The Godfather of Basketball

Nate Robinson was absent from the slam dunk contest this year, but "Warcraft" Howard played for the second consecutive year.

In addition to Howard, the remaining three are defending champion Gerald Green, powerful rookie Rudy Gay, and the Rockets' Pietrus.

When the four of them appeared on the stage, there was a roar of cheers like a tsunami.

There is a three-point contest, and the atmosphere of the dunk contest is not bad at all.

After the halftime performance, accompanied by a burst of passionate music, the dunk highlights of the contestants began to be played on the large LED screen.

While cheering, the fans took out the scoring cards distributed on the spot and waved them back and forth in the air, expressing that they couldn't wait.

"Hey, Charles, do you think Gerald Green can successfully defend his title this year?" In the commentary, Kenny Smith turned to look at Barkley.

"No, I have a gossip here. Little Monster has prepared a big surprise tonight, and he will win the championship." Barkley said with a smile.

"A big surprise? Do you know what that is?" Smith pressed.

"Of course I don't know, otherwise it wouldn't be a surprise."

"Okay, okay, but Little Tudou didn't participate this year, and the final will be a direct dialogue between Howard and Green." Smith nodded with a smile.

"Yes, let us also expect Green and Pietrus to bring us a little surprise, just a little is enough." Barkley said with a laugh.

While the two were talking freely, the reporters on the scene also interviewed the defending champion Green.

Green won the slam dunk contest last year with a series of tricks such as blindfolded dunks and jumping boxes, and created a milestone in bringing slam dunks from aesthetics to creativity.

In an interview at this time, Green also seemed full of confidence, bluntly saying that he would use "unbelievable" methods to defend his title.

This interview also attracted a burst of booing from the fans at the scene, who were obviously curious and looking forward to his term.

After the pre-match preparations were completed, the contestants sat on the sidelines.

After the host's introduction, Pietrus was the first to appear.

The order of the first round of the slam dunk contest is based on popularity. For example, Green, because he is the defending champion, is the finale.

The order of the other three is Pietrus, Gay and Howard.

Pietrus was the first to appear on the stage, which shows that he is the least favored in this dunk contest.

Among the stars on the sidelines, only teammate McGrady held a 10-point sign, and everyone else sat and chatted.

Pietrus is eager to try.

With the ideas given by Tang Tian, ​​he believed that he would surprise everyone with his skills.

"Michael looked a little excited." Barkley said slightly surprised. Pietrus was able to dunk, but compared with the other three, it was still a lot worse.

Pietrus got the ball, but instead of going to the three-point line like most people do, he went straight to the back of the basket.

This move aroused a burst of curiosity from the fans at the scene.

What is this for?

Tang Tian was also a little surprised. He gave Pietrus a lot of creative dunks, but he didn't expect the latter to choose such a difficult one.

Pietrus glanced at the rim, then lifted the ball up and made a direct shot.

The ball flies over the top of the rim and falls straight forward.

Just as the basketball landed, Pietrus rushed forward from behind the basket.

The ball bounced off the ground, and others followed suit. After catching the ball in the air, it was a windmill slam dunk.

"boom!"

There was a muffled sound, and it was done in one go.

"Oh! My God!" Barkley's eyes widened for the first time.

The fans at the scene burst into cheers.

Pietrus' first buckle made people's blood boil!

The difficulty of this dunk is that the ball is thrown from behind the backboard, which requires a very high landing point, and after catching the ball, it is still a windmill slam dunk, which cannot be more handsome.

And it did it right the first time.

The stars who were chatting on the sidelines also shouted and stood up after watching Pietrus' first dunk, holding up the 10-point signs in their hands.

Pietrus's buckle was beyond everyone's expectations.

Tang Tian also nodded with a smile at this time.

Pietrus is a typical American swingman, with a slender body and excellent jumping. When he was in the Warriors last season, he had a performance of breaking through three dunks.

Regardless of the difficulty of this dunk, it is the beauty of the dunk that easily reminds fans of Carter, Tracy McGrady or Kobe.

"How did he do it?!" Scarlett said incredulously while holding a 10-point sign.

"Routine operation." Tang Tian said with a smile, this dunk, compared with the other ideas he gave Pietrus, is already very inconspicuous.

"What?" Scarlett turned her head in doubt.

"An excellent dunk." Tang Tian said with a smile.

"Yes, very beautiful." Scarlett said as she continued to shake the scoring card in her hand, and she could see that she was very involved.

In the referee's seat on the sidelines, the judges gave their scores one after another.

"Chocolate Bomb" Dawkins, 10 points.

"The Postman" Malone, 9 points.

"Human Movie Essence" Wilkins, 10 points.

"Dr. J" Owen, 9 points.

"Magic" Johnson, 9 points.

There was booing at the scene, such a dunk only scored 47 points.

But this is also reasonable, after all, it is the first to appear, if it is given full marks, it will put too much pressure on the players who will appear later.

The second one to appear is Guy.

Gay chose a dunk with an aerial pull bar change of hands.

The difficulty of this ball is not small. Guy tried twice in a row without success, and finally managed to dunk in the third time, which also seemed a little lacking in aesthetics.

In the end, the judges only scored 37 points.

Gay also shook his head helplessly. With this score, he has basically missed the final.

Howard is the third to appear.

Like Pietrus, Howard also dunked from behind the backboard. He chose to hit the back edge of the backboard and then dunk the ball directly.

The degree of difficulty of the ball was not inferior to that of Pietrus, and Howard succeeded in dunking on the second attempt.

The slow motion shows that Howard's whole head is still behind the basket when he dunks!

The scene was boiling.

The judges on the sidelines quickly gave a score of 50 points.

The difficulty of this ball is similar to that of Pietrus' first ball. The difference is that Howard is a big player, and he can complete this kind of dunk, and the visual impact is obviously stronger.

Green, who played in the finale, was under great pressure, but his actions after his appearance attracted waves of whistles from the fans.

Because he directly took out a small cake with a candle in it.

At this time, Tang Tian also turned his attention to the field.

The 2008 slam dunk contest is known as the most classic in history, because this slam dunk is full of ideas, and Green's candle-blowing dunk is one of them.