On February 20, Beijing time, the NBA All-Star Weekend entered the second day, and the skill challenge, three-point contest and dunk contest were all held today. The skill game is divided into three groups: the three knights, the three brothers of the alphabet and the three masters of the rookie. This year's All-Star Skills Game has also undergone major changes, with multiple new sessions that lasted for an hour.
Our focus today is on the dunk contest, so the process of the skill game will not be repeated. The Cavaliers and rookie teams reached the finals, Mobly hit a long three-pointer in 4.4 seconds, and the Cavaliers won the Skill Challenge!
Let's take a look at the three-point roster: Desmond Bain (Grizzlies), Luke Kennard (Clippers), Zach Lavin (Bulls), CJ McCollum (Pelicans), Patty Mills (Nets), Towns (Timberwolves), Fred VanVleet (Raptors), Trae Young (Hawks). The official photo of CJ is still the Trail Blazer jersey...
In the past two years, the three-point contest has added one flower ball point, five points are all flower balls (flower balls count as 2 points), plus two ultra-far three points (super far is counted as 3 points), with a full score of 40 points. First Round: Bain 18 points, CJ 19 points, Kennard 28 points, LaVine 14 points, Mills 21 points, Towns 22 points, Van Jodan 16 points, Trae Young 22 points.
Kennard, Trae Young and Towns advanced to the three-point finals, and the rest were eliminated. Towns was the first to appear in the final, shooting 29 points, breaking the all-time record for a three-point contest. Trae Young, who played second, also shot 26 points, and Kennard, who played in the last, also scored 26 points. Congratulations to Downs on winning the three-point contest!
Dunk Contest Roster: Rocket Jaylen Green, Magic Cole Anthony, Knicks Obi-Topin and Warriors Juan Toscano Anderson. Five judges were star-studded: "Dr. J" Owen, "Smiling Assassin" Thomas, "Human CinemaTics" Wilkins, "Admiral" Robinson and "Glider" Drexler.
Cole Anthony swapped his boots on the first button and ended in failure on both of his first attempts, only to succeed on the third attempt, where he scored 40 points. The stunt was a lot of kicks, but the end result was disappointing...
Anderson leapt over Wiggins with the first dunk, succeeded on his first attempt, and ended up scoring 44 points! Anderson is more realistic, not much to say, direct buckle!
Topping's first dunk was also a leap, but he added a back-to-back hand change, which was more difficult! Unexpectedly, the judges only gave 44 points. Although he tried it three times, the action was really difficult.
Jaylen Green challenged the rebounding side edge with the first dunk, tried several times without success, and finally changed to a normal air-connected big windmill, scoring 38 points.
Green's second dunk was a 360-degree turn in the air + crotch, and the judges gave 45 points, but he missed the final because the first dunk score was too low.
Cole Anthony also used an aerial turn in the second dunk, but he tried several times without success, injured his finger, and finally scored only 30 points, also eliminated.
Anderson's second dunk was also solid, with a mid-turn + big windmill, a tribute to Carter in the 2000 dunk contest. Anderson scored 43 points on this dunk to advance to the final.
Topping the second dunk, playing the board empty connection + crotch back buckle, the action is more difficult, but the dunk is not strong enough. In the end, he scored 46 points and met Anderson in the final.
I thought the first round was quite bad, but I didn't expect the final to be worse. Anderson's first dunk of the final wanted to pay tribute to Carter by playing a hanging arm dunk. Unexpectedly, the height was not enough, and it turned into a small windmill, and the judges gave 39 points.
For the sake of safety, the first dunk of the Topping final was to hit the board air connection + crotch, and the judges gave 45 points. Netizens joked: I will no longer laugh at South Korea's dunk contest...
Anderson's second final kick wants to pay tribute to Richardson, from the back of the rebound to run + crotch buckle, which is too difficult. Anderson failed several attempts and ended up scoring only 30 points.
Topping locked up the dunk contest winner early, and even if the second dunk failed, he could score 30 points. Topping's second dunk was creative, smashing the board and pressing the ball into the basket to score 47 points. Congratulations to Topping for winning the Dunk Contest.
No creativity, no talent, low success rate, this dunk contest is too crotch-pulling! Shame on you!