On February 20, Beijing time, the second game day of the All-Star, the three individual events decided the champion. The Cavaliers trio won the skill game, With Carl Anthony Downes becoming the new three-pointer and Knicks forward Topin winning the dunk king.
The first thing to do is the Skill Challenge, which has changed a lot from the mode of participation to the way of playing, no longer an individual head-to-head, but 3 teams against each team, 3 players per team. All three teams compete in the first three rounds, with the two teams with the first and second most challenge points in the three rounds entering the final.
The first round was a shoot, with 3 players from each team shooting, each player with a time limit of 30 seconds, shooting from 5 different positions, 10 to 30 feet (3 meters to 9 meters) from the basket, and different shooting points have different scores, from 1 point to 5 points. Players can't shoot in the same position repeatedly, and the sum of the 3 players from each team is the total score of the whole team, and the team with the highest score wins the first round and gets 100 challenge points.
The rookie team took the lead, and the rookie team's tactics were clear, and after shooting 5 points, they concentrated on the 4-point points in the bottom left corner and the 2-point point in the mid-range elbow zone to shoot back and forth. Gidy did well, hitting 2 and 4-point hits frequently to get 16 points. Cunningham didn't perform well, conceded consecutive throws, and ended up scoring only 10 points, and he himself patted his thigh with chagrin. Barnes performed even worse, losing five consecutive shots at the start and ending up scoring just five points. The rookie team scored 32 points.
Because the three brothers were all big legs and moved quickly, they chose adventure tactics. Giannis and his younger brother Alex, although not very good at shooting, have chosen to shoot back and forth between the 5-point and 3-point points. Both hit 5 and 3-pointers at the start, but then both lost their touches and scored only 8 points each. Older brother Sanassis chose 3 and 4 points to shoot back and forth, and finally only scored a 4-pointer, and the alphabet brothers only scored 20 points.
The Cavaliers made the final appearance, and Allen, like the rookie team, chose 2 and 4 points to shoot back and forth, but he only scored 5 points. Fortunately, the subsequent appearance of Mobley and Garland exploded one by one, Andrre Mobley opened with 5 and 3 consecutive shots, followed by consecutive hits on 2 and 4 points, one of them scored 18 points, and the whole stadium roared with a tsunami. Garland was even more courageous, as a range-wide marksman who shot back and forth between 5 and 3 points, one hit 3 5-pointers and 3 3-pointers, scoring 24 points, and one won the alphabet brothers.
As a result, after the first round of the skill game, the Cavaliers won by a huge margin, scoring 100 bonus points.
The second round is the test of passing ability, each team has 30 seconds to pass through the moving target, which is the long pass before and after the moving target (2 points), the chest pass left and right moving target (6 points) and the short pass before and after the moving target (4 points), the player can not challenge the same moving target continuously, the team with the most points wins this round and gets 100 challenge points. If you draw, first compare the number of successful long passes, then the total number of successes, followed by the number of chest passes.
The rookie team is still tacitly cooperative, and the 3 people scored a total of 88 points. The Alphabet Three brothers also scored 88 points, with the Cavaliers playing the lowest average score. The rookie team and the alphabet brother team are tied, according to the rules, because the alphabet brother captain has more successful passes, so the alphabet brother team won the second round of victory and got 100 bonus points.
The third round of the inspection is very comprehensive, and 3 players from each team must participate in 5 technical competitions in order, namely the long pass of the bottom line position through the moving target (up to 3 attempts), the dribbling through 3 moving obstacles, the shooting of the free throw line area (up to 3 attempts), the three-point shot in the left bottom corner facing the automated defender (up to 3 attempts), and the dribble rushing to the other side of the basket to dunk, layup or jump shot to score a goal. The team with the least time in this relay race becomes the winner of the third round and will receive 200 points.
The rookie team played steadily and finally finished the game with 1 minute and 18 seconds. After that, the alphabet brothers and cavaliers were more embarrassed, Giannis threw three consecutive shots and could not score, and finally the bottom corner three-pointers were also three shots, which delayed a lot of time. Alex's bottom corner three-point missed, and in the end, When Sanassis came on, there was not enough time for the Bucks to finish the game.
The Cavaliers were the same, the front was relatively smooth, but when it came to Garland, his first throw did not succeed and delayed the time, and finally the bottom corner three-pointer did not score a single point, and failed to complete the game.
In this way, the rookie team received 200 bonus points and directly overtook to advance to the final. According to the rules, the Cavaliers and alphabet brothers failed to complete the game, which is a draw, and both sides have to add three points to the top of the arc to determine who can qualify. As a result, the Alphabet Brothers did not send Giannis, but his brother Sanassis, his three-point miss, Garland hit a hit, killed the Alphabet Brothers, and the Cavaliers advanced to the final.
The final is a half-time shooter, with each team limited to 1 minute and 30 seconds, and the team that hits and takes the least time wins the championship. As a result, the rookie team hit a half-time shot by Cunningham, which took 9.9 seconds. A dramatic scene came, after the Cavaliers came on, Allen missed the first shot, and then Mobley hit a blow, and without even needing Garland's shot, the Cavaliers won the game.
In the end, the Cavaliers, who played at home, won the skill game.
This year followed the pattern of last year, in which each player shot 27 balls per player in each round, with 4 shooting frames consisting of 4 regular balls worth 1 point and 2 points worth of shots, and another shooting frame was 5 flower balls, and the position of the 5 flower ball shooting rack was determined by the players themselves. Beyond the five shooting racks, there are two green ball points, 6 feet from the three-point line, shooting three points, and 27 balls totaling 40 points.
The game is divided into two rounds, each round of players shooting time is 70 seconds, the first round of the highest score of the three players to enter the final, the final appearance order according to the first round of scoring from low to high. In the event of a draw in the first round, a 30-second overtime will be played. If there is a draw in the final, there will be a 70-second overtime.
The first to play was Bane, who scored just 18 points on the first point, the top of the arc and the fourth point with too low a crosshair.
Clippers marksman Kennard has shown greatness, scoring 28 points, already tied Curry's score in last year's three-point contest final, and there is no suspense to advance.
Lavin drove high and low, hitting 7 of the first two points in 10 shots, but did not score a goal in the last bottom corner point, and finally scored only 14 points, and was eliminated first.
Mills scored a steady 21 points, but then Came on cue Carl Anthony Towns scored 22 points to overtake Mills and the competition began to heat up.
VanVleet scored just 18 points, and the pressure came to the last to debut Trae Young, who had to score at least 22 points to advance.
Yang only scored 5 points in the first 2 points, but then his performance gradually improved. At the last point, it looked like Yang was on the verge of being eliminated. But Young hit the flower ball in the final moments and scored 22 points, surpassing Mills, Pindowns and wading into danger to advance to the final.
The final took place between Kennard, Towns and Young. The first to play was Towns, who threw super highs, losing only 1 of the first 2 points, 4 of the arc-top flower points, then a green ball, and 4 of the 4 points. Although Towns scored only two points in the last point, he still scored 29 points.
Young and Kennard, who followed, failed to overtake Towns, both of whom ended up scoring at 26 points. In the end, Towns won the All-Star three-point king with the lowest odds for winning the championship, and he also became the first center in NBA history to win a three-point king. As an interior lineman with a height of 2 meters 11, Downs has won the skill game championship and the three-point contest championship so far in his career, which is really all-round. In the interview, Downs also boasted that he was the best three-pointer in history.
The finale is a dunk contest, this year's dunk contest is also two rounds, each dunk action of the participating players, will be scored by 5 judges, the score from 6 points to 10 points, a single dunk minimum 30 points, the highest 50 points.
In the first round, each player deducts twice, and the players who rank first and second in the total score of the two deductions advance to the final. The final is also a two-dunk winner, and the side with the highest score becomes the dunk champion. If there is a tie in the first round, the judges select the winner. If there is a tie in the final, the first way to determine the winner or loser is to deduct the winner or loser, and if it is still unable to decide the high, the referee will choose the champion.
The first to play was Cole Anthony, who hired his father, former NBA player Greg Anthony. Old Anthony took a pair of brown snow boots from his backpack, Anthony took off his basketball shoes and changed into snow boots, and Topin teased anything by the side that Anthony had taken too long. Many people wondered whether Anthony wearing snow boots would affect bouncing, and Anthony soon gave an answer.
Anthony appeared in the No. 50 shirt his father wore at the Knicks that year, and his first two attempts failed, and his last chance to catch the ball completed the small windmill dunk, scoring only 40 points.
Juan Toscano Anderson made his second appearance, wearing a jersey and sneakers in Mexican colours. Anderson first walked to the judges' bench to get the ball and asked Dr. J to sign it, and then asked Upper Wiggins to stand under the basket. Anderson ran and crossed the Wiggins windmill dunk to score 44 points.
Topping's action is to change hands behind the dunk at the same time, he only scored 44 points in this dunk, the scene sounded boos, many fans expressed dissatisfaction with the judges' low ratings.
Title-winning favourite Jaren Green made his last appearance, but his performance was disappointing, and after the first 3 failed attempts, the judges made an exception to give him one last chance, and there was some booing on the scene. In the end, Green lowered the difficulty to complete the big windmill dunk, and the judges gave 38 points.
Green's second dunk used a mid-turn crotch-changing dunk, and the referee gave him 45 points.
Anthony tried to complete a self-throwing tomahawk dunk, but he failed in all three attempts, and the referee gave the bottom 30 points, and Anthony took the lead.
Anderson secured the second dunk, using a small folding dunk after the run, and the judges gave him 43 points.
Topping's final dunk was to smash the ball to the rebound and bounce back from the crotch to change hands. Although The height of Thepin jump was not enough, it was still completed in one go, and he gestured to the judges after landing on the ground to get a full score, but only 1 judge gave 10 points, and finally Topping scored 46 points.
As a result, Anderson and Topping reached the final, and Green and Anthony were eliminated.
Anderson's first dunk in the final wanted to pay tribute to Vince Carter's hanging arm dunk that year, but although Anderson completed the dunk, he did not succeed because of the lack of jump height, and the referee only gave 39 points.
Topping failed the first two times in the first dunk of the final, and to be on the safe side, he changed his mind and chose to smash the ball into the rebound and throw himself under the crotch, and the referee gave 45 points.
Anderson's second dunk in the final wanted to try the crotch-changing left-handed dunk that took off from the bottom line, but because of the lack of jumping height, he failed all three attempts, only to get a guaranteed 30 points.
As a result, Topping's last dunk was no longer stressed, he took out the first two attempts in the first dunk of the final that could not be completed, the crotch changed hands after the run, grabbed the ball with his right hand to touch the rebound first, and then dunked the ball into the basket, and the judges gave 47 points.
In the end, Topping scored 92 points with two dunks in the final, and participated in the dunk contest for the second time in his career, finally fulfilling his dream of winning the championship. It's just a pity that the overall standard of this year's dunk contest is not good, and not a single full score dunk has appeared.