Drummond scored another 38 points and was eliminated with a smile. The audience gave him sporadic applause to show encouragement.

Gordon didn't hold anything back in his second appearance and released his ultimate move in advance. He asked the mascot to hold the ball with one hand and spin in a circle on a small electric pedal. He grabbed the ball with one hand, turned 360 degrees and then dunked the ball into the goal.

This action was very beautiful and he got full marks. However, because of his strategic error, he only got 48 points for the first dunk. As long as Guo Xu and LaVine got full marks for the second dunk, he would be eliminated.

Gordon regretted it very much at this moment. He was very confident in his jumping ability, and he hadn't even used his trick yet. He underestimated Guo Xu's ability. When he entered the competition, he thought that the final would definitely be between him and LaVine.

Guo Xu made his third appearance. He threw the ball high from the left, quickly rushed to the basket, jumped up and caught the ball that bounced off the ground. He took two large steps in the air with his legs, his head was almost flat, and he took the ball with one hand. Smashed hard into the basket.

Yu Jia exclaimed: This shot is so awesome, it feels like a Kung Fu movie.

Yao Ming smiled and said: It's a bit like him. With a sword in his hand, he can shout like a flying fairy from the sky.

The creativity of this buckle is average. The main highlight is Guo Xu's take-off height and stretching movements, which are very beautiful.

Back then, Carter's reverse 360-degree was regarded as a masterpiece because of his beautiful dunks. If you really compare his height, he is not as good as his competitor Steve Francis.

Buckley of TNT radio lamented: The Flash has now become Superman, and he looks like he can really fly.

Guest Reggie Miller said: Jason is definitely the aerial king of this competition. His vertical jump height was estimated to be over 120cm just now.

Guo Xu conquered the audience, received another perfect score, and took the lead in reaching the finals. The three competitors were all surprised after seeing his performance. Is this a 34-year-old veteran? Are you kidding me?

They ask themselves that when they are 34 years old, they will never be able to jump as high as Guo Xu.

LaVine's second dunk was also an alley-oop. He found a friend to throw the ball at the free throw line. He took a long-distance run, stepped on the free throw line, jumped up, and dunked the basketball with his right hand.

The idea of ​​this ball is equally simple. The advantage is that it has a long distance and extremely smooth movements. The judges also gave it full marks.

Gordon smiled bitterly and shook his head on the sidelines. He was eliminated before even performing his trick. It was not that he was weak, but that his competitors were too strong.

In fact, in terms of creativity in dunking, Gordon is better than LaVine. His height is the biggest disadvantage, and his dunking action is not as elegant as that of defenders.

CCTV5's three-person discussion all felt that Guo Xu's jumping ability was stronger than when he was young.

Zhang Lili asked Yao Ming: What do you think is the reason? Has he really practiced Chinese Kung Fu?

Yao Ming laughed awkwardly, and of course he couldn't explain it.

Yao Ming felt that this was probably really Chinese Kung Fu, and it was from the Wu-Tang sect. Guo Xu used the Tiyun Zong when dunking, and he also let Green Wu-Tang pass him in the regular season.

Entering the finals, LaVine was the first to appear, and Guo Xu was more suitable for the finale than him.

Judging from the reaction of the audience, we can see that everyone hopes that Guo Xu can win today. If Guo Xu does not perform well in dunking first, there may be strange situations on the scene. Many people hope that LaVine will not perform well in dunking.

LaVine chose to throw himself and dunk. His third dunk was a bit similar to Gordon's previous cooperation with the mascot. He followed up after throwing the ball, turned 360 degrees in the air after catching the ball, and dunked the ball with his right hand.

This shot was impeccable in both jumping height and movement, and LaVine got another perfect score.

This year's slam dunk contest returned to the past model. The finals were scored by judges instead of fans participating in voting. This rule is undoubtedly more fair.

If voting determines the championship, then there is no need to compete. Not only is Guo Xu's popularity 10 times higher than LaVine's, but the popularity of several players participating in the competition has a huge gap with him.

This has also become the biggest highlight of this year's slam dunk contest. Guo Xu can only win by relying on his strength!