masters-orleans Chapter 301 Surpassing the Champion
Chapter 301 Surpassing the Champion
Chapter 301 Surpassing the Champion
Accompanied by live dynamic music, the award ceremony of the All-Star Three-Point Contest was officially held.
Sean, marketing director of the sports brand FOOTLOCKER, walked to the middle circle, took the trophy from the beautiful cheerleaders, handed it to Li Yue, and said excitedly: "Congratulations to you for creating a historical record, thank you for bringing us a huge publicity smile."
Li Yue smiled and nodded, knowing that the other party was speaking from his heart. There are three-point contest champions every year. It is absolutely unknown which sponsor was named last year and the year before last, because few people are willing to pay attention, but this year's three-point contest champion is a full score winner. , It is bound to ignite the heat of discussion on social networks. Naturally, many people have noticed that FOOTLOCKER is named after it.
The host asked, "So, do you have anything to say?"
Li Yue tilted his head close to the microphone: "To win this championship, I would like to thank Stephen Curry, Damian Lillard, and Kevin Love. You have allowed me to sum up a lot of valuable experience. Competing in the same field, I would like to thank the enthusiastic fans and FOOTLOCKER for their support for this three-point contest."
"OK, ladies and gentlemen, he is the 2014 All-Star Three-Point Contest champion, the first full-scoring champion in NBA history, Li Yue from the Los Angeles Lakers, let us cheer for him again!"
After the host's voice fell, the audience shouted in unison, and the Smoothie King Center was like witnessing the descending of the gods.
Li Yue waved his hand, turned around and walked to the sidelines, and led Lillard straight to the player channel.
The slam dunk contest was about to be held, so he handed things over to his assistant for safekeeping, and then had a final discussion with his two teammates.
"This time it's the eastern side's turn to play first. We will stick to the original plan. First of all, we will ensure that each team completes two dunks. If there is extra time, we will repeat it. We will try our best to impress the judges and avoid failure as much as possible."
McLemore snapped his fingers: "I think it's OK."
Lillard nodded akimbo: "Totally agree."
The three joined hands and counted down to 321, turned around and walked to the exit of the passage, waiting for the staff to announce that they could enter.
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Inside the venue, the host is responsible for warming up the venue.
As the most eye-catching event outside the main game, the slam dunk contest has attracted more stars and big names to watch.
A promotional video is shown on the big central screen: a black boy is standing at the free throw line with a basketball in his arms, imagining that he can fly up and glide to dunk; Buckle; the camera turned again, and the screen changed to Michael Jordan jumping and gliding for a dunk from the free throw line, followed by Brent Barry jumping and gliding for a dunk from the free throw line, and finally Li Yue kicked off from the free throw line and also gliding for a dunk.
Cheers erupted at the scene, the words JUST DO IT faded in and out, and the Nike logo shone brightly.
The host shouted loudly at the right time to guide the audience to welcome the participating players to the field, and the announcer was the first to call Li Yue.
Li Yue ran out of the player channel slowly, waved to the audience, and then the two teammates came out.
On the east side, Paul George ran out quickly, followed by Wall, and the last champion Terrence Ross was the finale.
The host pulled Terrence to stand in the middle circle, raised the microphone and asked, "Have you heard? Li Yue is going to perform a 360-degree turn and dunk from the free throw line this time. In the past, I thought he was just bragging, but he just now The three-point contest said he did it, which made me re-examine his words, if he really completes that action, how are you going to deal with it?"
"That action was a bit exaggerated." Terrence curled his lips and shrugged, "But whether he completes it or not, I will only execute it according to the plan, and this is a team competition, and the primary goal is to achieve two victories."
"OK, I got it, let's start right away, the first show is the Eastern Company, let us welcome Terrence Lance from the Raptors, Paul George from the Pacers, and John Wall from the Wizards!!!"
There was thunderous applause, and bright lights focused on halftime.
Terrence took the ball from the center line, started slowly and ran to the left wing, accelerated sideways to the low position, joined the ball with both hands and took two steps, kicked off the ground suddenly, and dunked backhand with both hands vigorously behind his back.
Li Yue applauded upon seeing this, but the audience did not respond, as if they felt that this action was too ordinary.
Terrence picked up the basketball on the ground and threw it 45 degrees to the right. Wall caught the ball and raised his hands high and gently threw it forward.
The moment the basketball left his hand, Wall bent over and accelerated, catching up to the rebounding basketball at the top of the free throw coil, grabbed it in his hand, kicked on the ground with both feet, jumped into the air like a spring, and the small windmill smashed the buckle with one hand .
The difficulty of this action is not bad, and it is also enjoyable to watch, but McGrady and Francis played in the 2000 dunk contest, and many other players have also imitated it. The audience was almost unmoved, not even sporadic applause.
Wall picked up the basketball and stood still. When George rushed towards him, he lightly smashed it to the floor.
The basketball rebounded and George took off at the same time, holding the big windmill with both hands and kicking his back. The whole process was clean, powerful and difficult, and the audience couldn't help cheering.
Li Yue subconsciously patted the thighs of the two teammates, and said softly, "I'll deal with Paul George."
Lillard and McClemore nodded again and again.
With 1 minute left in the East, Terrence continued to perform, but failed to turn around and dunk at 180 degrees.
Many fans on the sidelines shook their heads to express their dissatisfaction. Wall threw the ball for a run-up, took off the ball and dunked sideways.
It was too ordinary, and the host didn't know how to brag for a while, so he could only shout forcibly to cover up his embarrassment.
Wall stood where he was after landing, picked up the basketball and slammed it lightly on the floor.George strode forward, leaped high with the ball in both hands, and the windmill dunked with his arms. The movement was very beautiful, but unfortunately he failed to dunk the ball.
Disappointed sighs sounded in the arena, and Li Yue complained silently in his heart. The stupid lack of competition system made it difficult for the participating players to do it. The high difficulty time was not enough and it was easy to fail, and the low difficulty could not meet the needs of the audience.
In the last 30 seconds, the Eastern trio started the cooperation mode. George took the ball and smashed it to the ground. confused.
In the last 17 seconds, the Eastern trio started the cooperation mode again. After a slapstick operation, Wall's take-off time was not good enough.
The Eastern trio retreated to the center line and whispered to each other. Terrence dribbled the ball into the paint and took off and hit the board lightly. Wall followed behind and took the ball to the upper area of the backboard. split buckle.
There were sporadic cheers at the scene. The height of this action was relatively high, which finally made the audience feel a little excited.
The three people clapped their hands, and the highlights were played back on the central big screen. The hosts blew embarrassingly, but very few responded.
Regarding this result, Li Yue felt a little at ease in his heart, and bumped punches with his two teammates to cheer him up.
The host hastily ended the embarrassment and eagerly announced the start of the western show, specifically mentioning that he hoped to see new tricks.
Lillard played first, he thought, the first hit the board to catch the ball and dunk to the second-level dunk.
Li Yue stood up and applauded to cheer, Lillard picked up the basketball and ran back to the wing, threw it lightly forward, and accelerated towards the paint.
The basketball rebounded, Lillard caught the ball and took off, the crotch failed to change hands, and the basketball flew out of bounds.
After two consecutive defeats, there were boos everywhere, Lillard was embarrassed, and Li Yue couldn't help but suspect that his strategy was wrong.
Lillard gave up the attempt and chose the normal combat dunk and backhand dunk to ease the embarrassment. He still tried four times before completing it.McClemo hurriedly responded, but failed consecutively without even thinking about it, and hurriedly changed to the most common one-handed split button to complete the task...
The boos in the arena were a bit deafening, with only 18 seconds remaining, Li Yue started running from the left corner, knowing that the situation was extremely unfavorable to the West, and he had to go straight to the big move to win the first round, otherwise he would also be Free.
Determined to pay attention, just in time to rush to the paint area, Li Yue suddenly stopped and kicked the ground to take off, spun counterclockwise, and changed hands at the same time. After 360 degrees, the windmill swung his arms and dunked, and the basketball slammed into the net. It was a success!
"Ohhhhh!" Kobe stood up and shouted, the audience cheered and applauded, and the cheerful atmosphere reached a new climax.
Li Yue landed and ran straight to the bottom corner on the right, and said to his two teammates: "You two quickly stand under the basket, lean slightly back here, and keep a certain distance. Damien raised the ball above his head with both hands and waited. Do my S-rank action."
Lillard ran to the basket when he heard the words, turned to look at Li Yue and said, "Is this okay?"
Li Yue observed for a while and nodded, McClemore hurried to stand behind Lillard.
Time ticked by, and after a long time, Li Yue bent his knees and kicked the ground, rushed to Lillard in two strides, jumped up, picked up the basketball above Lillard's head, glided and flew over McClemo's head, with his left hand behind his back. Kickback.
The basketball hit the net with a bang, and it was also a success!
"HOLY SHIT!" the host blurted out, "This is the craziest dunk I've ever seen!"
The entire arena was full of cheers, and the big screen in the center swept across the faces of Kobe, LeBron, Wade and other stars, or exclaimed, or shook their heads, or stared, or hugged their heads. Everyone was expressing their love for the first time seeing this dunk feel.
The free dunk time in the West ran out, and the three returned to the center line to sit down and rest. The central big screen repeatedly played the video of Li Yue's two dunks.
The host held it and walked towards the jury: "It's so exciting, it's so wonderful, I can't make a judgment. Now let's invite three legendary stars to choose the winner. First of all, Dominic Wilkins will be asked to vote."
"As you all know, I'm a star player from the East. The players in the East have also shown good consistency just now, while the players in the West are not up to par. But I have to vote for the West, and to be precise, Lee. More, he made the move that I imagined when I was young, he made the dunk contest worthy of the name, and he deserves the vote."
After Wilkins finished speaking, Li Yue stood up and nodded slightly to express his gratitude, Lillard and McCollum smiled wryly.
"OK, let's ask Elvin Johnson to vote and explain your reasons."
The magician directly raised the 'West' sign, shrugged and said, "What reason is needed for this? The East's dunk made me drowsy, and Li Yue's dunk made me want to come back to play. The fans in the audience knew that they should vote for who."
The voice fell, and the audience cheered.
Only three judges in total, with Magic and Wilkins choosing the West, have come to their conclusions.
The host went into business: "Understood, may I ask Julius Erwin, which side do you want to vote for?"
"I just saw some good dunks, and I saw a really good dunk, and an unbeatable dunk. I'm going to vote for the West. Hope to see more unbeatable dunks."
"OK, I declare that the West won the first round and got the right to decide the order of appearance."
There was applause at the scene, and the big central screen indicated that the second round will be held in 5 minutes.
The staff convened six people from the east and the west to confirm the specific order of players in the second round.After the three of Li Yue discussed, they decided to let the Eastern players play first, and the Western side used Mackler to deal with it first.
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The cheerleading girls entered the arena to perform, and 5 minutes passed in a blink of an eye, and the host announced the start of the second round of competition.
The voice fell, and the camera on the central big screen shifted to the player channel. Canadian rapper Drake walked out holding the trophy of last year's slam dunk contest, followed by Terrence Ross in a white robe, and DeRozan squeezed his shoulders and beat his back.
The gangster acted like a pie, and the scene burst into laughter.
Terrence walked to the side of the ball rack, tore off his robe, picked up the basketball and walked to the side of the reasonable collision area, looked up for a while, then turned around and handed the ball to Drake next to him, signaling to wait with one hand on his shoulders, Drake immediately do so.
Terrence walked to the 45-degree three-point line on the left, charged for a moment, kicked the ground and dashed, stepped on small steps and rushed to Drake's side, jumped up and grabbed the basketball, and then changed hands under the crotch, but failed. There was a sigh.
Do it again, the same failure. Durant and Harden sitting on the sidelines are shown on the central big screen, and they giggle.
With time running out, Terrence walked to the halfway line, increased his approach distance, and finally succeeded.
This action is very difficult. Although it took three attempts to complete it, it was also very impressive. The host boasted.
In the passionate music, McLemore walked out of the player channel wearing the king's red robe, and O'Neill accompanied him with a jersey. An actor dressed as a waiter opened the way in front of the two. The scene was very strange.
All the players on the sidelines laughed, and the waiter unfolded the scroll in his hand and began to read.
Li Yue's scalp was numb, and he didn't listen carefully to what he said. It was probably "Shaq was very happy today. He felt that he had a destiny with the young man McClemore, and decided to pass on the No. 34 jersey, but he had to give it a test first." '.
After the waiter finished reading, the audience burst into laughter. Shaq walked to the basket, where a gold-edged chair had already been set up, sat down, and raised his hands to call for the audience to cheer, while McClemore walked to the ball rack and held the basketball. Get ready.
After a brief deliberation, McClemore started off with a dribble, rushed to the back of the chair and jumped high, leaping and dunking.
when!The basketball bounced off the rim and failed.
Disappointed cries resounded throughout the arena, but with a hint of excitement, as if hoping to see such a scene.
McLemore returned to the center line to prepare again, and finally succeeded in leaping and dunking.
After landing, he knelt down on one knee to accept the crown from O'Neill, and the audience's reaction was flat.
The host went to the bench and asked the three judges to vote.
Wilkins voted for the West because it was difficult and aesthetically pleasing; the magician voted for the West because of the perfect score for creativity; Dr. J voted for the East because the difficulty of dunking in the West was too low and it all relied on gimmicks to attract attention.
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Two votes to one vote, the East wins, and BO3 wins one game first.
Wall represented the second player in the Eastern Conference. With no special props or celebrities to help out, he started directly from the left wing, rushed to the basket in three consecutive strides, jumped high and flew over the head of the Wizards mascot, grabbed the basketball and dunked with both hands.
Boom!The basketball hits the net.
A success!
The audience exclaimed!
The difficulty is high enough, the power is big enough, and the beauty is enough.
Lillard shook his head involuntarily, also shocked by the dunk, and then got up and walked to the right wing.
The dynamic music sounded, and Lillard raised the basketball with both hands and gently threw it forward, followed by the start and rushed to the basket in the blink of an eye, grabbed the rebounding basketball, turned 180 degrees in the air, and smashed the dunk with one hand!
when!The basketball bounced off the rim and failed.
Difficulty is average, no one sighs,
Lillard returned to the right wing to try again, successfully dunking the ball in, and a faint sigh sounded from the scene.
Li Yue stood up and applauded, knowing that the game was lost.
As expected, the three judges unanimously voted Wall the winner, and the East won two games in a row.
According to the rules of this slam dunk contest, the first to win three rounds wins, and the duel between Li Yue and George becomes the key.
George played first, started from the left corner, rushed to the paint in three strides, stopped abruptly, leaped high, turned around 360 degrees, and changed hands at the same time. With a bang, the basketball hit the basket and bounced upside down.
Unable to succeed, George retreated to the bottom corner and tried again, the second time also failed.
The audience applauded and cheered. George tried for the third time and finally succeeded.
But this did not cause cheers, because Li Yue had done the same action before and succeeded once.
The host walked to Li Yue's side: "OK, you are going to play next, what moves are you going to use to defeat PG?"
"Just wait and see." Li Yue smiled slightly, got up and picked up the basketball and walked towards the top of the arc.
"Are you serious?" the host shouted, glaring, "360-degree turn around the free throw line for a dunk?"
Li Yue nodded and admitted. Deafening cheers erupted in the arena. All NBA players stood up and watched, even Wilkins stood up and waited.
Li Yue had never practiced a 360-degree turn and dunk from the free throw line before, but tonight's plans were all disrupted. Now that he wants to preserve the possibility of winning the West, he must use this level of action, even if he fails, he can earn a reputation.
Just about to dribble for a run-up, the live music suddenly changed, and "Stubborn" from Mayday played.
"I am my own god, where I live..."
Hearing the exclusive BGM, Li Yueping added three-point confidence, immediately dribbled and sprinted, and all the NBA players squatted on the sidelines to prepare...
Rushing to the free throw line in the blink of an eye, Li Yue took off with one foot on the ground, held the ball high with one hand, turned 360 degrees in the air, and glided to smash!
boom!The basketball smashes into the net.
"OHHHHHHHHH!" The cheers on the scene exploded like thunder in the clear sky, and a group of NBA players rushed into the field, excitedly high-fiving, bumping shoulders, and hugging Li Yue, and the scene went completely crazy.
Without the host asking, the three of Wilkins held up the 'Western' sign, and Li Yue won without any suspense.
George deliberately hugged Li Yue: "Congratulations on such an amazing performance!"
Li Yue patted his back to thank: "It is you who inspire me."
The frenzied hilarity ended and the host called the fight on, with Terrence Ross and McClemore playing.
While the audience cheered, Terrence performed a crotch-changing windmill dunk, while McClemo failed in three consecutive attempts to hit the board and catch the windmill dunk. He was sentenced to lose according to the rules, and the East won three rounds.
The host announced the victory of the East, and all the NBA players shook their heads and sighed, and the audience was suddenly puzzled.
The host explained the rules, but the audience didn't accept it, and shouted for Li Yue to continue performing.
Li Yue was hesitating whether to satisfy the audience's wishes, but the staff directly removed the ball stand and started to build the awards stage.
This is the end of the matter, and any more performances would be an insult to the players in the East. Li Yue turned and walked towards the player tunnel.
Some spectators left the scene, and the award ceremony of the dunk contest became a little deserted.
At the same time, a trending topic appeared on Twitter. The media, commentators, fans, and NBA players all criticized the rules of the slam dunk contest. They believed that Li Yue’s personal performance surpassed the championship, and the new president Adam Silver should give an explanation.
(End of this chapter)