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Chapter 257 The First Meeting of the Uncrowned Dunk King

Chapter 257 The First Meeting of the Uncrowned Dunk King

They won the Trail Blazers without any pressure, and the Lakers secured the ninth position. This made the Los Angeles media, which was already under pressure, suddenly become active. The Los Angeles Times directly used the front page headlines to make a program for Jiang Dashan. The title of the program was obvious and generous-the savior of the Los Angeles Lakers!Obviously, the two consecutive victories brought about by Jiang Dashan's comeback swept away the haze and smashed all the big stones that weighed on the hearts of Lakers fans.

At the end of the game, countless Lakers fans celebrated outside the home court, some cheered and some set off fireworks!Of course, the classmate who set off the fireworks was taken into the police station.

Jiang Dashan was in a good mood and came to the square to sign autographs and take photos with his fans.

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After winning the Trail Blazers, the Lakers will face the Magic in two days.This was the first time Jiang Dashan played against the Magic, and the outside media made the game very hot before the game even started.The reason is simple. Aaron Gordon lost in the dunk contest with Zach LaVine. He was used to seeing LaVine’s various free throw line dunks. Gordon’s fancy dunks made people remember this kid. Jiang Dashan was originally going to participate in this dunk contest, but due to injuries, he failed to make it. This is not only a pity for Chinese fans, but also for American fans.Both of them are called the uncrowned slam dunk kings by the fans. I don't know what kind of sparks will be created when the two collide.

The Magic, like the Lakers, were underestimated by everyone at the beginning of the season.There was no way, after Dwight Howard's conflict with then-coach Stan Van Gundy, the Magic were not on track for a long time.Now they have changed four head coaches but still failed to reach the playoffs again.

In the first round of the post-Warcraft era, they selected Victor Oladipo, Aaron Gordon, Avery Payton, Mario, and Hezonia respectively. Although these are all lottery picks, the management believes that no player has played a special performance.Ultimately impatient, the Magic traded Oladipo, once the best player on the team, to the Thunder for Serge Ibaka (and traded to the Raptors less than a season later).

And last summer, the Magic gave Bismack Biyombo an opening contract with an annual salary of 1700 million US dollars, but this big man with high expectations was completely lost after signing the contract!This is also one of the worst free agent signings in the NBA in 2016!This season, Biyombo was directly put on the bench, averaging less than 15 minutes per game, indicating that he is about to play SAY GOODBAY with the Magic.

However, the Magic are still looking for hope, so they reorganized the team management this summer, fired general manager Rob Heiningen, hired Jeff Whitman as the new team manager-the deputy of Toronto Raptors president Ujiri, and recruited former Bucks general manager John Hammond.

In this year's draft, they used the sixth pick to select Jonathan Isaac, a young forward with excellent physical talent, and then dug Simmons from the Spurs!

The season has not yet started, and the Magic have been working hard to prepare to sell Aaron Gordon, because he will also face a contract extension in the near future, and the team's new management will weigh whether he is worth a big contract, or It's time to find a home for him.In the draft, the Magic had high hopes for him, but apart from competing with Zach LaVine in the 2016 slam dunk contest, he did not show too many brilliant performances.His inconsistency and wobbly position is the main reason.After a brilliant performance, it is often followed by a period of continuous downturn.

But this obviously stimulated Gordon. This season, the Magic are currently ranked seventh in the East, which is directly related to Gordon's performance!Gordon's two-point shooting percentage and three-point shooting percentage all rank first in the team!He has become the most stable scoring point of the Magic, bar none!

And Simmons lived up to expectations, with 600 million performances, becoming an important rotation for the Magic.

The key is the key, the Magic are young!The average age is less than 25 years old!

The rise of this season has brought the Magic back to the fans.

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"The Magic is an extremely young team!" Yang Yi's voice appeared in the studio, "But you can't underestimate them just because they are young!"

Su Qun nodded, "Indeed, so everyone who looked down on the Magic at the beginning was slapped in the face. Just like the Lakers!"

"The Magic team also has an advantage, which is height!" Yang Yi continued, "All the players on the team add up, and only five of them are under 5 meters. Among the starting players, point guard Elfrid Payton is only 2 meters tall, and the others are all big men over 1 meters! This lineup is really like the Warriors. They all have three points and are very flexible at the same time!"

"But having said that, the Eastern Conference really can't be seen from a normal perspective! The Cavaliers can rank eighth, and a team like the Knicks can occupy the top position once the season starts!" Su Qun started a discussion, "However, the Eastern Conference teams have changed a lot this year! The 76ers and Magic, these two teams are a big variable, and no one can imagine it! Embiid of the 76ers and Gordon of the Magic have become the signs of the team."

"There seems to be no commercials today! The game is delayed and hasn't started yet. The two teams are warming up on the court!" The TV screen showed the two teams warming up, the Lakers featured Jiang Dashan, and the Magic showed a group of young talented players, Gordon, Vucevic and so on.

"The Lakers are at home, and the Magic players don't seem nervous at all, but yes, the Magic beat the Lakers without Dashan in the last game. Apparently, the Magic underestimated the Lakers! In other words, they underestimated Dashan." Su Qun shook his head, "Hey, what happened? The fans are a little commotion!"

On the court, the players the Magic are looking for obviously want to make trouble.

Fournier and Vucevic felt very bored. Suddenly they saw Jiang Dashan not far from the opposite side, who was practicing shooting, and suddenly had an idea.The two of them came to Gordon with smirks, and each of them hugged Gordon, "Aaron, do you have any regrets for not winning the slam dunk king?"

"A little bit, what's the matter?" Gordon was at a loss.

Vucevic winked at Jiang Dashan, "If J competes with that kid LaVine, who will win the championship?"

"Then let's talk about it, of course it's J! No matter what LaVine does at the free throw line, J's 1 meters tall has already crushed him! What?" Before Gordon finished speaking, Fournier winked in Jiang Dashan's direction, "Have some fun." After speaking, Fournier walked to the basket.

Gordon immediately understood what the two of them meant, and patted his chest, "Haha, got it!"

Gordon went to midfield for one game, and all the Magic players moved out of the way.The fans didn't know what was going on, and stood up to watch.

On the Lakers side, Ingram first saw the change in the Magic's half court, and then greeted Lonzo and others. Therefore, the Lakers players also knew how to stop and watch the Magic's movements.

Gordon waved his hand, jumped twice, and then waved his hand towards the stands, motioning for the fans to applaud!Vucevic threw him the ball.The fans were in an uproar, this is a dunk!This is a naked provocation!While angry, excitement is also mixed in!The uncrowned slam dunk king, Gordon finished dunking, wouldn't J come one?Term slap in the face?

"Gordon holds the ball and is in the midfield. This is a dunk!" Yang Yi and Su Qun said, "This is a provocation! But why do I have some expectations in my heart!"

"Of course, Gordon's performance in the 16 slam dunk contest, and Dashan's regret that he did not participate in the slam dunk contest this year, look forward to it! The collision of two people! No matter what happens in his subsequent games, let's talk about dunking! Gordon, come one!" Su Qun shouted loudly.

On the pitch, be quiet.Fans, anticipation, anger, but also excitement.

On the Lakers side, after the beginning, after understanding Gordon's thoughts, all that was left was embarrassment, helplessness, and a little anger.

And the head coaches of the two teams faced each other across the field!The four eyes met, and they met before they even started.

I saw Gordon holding the ball tightly with both hands, his blue veins burst out, and then he threw it hard towards the basket. The ball landed between the free throw line and the basket and bounced heavily.Gordon ran at a sudden speed, came under the ball, aimed at the basket, jumped high, raised his right hand to catch the ball, and then passed the ball from his crotch to his left hand. At the same time, he turned 360 degrees in the air and dunked with his left hand!

"360-degree crotch!" Yang Yi and Su Qun exclaimed!

After a period of silence, the scene burst into cheers!

Gordon landed with pride on his face!Picking up the ball, throwing it lightly forward, the ball bounced a few times, rolled slowly, and finally landed at Jiang Dashan's feet.

Jiang Dashan looked helpless, damn, you are playing with me!

(End of this chapter)