Bishop of the Devil

Richard looked at Kobe speechlessly...

How low is Kobe's emotional intelligence? He's like a powder keg, ready to explode.

Daben and others didn't think it was anything, but found this upright young man very interesting...

Brad Miller stopped smiling, looked at Kobe and said, "At first I thought you were just lucky enough to be spotted by the coach..."

"Now it seems that I have discovered why the coach values ​​you!"

The boss and others looked at Miller curiously. They actually wanted to know the reason, strength? It seems unlikely, because the Kidders the Lakers got is also quite good, and he will not be worse than Kobe anyway...

Even Richard looked at Miller curiously...

"Maybe it's because you and the coach are so similar in personality. Neither of you can afford to suffer a little loss. If you suffer a little loss, you have to get back on your feet immediately!" Miller said with a grin.

Everyone laughed, Richard was speechless, what do you mean...

Why do you say it as if you are a person who will retaliate for your anger?

Well, it seems that I am indeed a person who will take revenge...

"Miller, is this the image I have in your mind?! Come on, tell me what image I have in your minds!" Richard rolled his eyes and asked.

…

"demon?"

"madman?"

Kobe stood in the crowd and whispered...

But his muttering was heard by everyone, and Richard stared at Kobe with feigned anger.

"What did you say?!"

Kobe was stunned, why did he say what was in his heart...

"You will be punished with 10,000 shooting drills after the All-Star break!"

"If you miss one less time, I will deduct one hundred dollars from Zhang Weiping's salary! You can do it yourself..."

Kobe is about to cry now. What the hell did he do? Why did he keep mumbling so well? Now that he is fine, he directly caused his old friend Zhang Weiping to suffer an unreasonable disaster...

Zhang Weiping, who stayed behind in Portland, sneezed, "Huh? Who is missing me..."

…

The first day of the All-Star Weekend is over, and the second night will be various miscellaneous competitions, including skills competitions, three-point contests, slam dunk contests, etc.

Richard told several people in West Lafayette to come to the scene to gather with him tomorrow.

Kobe is definitely coming, because he will participate in the dunk contest tomorrow night...

The people in West Lafayette nodded, generally guessing Richard's intention, and agreed with a smile.

They are also looking forward to this day...

…

At 8:30 pm on Saturday night, the slam dunk contest has started.

A total of six people participated in this dunk contest, unlike later dunk contests where there were only four people.

Among them are some players that Richard is familiar with...

Such as Michael Finley, such as Ray Allen, such as Bob Sura...

For example, the rookie Kobe Bryant in the Trail Blazers...

Of course, the last slam dunk contest dunk champion Brent Barry is also one of them.

In fact, rookie Kobe Bryant did participate in this slam dunk contest in history, and he also won the honor of dunk king...

However, Barry did not participate in the 96th slam dunk king at that time. If he participates this time, it is unknown whether Kobe can continue to win the dunk king.

…

Soon, the slam dunk contest entered the finals.

Both Barry and Kobe are qualified to enter the finals. One is the last slam dunk king, and the other is the dunk king in normal history. The dunking ability of these two people is enough to ensure that they enter the finals.

Kobe comes on first. In the last round of dunks, he scored 87 points in two dunks, which was less than Barry's 91 points, so he comes on first.

After coming on the court, Kobe's first try was a corner line slam into the basket and a back dunk.

Regarding this dunk, the fans at the scene did not have much emotional fluctuations. It was really not much to watch...

Richard was also a little speechless. This kind of dunk action was actually not interesting. At least Richard had seen many big dunk scenes in later generations, so he couldn't see anything exciting...

In the eyes of later generations of fans, this slam dunk contest is actually just a brighter star. After all, Ray Allen, Finley, Kobe and others participated...

But in terms of viewing quality, it is actually very average.

It was precisely because this slam dunk contest was not interesting that the NBA canceled the slam dunk contest in 1998. In 1999, due to the lockout, the All-Star Game was not held...

Kobe also earned the nickname "The Last Emperor" in a slam dunk contest in the past two years.

…

Although Kobe Bryant's dunk was not very popular, the referee still gave it a good score of 44 points. Generally speaking, in the finals, unless there is a mistake, the referee will not give a very low score.

Next it was minibari's turn...

This time, Barry did not use the free throw line to take off and dunk. Instead, he took off one step in front of the free throw line and performed a 360-degree turn and dunk.

This dunk was much more difficult than Kobe's corner back dunk just now. The referee gave a high score of 48 points.

…

Kobe's face was livid. He naturally knew about Barry's relationship with West Lafayette, so he came here to prove that he was no worse than the West Lafayette players...

But in the first round of dunking, his performance was not as good as that of Barry.

And in the finals, the first dunk was a lot less than that of Barry...

This makes Kobe very uncomfortable.

…

Kobe's second attempt was a 180-degree crotch change-hand dunk.

The difficulty is not small. Apart from not showing any good feeling of staying in the air, there is nothing wrong with it in other aspects. The referee gave it a score of 48 points.

Next is Barry's final dunk. If he can score more than 44 points in this dunk, he will be awarded the dunk king this year, and will be the first player after Jordan to win the dunk king consecutively. !

…

Barry took off the training clothes he had been wearing. From the beginning to the end of this slam dunk contest, Barry was wearing training clothes!

After taking off their training clothes, Ben and others on the sidelines suddenly cheered...

Boilermakers uniform!

Underneath the minibar's training uniform, he is wearing a Purdue University Boilermakers uniform!

He started dribbling the ball from the midfield line and then rushed directly towards the basket. Without even thinking about it, he knew that this was another free throw line jump dunk!

"boom!"

If you succeed once, there is no need to try a second time!

Even the distance of Minibari's jump this time is further than that of his winning move last time...

The referee on the sidelines immediately gave a score of fifty points!

The slam dunk king was directly captured by Barry once again, becoming the second man after Jordan to win the dunk king consecutively!

The key is that he is white...

Kobe was also convinced that he had lost. He couldn't do this kind of action at the moment.

Ben and others cheered wildly, as if they were more excited than he was when he won the dunk king. Richard also stood up and applauded Barry's performance...

Maybe because of Barry's outstanding dunk, the NBA changed its mind about canceling the 1998 Slam Dunk Contest?

Then Kobe will no longer need to be nicknamed "The Last Emperor"...

Richard thought with a smile in his heart.

The awards ceremony after the game was relatively simple, that is, giving the Slam Dunk King trophy to Barry, and then the reporters began to interview.

But just after receiving the trophy, Minibari squeezed past the reporters and ran towards Richard and others.

"Little buddy, take it..."

I saw Barry throwing the trophy he had just received directly to Kobe, who was standing next to Richard.