504 Gathering together
When Dr. Nai Smith first invented the sport of basketball, he just hoped that the children would have a sport when it was cloudy and rainy. So he found a pillar indoors and hung a frame, so he asked the children to raise their heads to shoot. He must have never expected that there was a rebound behind the frame, and then a group of big and round hooligans appeared, taking it as their responsibility to bully others who were short and jumping low. When the game was about to hold the ball and smash the basket.
But speaking of this, the reason why basketball is so charming is thanks to these hooligans. If there is no dunk, can NHAO still make people excited and passionate like today? If there is no dunk, can fans still see the limits of the human body on the All-Star weekend?
In fact, the slam dunk competition did not originate from the NHA but AbA's first slam dunk competition in 1976. Ah was almost acquired by the NHA, but at that time, they came up with such a game model that could make basketball popular all over the world.
The first slam dunk contest actually shone with superstars. The Spurs' first superstar, George Gerwen, Skywalker David Thompson, and Dr. Irving, these people were still AHAR spoon stars at that time. Most of these people became famous during the NHA period: Later, they entered the NHA Gerwen scored a miracle of 73 points in a single game, and Thompson also scored 33 points in a single quarter, but none of this was as good as Irving's performance on the night of the first slam dunk contest.
Dr. jI's free throw line gliding and jumping and dunking is a prosperous era in the dunk world. Even though Gewen and Thompson played a 360-degree turn and a 360-degree turn and a 360-degree turn and a 360-degree turn and switch. Later, AH disappeared, and replaced it with NH, who will call the wind and rain in the world basketball world.
The All-Stars in 1984 were a grand event. At that time, the dunk contest and the three-point competition were still very new, so the superstars were happy to compete. Unlike now, Peja and Junzi Lei, who were the most accurate three-pointers, did not participate in the three-point competition, and the dunk player LeBron James, who was highly anticipated, refused the invitation from NHAR spoon far away from the dunk contest.
In the early stage of the NHA All-Star Dunk Contest, Dr. JI, the Great Emperor, the essence of human films, the gliders lined up to participate in the dunk contest. After winning once, they were not satisfied and went to play the second time, and some had the third and fourth time, such as Potato. Now it seems that all this belongs to the rogue behavior of the five permanent members: they used their strong muscles to play nuclear monopoly, and those big stars monopolize the honor of the dunk king.
But think about it, it is the love of the super giants for dunk that has pushed this movement to the peak. Faced with so many powerful people who are eyeing them, the domineering aura of these super giants is really amazing. What is a super star? Super star is Jordan, whose three-point shooting percentage is only 18% to participate in the three-point competition. After losing, he slept on fire and tasted gall, and eventually he would unify the world.
James is domineering in NHAf. He likes to dunk the game most during games. He will ravage the opponent's basket when he gets an opportunity. It seems that the basket has a cuckold. But he just doesn't participate in the All-Star Dunk Competition, and it's the focus of everyone's attention. The fans hope that no matter who persuades him, he won't participate in this game. What's the reason? James told the public that he doesn't need a dunk competition to prove himself.
The purpose of the All-Star is entertainment. It is not anyone to prove his ability. Does Jordan need to prove his ability in the slam dunk contest? Does Kobe need to prove his ability in the slam dunk contest? Does Carter at the peak need to prove his ability in the slam dunk contest? Last season, Chamberlain took the initiative to participate in this event and won the championship with a love dunk. So now, even if he likes to ravage the opponent's basketball hoops, his opponents have to admit: that is the dunk king, and it is natural for him to dunk excellently.
James cannot get this respect. Whenever he plays a dunk of the top ten goals in the game, there are always people who are dissatisfied with their opponents saying to him: If you have the ability, you can play in the dunk contest, so that fans can see how powerful you dunk.
However, it is not a big deal for the new generation of stars to be unwilling to take action. The main reason is that the seniors have played all the things they can play. The people behind them have a bit of a feeling of being a dog-tailed man in the field. Everyone likes to say that bricks are attracted by jade, but if they really make bricks by themselves, it would be too embarrassing.
With Jordan's elegant appearance, Wilkinson's domineeringness, Webber's gorgeousness, in the 3rd years, the star dunkers could not play technical work, and could only use their imagination to be the surprises: Dee-Brown scored a dunk with his left hand in 1991 and won the championship. Cebaros blindfolded his eyes with a cloth strip in 1920 and made a blind dunk. In 193, Brent Barry jumped and dunked the free throw line and unbuttoned his jacket and exposed the words "White people can fly" on the jersey to give himself points with race.
In short, fans generally believe that the dunk competition is getting worse and worse. Now the defensive players can only use some gimmicks to use props to add points to themselves. Unlike those fierce people in the past, they are all from tough battles.
The All-Stars in recent years may only be wonderful in 26 years of dunk competitions, and at least they can still be talked about. Carter, McGrady and Frances, who participated in the dunk competition that year, were all registered dunk players in history. At that time, the competitions were all real guns and ammunition. In addition, compared with the current situation of these kids, Carter, McGrady and Frances are the real kings. This kind of king does not mean ability, but appeal.
What is the most exciting dunk? The dunk that can ignite the blood of fans. Now fans still remember how powerful Carter raised his finger in the big screen in 26 years, that is a kind of control of the court. Before Carter raised his hand, the fans were lazy, but when he raised his hand to make a dunk posture, everyone stood up immediately, and the atmosphere of the whole venue was ignited directly
No one in the NHA has ever shown that kind of control of the court since then. Chamberlain has a chance, but he used it too early. Last season, he was still a rookie, so fans didn't pee him. If he waited for a few years to participate in the dunk contest, he could also control the atmosphere of the court to the level of his seniors. I want you to be quiet and you don't want to speak. I want you to boil your hormones. Your hormones will burn from head to toe.
Last year, there was a center battle between Chamberlain and Howard. The four players participating in the dunk contest this year were Dwight Howard and Nate Robinson, who had won the championship, as well as HP Smith and rookie Ibaka.
Howard and Robertson are both old faces. To be honest, the fans have been tired of seeing it. Smith and Ibaka lack appeal. So although the highlight of the highlight of the slam dunk contest, the fans are not very energetic, and the atmosphere in the stadium is not as good as the previous HOB-Pf shooting match.
In the first round of the preliminary round, Smith took the lead. He took the ball from the referee and threw it high near the left side of the midfield. The ball bounced back and jumped up on the left corner of the penalty area. After bounced up two times, Smith ran to the basket to catch the ball while the ball was falling, and then flew across to complete a one-arm dunk from the windmill, resulting in three 9 points, two B points, and a total score of 43 points.
Ibaka made his second appearance. Chamberlain, Thurmond, Nelson, and others took great pains to his game, because it was difficult for Ibaka to win the dunk king as a rookie. Now the finals are the fans who voted for the dunk king, so they must win a surprise victory to impress the fans. If Chamberlain had not played the love card last season and played double-ball dunk and three-ball dunk when he appeared before, he would definitely not have beaten Howard.
In particular, Ibaka is not an American yet, and the fans are very patriotic. This is not reflected in the war era. At this time, votes can be more patriotic than the other, so the other three have an advantage over Ibaka.
Several people set up a plot for Ibaka. The doll came forward to put a Winnie the Pooh's toy on the bottom of the rebound. After Ibaka appeared, she changed hands and dunked under her crotch. Before dunking, he took off the teddy bear with his mouth, and then gave it to the doll.
This dunk is not difficult, but it is very creative. Kobe and other referees laughed. They all gave nine points, with a total score of 45 points.
Robinson then went on the court. His first dunk was not successful. After throwing the ball from the right side of the three-point line for the second time, the ball bounced up on the ground. Then he received the ball and made a big windmill dunk that circled around the sky. This dunk was full of explosive tension. A small dunk was beautiful, but the difficulty was actually very small. The referees gave a score of 46 points.
Howard was the last player to play. He walked directly behind the rebound, then threw the ball high and flew over the rebound, jumped up and then received the ball and dunk. As a result, the first ball failed to reach a reasonable position, and the second time was not successful. Until the fourth time, he threw the ball on the left side of the rebound. After flying over the rebound, the ball bounced on the floor. Howard received the ball on the right side of the front of the ring, and a big windmill dunk came.
All the judges on the scene gave 10 points, and Howard got the first full-scoring dunk.
Seeing this scene, the fans were in an uproar, especially the Warriors' birdmen. Iverson jumped up and shouted: "This is plagiarism. This is plagiarism. Iguodala did the same in 2UU years. Can such a ball also score 6 points?"
Although there are two rounds of the preliminaries of the slam dunk competition, Howard was taken care of too obviously. It is impossible for Ibaka to win him. He can only find a way to win Little Potato. Considering the innate physical disadvantages of power forwards and defenders, this is very difficult, so the Warriors players are so excited that Ibaka is basically eliminated.
Smith, who scored the lowest in the first round, asked someone to help him and let his teammate stand on the free throw circle to cooperate with him. The teammate smashed the ball on the floor. Smith flew over the right bottom line and then prepared to use a back-body pull rod to dunk. This ball is creative and difficult enough. If he really can deduct it, he will definitely get five points. This is a rare hard dunk in recent years.
But this dunk was too difficult. Smith lost confidence after not completing the dunk twice. He changed his movements directly and cooperated with his teammates. He asked his teammates to throw and pass him in the second floor audience. Smith only successfully dunked with both hands on the fourth time. In the end, he scored points, with a total score of 2 points.
Then Ibaka appeared, and Chamberlain accompanied him to play. After all, the latter was the dunk king of the last season. His appearance motivated the fans' emotions. After Chamberlain took the game, he took off his coat and exposed his angular upper body. However, seeing his chest muscles as solid as rocks and his abdominal muscles clotted like molds, the explosive power contained in them made the fans scream.
The doll who had shown up before gave Chamberlain a trophy, which was the best defensive player he won last season. Chamberlain held the trophy and knelt on the ground half-kneeling. He raised his hands at the same time, with the ball on his right hand and the Russell Cup on his left hand. Seeing this, the referees already understood his plan, and he was going to play cross-dunk.
Cross-man dunks are really common in the NHA. Nate Robertson's first dunk king was to dunk the former dunk king, Webber. This time Ibaka's dunk had only one gimmick, that is, he was going to cross the best defensive player.
Chamberlain half-kneeled on the ground. Although his height was nothing, he was extremely strong. Even if he was half-kneeled on the ground, he was still full of oppression.
Even though he had practiced several times before, Ibaka was still a little timid in the eyes of the crowd. In the end, there was no way. Chamberlain could only turn his back to Ibaka. In this way, the latter started from outside the three-point line and flew past Chamberlain's head. Chamberlain took the opportunity to throw the ball in his hand. Ibaka raised his arms and made a tomahawk dunk.
The referees looked at each other and finally gave a 45 point.
Chamberlain and others were helpless. The score was a bit low, but considering the NHAR mood, it was normal. Robinson was in a bad mood later, and he was also preparing for a cross-dunk. When he and his teammate Wilson Chandler walked onto the court, the depressed Chamberlain and others were immediately happy: "Hi, boy, Ibaka crossed the best defensive player, what is the rookie you want to cross?"
Chapter completed!