Basketball's most talented forward is on the left

Because of the hip three-point contest, people's expectations for the slam dunk contest immediately reached its peak.

In the venue, the impatient host has already begun to introduce the five judges of this slam dunk contest. Due to the change in the competition system, this year's finals will be voted by fans, and the on-site judges have become decorations. However, in the preliminaries, the scores of the five judges

Still vital.

Unfortunately, this slam dunk contest did not continue the fine tradition of inviting former dunk kings as referees in previous years. Instead, it chose to invite local elements from the Phoenix Suns.

The five referees are Chambers, Marley, Kevin Johnson, Ceballos and Larry Nance. The common feature of these five people is that they have all played in the Suns.

But their quality...

It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, after all, the slam dunk contest is about the players!

Sure enough, after the judges were introduced, the four players who participated in the slam dunk contest appeared on stage one after another. They naturally received even greater applause and cheers.

Especially Howard and Robinson, the two danced as soon as they came on the stage. Their funny movements and coquettish expressions instantly aroused the enthusiasm of the fans at the scene.

But the one who attracted the most attention was Zuo Li, who appeared second to last. Although he only appeared quietly, and then the old man stood with his back, without any extra fancy movements, he still attracted much attention.

Because Zuo Li previously said that he would show off his super dunks in the dunk contest, combined with the fact that Zuo Li said he would successfully win the skills competition championship, fans all over the world are waiting for what kind of dunks Zuo Li will come up with to compete.

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After the four players have finished playing, the lights flicker on and off. The first player to appear will be Fernandez, the international dunker.

Stern was sitting on the sidelines when he received the news that the ratings reached a new high. The current ratings of this slam dunk contest have surpassed last year and ranked third in history, second only to the 2000 and 1988 editions.

The year when gods fight, that is to say, from the perspective of ratings, this is a competition that has already been successful before it even started.

But Stern knows that this is only temporary, and it only proves that the league has created the atmosphere well enough before, and the residual heat from the last slam dunk contest has made the fans' enthusiasm burst out.

But this does not mean that the slam dunk contest will definitely be successful. Fans' enthusiasm and expectations are double-edged swords. Excessive expectations can easily collapse, especially when the dunk is not satisfactory, it can also easily backfire.

For example, in the three-point contest just now, six people whose regular-season shooting percentages exceeded 43% and averaged over 100 field goals teamed up to mess up this three-point contest. The most shameful label in history has been slapped on them.

So Stern was afraid that the dunk contest would not be satisfactory. The NBA has always attached great importance to the dunk contest. Everything else could be messed up. If the dunk contest was messed up, it would be all over. So Stern was very nervous at this time.

However, things seem to be developing towards the situation that Stern is most worried about.

The first player to play was Fernandez. The action he chose was very simple. He ran two steps into the penalty area at a 45-degree angle from the left side of the three-point line, threw the ball behind his back toward the backboard, and then caught the ball and dunked in a single shot.

The scene was a bit deserted, and in the end, only three 8 points and two 9 points were obtained, with a total of 42 passing points.

The second person to play was Nate Robinson. This former dunk king once single-handedly changed the rules of the dunk contest. Now there is a time limit on dunks entirely because this old man took 17 times to dunk in 2006.

Enter.

This time Nate came on the stage very arrogantly. He took the microphone and shouted: "I'm here to win the championship!"

After doing a bunch of useless actions, I smashed the ball away on the first shot...

The second time, it failed again, and the third time still failed...

So Nate had no choice but to awkwardly change his action. After throwing the ball up from the right side of the three-point line, Robinson caught the ball and made a windmill dunk in the air after the ball bounced on the ground.

This time I finally made the dunk, and the action was elegant, especially since the action was less than 175 centimeters, so the referee reluctantly gave a 46 points...

This score was obviously a bit too high. The fans at the scene sighed and booed to express their dissatisfaction, while Zuo Li smiled and said, "Just be content. If the rules hadn't been changed, this guy would have deducted 17 more times for you."

Stern was already holding his forehead. Sure enough, high expectations do not mean high standards. At least these first two dunks were a complete stretch.

It's not exciting, it's not elegant, it's not creative, in short it just doesn't look good.

But fortunately, fortunately Zuo Li hasn’t appeared yet!

At this time, people in the entire basketball hall stood up, and the camera focused on Zuo Li, who was rubbing the soles of his shoes. The three Olson sisters also stood up, and they also wanted to see how Zuo Li would dunk.

"Director Zhang, Zuo Li is finally on the court. What dunk will Zuo Li choose tonight?" Yu Jia said at the commentary desk.

"Zuo Li dunks a lot in the regular season, and the various dunks are really exciting, but the slam dunk contest is different. What big athletes fear most is that their movements are not as graceful as those of small people. There are many moves that big people can't do, and

The wingspan of Zuoli is too long, which is also detrimental to the impression. If he wants to win, he needs to find another way." Director Zhang said.

"Yes, it's like this. Just like Howard last year, he just used his strengths to avoid weaknesses and played with a creative idea. In fact, he finally hit the basket, but the atmosphere was too good." Yu Jia said.

"But Zuo Li must be hiding his ultimate move. You can see that these celebrities and superstars on the sidelines can no longer contain their excitement." Director Zhang said excitedly, because he found that Zuo Li had already

Retreating to a position close to the center circle, this starting distance is very far, and this position is often connected to the free throw line!

Does Zuo Li also need the free throw line?!

This is not easy!

As we all know, one of the two most famous free throw lines in the Slam Dunk Contest is Michael Jordan, and the other belongs to the demigod Carter. Playing at the free throw line is very elegant and requires extremely strong ability to stay in the air.

Not to mention that no one imitated it in later generations, it’s just that either one step inside the free throw line is the free throw line, or the dunk itself is mediocre.

And the free throw line is even more difficult for big men, because generally big men are not as good at staying in the air as backcourt players, so the effect of forcing it will not be very good!

So Buckley speculated whether Zuo Li had other ideas.

The answer will soon be revealed.

Witnessed by more than 20,000 fans at the scene, Zuo Li held the ball and began to accelerate. Zuo Li had never shown off a free throw line dunk in a game. Although high jumping is his trademark, he has a secret that has never been revealed, that

It's him who dunks, never using all his strength!

Tonight, he will really show off all his talents and shock the entire Phoenix!

Zuo Li quickly moved forward with the ball, started to step forward from the three-point line, and grabbed the ball with one hand just one step before the free throw line, flying in the air!

Then I saw Zuo Li's legs and body turning into an elegant C-shape in the air, crossing the air. Zuo Li was still flying forward, crossing the entire penalty area without super long arms starting to exert force. Then, Zuo Li

He immediately swung the basketball out like a gymnast and hit it hard inside the basket!

Bang!

One step beyond the free throw line and a gliding dunk!

Exploded, exploded!