Chapter 1122 [Chinese Kung Fu, Flying Immortals]
In the passionate music, four contestants took turns to show to greet the audience, and the dunk contest officially began.
Guo Xu was the first to play and received warm applause from all the fans. Defending champion Zach Lavender's dunk is no matter how beautiful he dunks, his popularity cannot be compared with superstars like Guo Xu. Lavender is just a role player of the Pelicans.
Also playing with Guo Xu was Ali's mascot, who stood under the basket with a basketball. This was the mascot of the Fat Fox Group, not from the NBA team, but Guo Xu was allowed by Xiao Hua to cooperate with the Fox.
The Lakers are one of the three rare teams in the NBA that do not have mascots, and Guo Xu's advertising will not affect the interests of the Lakers.
Zhang Heli of CCTV5 said: "It seems that Jason was preparing to use his ultimate move when he first dunk. Is he going to take the ball and jump over the mascot to dunk?"
Yao Ming is a commentator of CCTV5. He said: "Wall's last dunk when he won the slam dunk competition is the folded back button of the leap mascot. I don't know what action Guo Xu will add, but it's hard to get high scores for a simple slam dunk."
After seeing Lavine's slam dunk, the level of the dunk competition in the past two years has been raised.
Aaron Gordon watched on the sidelines and felt a little nervous. He prepared a similar trick and planned to use it after entering the finals. If Guo Xu used the Flying Creative in advance, the effect would be greatly reduced when he did it again.
No one can say that Guo Xu is a plagiarism. He had a performance of Feiyueren when he participated in the slam dunk contest in 2005. This action is not very creative, and European streetballers and And1 players have done it.
Guo Xu knows how to follow the gradual principle, so he won’t use his ultimate move after the first button. This is just a warm-up.
He jumped a few times on the spot and accelerated, instantly lifted his speed, jumped his feet and flew over the mascot's head, grabbed the basketball with his left hand, changed hands under his crotch and gave it to his right hand, flew under the basket and dunked the basketball sideways.
The audience on the sidelines, including many players, all showed incredible expressions. The Timberwolves No. 1 pick, Towns, had the most exaggerated expression, and contributed a tease emoticon package on the sidelines.
Today's judges are McGrath, Mutombo, O'Neal, "Magic" Johnson and George Gerwen. All five of them happily gave Guo Xu 10 points.
His detent is more difficult than a taller player, because he is only 183cm tall and his registered height is only 180cm. Now some fans still say that he is "the strongest 180cm on the earth"!
"The God of Zhuang" Drummond was the second appearance. He chose to throw and dunk at the bottom line, but just a very ordinary half-turn and backhand dunk. With Guo Xu Zhuyu in front, he only scored 36 points.
Four judges gave a low score of 7 points, Mutombo gave 8 points to face, and the audience's reaction was also very cold.
Gordon made the third appearance, started on the right and rushed to the basket, turned around and changed hands and dunked the ball in.
His move is very beautiful, much harder than Drummond's dunk, but it is not as shocking as Guo Xu's turnover under his crotch. After all, he is 206cm tall.
O'Neal and the Magic only gave 9 points, while Gordon scored 48 points in the first deduction.
The defending champion LaVine made the final appearance, and a beautiful hand-changing hand threw and dunked himself, flew from the right side of the basket to the left side of the basket, and scored the full score neatly.
Drummond, who had the lowest score, appeared first with the second dunk and invited retired star Nash, who was on the sidelines, to be a partner with him in casual outfits. He didn't plan to enter the finals at first sight, and the dunk ideas were all temporarily thought out.
Nash first showed off his football footwork, then ran and picked up the ball with his heel. Drummond followed up with the windmill to get a dunk and used it four times before completing it.
Although the ball was hit, it had no height and no difficulty. It was just that Nash came out to play for a while.
Drummond scored another 38 points and was eliminated with a smile. The audience gave him sporadic applause to encourage him.
Gordon did not keep his second appearance and used his ultimate move in advance. He asked the mascot to hold the ball with one hand and turn around on the small electric pedal. He held the ball with one hand 360 degrees and then dunked the ball.
This move is very beautiful and he got full marks, but because of his strategy mistakes, he only scored 48 points in the first deduction. As long as Guo Xu and LaVin are full marks in the second deduction, he will be eliminated.
Gordon regretted it very much now. He was very confident in his jumping power, and his tricks were useless. He underestimated Guo Xu's ability. When he participated in the competition, he thought the final must have been between himself and Lavine.
Guo Xu was the third player to play. He threw the ball high from the left and rushed to the basket and jumped up. He received the rebound ball on the ground. His legs took two steps in the air, his head almost flat, and he smashed the ball hard into the basket with one hand.
Yu Jia shouted: "This ball is like a wire hanging, it feels like a kung fu movie."
Yao Ming smiled and said, "It's a bit like that. He can shout "Flying Fairy from the Sky with a sword in his hand."
The creative idea of this button is the main focus of Guo Xu's jumping height and stretching movements, which are very beautiful.
Carter's reverse 360 degrees was regarded as a masterpiece because he was beautiful. If he really had a height, he would be worse than his competitor Steve Francis.
Barkley from tnt radio lamented: "The Flash has now become Superman, and he looks like he can really fly."
Reggie Miller, a guest, said: "Jason must be the king of air flies in this competition. His vertical bounce height was estimated to be more than 120cm."
Guo Xu conquered the audience, got full marks again, and led the finals first. The three competitors were surprised after seeing his performance. Is this a 34-year-old veteran? Is it a joke?
They asked themselves that when they were 34 years old, they would never jump as high as Guo Xu.
LaVine's second dunk was also an empty dunk. She found a friend to throw the ball at the free throw line. He ran up from a long distance, jumped up on the free throw line, and his right hand dunked the ball into the free throw line.
The creativity of this ball is also simple, with the advantages of being long distances and extremely relaxed movements, and the judges also gave full marks.
Gordon smiled bitterly on the sidelines and shook his head. His tricks were eliminated before he even performed. It was not that he was weak, but that his competitors were too strong.
In fact, when it comes to the creativity of dunks, Gordon is better than LaVine. His height is the biggest disadvantage, and his dunking movements are not as elegant as guard players.
The three people on CCTV5 discussed that Guo Xu's jumping power was stronger than when he was young.
Zhang Heli asked Yao Ming: "What do you think is the reason? Did he really practice Chinese Kung Fu?"
Yao Ming smiled embarrassedly, of course he couldn't explain it.
Yao Ming felt that this was probably really Chinese Kung Fu, and it was from the Wudang Sect. Guo Xu used Tiyunzong when dunking, and he also let Green "Wudang" pass in the regular season.
Entering the finals, LaVine was the first to play, and Guo Xu was more suitable for the finale than him.
By looking at the reactions of the audience, you will know that everyone hopes that Guo Xu can win today. If Guo Xu deducts first, he may have a strange situation on the scene. Many people hope that LaVine can't deduct them well.
LaVine chose to throw and dunk himself. His third dunk was a bit like Gordon's previous cooperation with the mascot. He threw the ball and followed it up, bounced back 360 degrees in the air, and dunked the ball with his right hand in.
The ball was impeccable in terms of jumping height and movement, and Lavin got a full mark again.
This year's slam dunk competition has returned to the past model, and the finals are scored by judges rather than fans participating in the voting. Such rules are undoubtedly more fair.
If the vote decides the title, there is no need to compare. Guo Xu's popularity is not only 10 times higher than Lavender, but the popularity of several contestants who came to participate is hugely different from him.
This has also become the biggest highlight of this year's slam dunk contest, and Guo Xu can only win by relying on his strength!
Chapter completed!