Super Lord of the Rings

This year's rookie game is quite exciting. It's a great sight to have two top picks in the first grade teaming up.

The popular rising star, Blake Griffin, was retired for the season last year. This year he became an undercover agent and joined the first-year camp, giving the rookie team all the right time, place and people, making it difficult not to win.

John Wall was a little unhappy when Griffin was pushed down from the top of the rookie rankings. The rookie MVP seemed to be hopeless. But in this game, Wall was very active and selfless, and several of Griffin's exquisite dunks were all assisted by him.

Another highlight is Gary Neal of the Spurs, a 26-year-old rookie. His story is very inspiring.

Neil, who failed in the draft and played abroad for several years, is easily reminiscent of Bowen, who also returned from Europe. Although he was a top scorer in Europe, under Popovich, he defended conscientiously and hit open three-pointers, becoming a perfect role player.

The Spurs can still maintain a record in the top four despite the aging of their core players, and Neal has a lot of credit.

There were a lot of dunks in the rookie game, which feasted the eyes of the fans. Wall not only fulfilled Griffin's desire to perform, but also fulfilled himself. In the end, he won the MVP with an astonishing 22 assists.

The next day, the first few items of the challenge were boring. Everyone was waiting to watch the slam dunk contest. The pre-game promotion was "Yellow people can fly too."

The three-point contest championship was won by James Jones, a standard part-timer, and it was finally time for the finale.

Of course, CCTV5 broadcast live. Sina also hired Huang Jianxiang, Yi Jianlian, and Chen Jianzhou (black) from Taiwan to be guest commentators and broadcast live. Coincidentally, the three of them have "JIAN" in the middle of their names, so they are called the "Three Musketeers" online.

Finding Huang Jianxiang is a unique idea. He is a football commentator and is very famous. Before coming to Los Angeles, he was still worried that he, a layman, could not speak well about basketball.

When he sat in the Staples Center, surrounded by the relaxed and cheerful atmosphere, and witnessed stars in so many fields, his worries completely disappeared. The All-Star Game is a gathering of stars from all walks of life, and the NBA just sets up a stage.

Of course, because this is Los Angeles, the entertainment capital of the world, it provides unparalleled natural nutrients for the combination of sports and entertainment.

There was the Grammy Awards in the past, and the Oscars in the second, and all the big names in entertainment came to support it.

Before the game, the "Three Musketeers" chatted about cheerleaders and celebrities. Huang Jianxiang even jokingly corrected Chen Jianzhou's Taiwanese pronunciation.

The four of them used the lifting platform to appear together.

Accompanied by dynamic music, the atmosphere of the scene was well rendered.

The slam dunk contest is based on popularity, and the most famous finale is the finale, so Wang Jun was left at the end.

The league is now touting Griffin, and David Stern has to admit that there is a big gap between Griffin's strength and Wang Jun. Although he averages 20+10 points per game, his offensive methods are relatively simple, with mid- and long-range shooting. Difference.

The first person to appear was Ibaka. He was followed by a group of beauties carrying big flags to build momentum. They walked to the backcourt with a basketball and started running.

His first dunk was a dunk from the free throw line, which he made easily, making people think it was actually very simple.

However, Ibaka was running with the ball, his jumping height was average, and his posture was not graceful enough. In recent years, there have been too many people who can dunk from the free throw line. Carter can even dunk from the free throw line, but he only scored 45 points.

The second person to appear was McGee. His creativity shocked the audience. He first brought up a basketball stand and lined it up, then held a basketball in each hand and dunked two baskets, and also performed a self-throw and dunk.

He failed several times in a row, and two minutes were about to pass. He had the last chance to run from the side and dunk two baskets with two goals, earning the first full score of 50 points in this competition.

In Griffin's third appearance, he failed two reverse turns on one leg. In the third time, he still jumped on one foot and dunked 360 degrees in reverse with both hands, scoring 49 points.

Chen Jianzhou suddenly felt something was wrong. "The standard of this year's dunk contest is too high. Even dunking from the free throw line can't get full marks. Can Wang Jun beat them?"

Huang Jianxiang was also worried about Wang Jun: "This is simply a bunch of beasts competing, it's too outrageous."

The shock of watching NBA stars perform live was completely different from watching it on TV. They were both shocked.

Yi Jianlian had a different opinion and said with a smile: "Wang Jun is more beastly than them. I often watched the dunk contest in the team, and the contestants were him, James and Gibson."

Wang Jun analyzed the three opponents before the game and found that he was the best in terms of vertical jump. None of those tall players had a vertical jump of 90cm. In terms of movement and stretching, he learned from Carter, and he was also better than these people, and he was very confident.

He planned to make a trick on the first ball!

Wang Jun reached the basket first, then took the ball and ran outside the three-point line. He ran back and forth three times in a straight line, making people wonder what he was going to do.

Huang Jianxiang asked: "Can Ah Lian reveal something? What is he going to do?"

"I don't know. I've never seen him do this before in the team. It's probably a reserved item, and he should be calculating move points."

The judges were also very curious. This round officially started counting for two minutes before Wang Jun stopped. Then, with all the fans watching, he took out a piece of black cloth and covered his eyes.

On TN*T radio, Barkley shouted: "It's actually a blindfold dunk. He's going to do it super hard on the first dunk."

Smith was surprised: "Looking at his step count, this should be a dunk that is not close, and it should not be an easy dunk at the basket."

Miller said: "I don't think it's too far because it's too risky and you might get injured if something goes wrong."

Wang Jun wants to use this method to shock everyone and complete an impossible task.

For others, if the distance is too far and they blindfold themselves, it would be good if they could run in a straight line. Wang Jun can definitely do that.

He retreated to the center circle, patted the basketball, and started a systematic dunk practice, choosing Vince Carter's dunk over an obstacle.

He knew very well that he could connect to his optic nerve when practicing "dunk over obstacles". The obstacles were virtual and he could still see them even if he was blindfolded, which became a bonus.

As long as there is that virtual obstacle as a mark, he knows where to take off and can predict the general position of the basket.

At home, he practiced this trick, blindfolding himself and gradually shortening the distance. As long as it was not a basketball game, the system could work.

After practicing for a while, he dared to take off blindfolded from the free throw line, almost becoming a "Daredevil".

The audience held their breath, waiting to see Wang Jun perform a "suicide dunk." The black cloth he was covered with was wide and tight, making it impossible to peek.

Wang Jun did not slow down like the previous blindfolded players. He rushed up at full speed in the middle circle and then jumped on one foot at the free throw line.

The faint-hearted audience immediately exclaimed.

The distance is too far!

At this moment, everyone suspected that he had jumped too early and might have been injured.

Wang Jun's movements were very relaxed, just like Jordan's dunk back then. He shrunk in the air and accurately pushed the ball into the basket with one hand.

After all, he was blindfolded, and his coordination was not as good as usual. When he landed, he failed to stand firmly and sat on the ground. Fortunately, the fall was not heavy.

Before he even took off his blindfold, he heard the deafening cheers from the audience!

Success! (To be continued.):