After the preliminaries, the three players shortlisted for the buzzer beater of this three-point contest are Chen Yan, Lewis and Cook.
The defending champion Kapono was eliminated early, and the threat that others could pose to Chen Yan was basically zero.
Lewis was the first to go. His first two point shots were a mess, and he finally found the feeling at the top of the arc. The final score was 15 points.
Lewis shook his head before leaving the field. This score basically missed the championship. There has never been such a low winning score in the three-point contest. The previous lowest winning score was Hornacek's 16 points in the 1997-1998 season.
Lewis originally gave up hope, but after watching Cook's performance, he suddenly felt that he was good again.
Cook was the second to play. He scored 1 point on the first point, 2 points on the second point, 3 points on the third point, 4 points on the fourth point, and 5 points on the fifth point.
Scored 15 points with an outrageous step-by-step scoring pattern and tied with Lewis.
If Chen Yan scores less than 15 points, the two will enter overtime.
Chen Yan saw that these two people were working very hard, so he didn't plan to give them a chance to work overtime.
After the first ball was thrown at the fourth point, Chen Yan had already scored 16 points. After locking the championship in advance, Chen Yan also started to play, imitating the signature shooting movements of various superstars, and even used his left hand for the last shot.
It's not that Chen Yan is disrespectful to other opponents. The All-Star Game is originally an entertainment event. Chen Yan's play is in line with the spirit of the event, and the fans at the scene are also very happy to watch.
Of course, the cost of playing this way was that the shooting rate plummeted. In the end, Chen Yan easily won the championship with 21 points.
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"Chen, you changed various shooting postures in the last two points. We can see that you used Kobe's posture, Dirk's posture and even Marion's posture. Why did you do that?" a reporter asked during the championship interview.
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"It's fun and makes the fans happy." Chen Yan's answer was very true.
The reporter continued to ask: "You maintained a high shooting percentage in the first three points. You had the opportunity to break the three-point contest scoring record you set in the preliminaries. Do you feel any regrets?"
Chen Yan laughed and said: "Not at all. I had a lot of fun, and it would be nice to leave a little space so that I can break the record next time."
The reporter laughed after hearing this. Chen Yan said that the Three-Point Contest was run by his family, and he could break the record whenever he wanted.
The reporter did not delay Chen Yan for too long. He also participated in the dunk contest in the next stage of the competition.
Chen Yan held the three-point contest trophy high, struck a few poses and then went down.
A short entertainment performance followed. After 15 minutes, the dancers left the stage and the lights suddenly dimmed.
Four players participating in this slam dunk contest will appear in sequence. The four players are Jr. Smith from the Denver Nuggets, Nate Robinson from the New York Knicks, Dwight Howard from the Orlando Magic and Chen Yan from the Phoenix Suns at home.
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Chen Yan made his final appearance, and the cheers reached its peak as soon as he appeared on the stage, making the three people next to him a little jealous.
Jr. Smith was the first to appear, throwing the ball and dunking with a big windmill in his right hand!
The movements were done in one go, and the sense of strength was good, but the deduction method was too simple. The judges showed their scores one after another, and Jr. Smith's final score was 43 points.
Nate Robinson came on the scene for the second time. His movements were similar to Jr.'s, he threw the ball with his hand and then dunked with one arm. However, Little Potato's body was a little tight when he came up, and he failed in the first dunk.
After adjustments, Nate Robinson succeeded in his second dunk. Nate's difficulty was about the same as Jr's, but he was more in line with the judges' preferences, scoring 46 points slightly higher than Jr's.
Chen Yan appears for the third time. In this era, everyone is very lacking in creativity. They just come and go with just a few tricks. The winner is determined more by strength and beauty.
But Chen Yan is different. He is a time traveler. He has many creative ideas, and his current physical fitness can support these creative ideas.
He came to participate in the dunk contest this time because he wanted to do something different.
Chen Yan grabbed the ball with one hand from outside the three-point line and threw the ball to run in one go.
Is it self-destruction again?
The first two contestants used this routine, and the fans were honestly a little tired of seeing Chen Yan's hand-raising action.
However, after Chen Yan took off and caught the rebound ball, he did not complete the dunk action immediately. Instead, he used the air to quickly hit the ball on the backboard twice.
The moment it fell, Chen Yan slammed the ball into the basket with one arm!
“ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
The fans in the audience were instantly excited. Barkley in the commentary box also shook his head and said: "This goal is a combination of creativity and physical fitness."
Kenny Smith also said: "I thought Chen would hit a big windmill or crotch, but his dunk action exceeded everyone's expectations."
The judges showed their 10-point cards without hesitation.
Chen Yan looked calm. This dunk that amazed everyone was just the appetizer of his creative dunk.
Howard came on for the fourth time. He got a rebound and then threw the ball for a windmill dunk.
When Howard missed the first dunk, Barkley said: "The design of Dwight's ball is too complex. He can use something simpler and more violent, which will be more suitable for this big guy."
Kenny Smith nodded: "The jumping height is okay, but the landing point of the ball is not very good."
Howard continued his original posture for the second dunk. This time he controlled it well. The moment the ball bounced, his body was in the right position, and he finished the dunk with a small windmill twist!
Howard is tall, has long arms and can bounce well. This difficult dunk looked easy under his performance, and the judges also showed 10 points.
"The second perfect score in this year's slam dunk contest, Dwight is very lovable and I can see that the judges all like him." Kenny Smith said.
Barkley's attention was on the audience: "O'Neal and his wife Shanni appeared at the scene. It seemed that the two had overcome their emotional crisis.
Kenny Smith also started gossiping: "The camera caught Pippen. He came to watch the game alone today without his wife. I don't know if this has anything to do with Chen Yan."
Kenny Smith's words were ridiculing. Last month, Pippen and Chen Yan had a verbal war. Chen Yan's "your wife is my fan" almost broke up Pippen's family. This sentence was also respected by the majority of fans.
One of the most classic trash talks.
The second round of dunking began quickly.
The first one to appear was Jr.
Jr played an alley-oop with his teammate Sonny Wilms this round. He initially planned to wait for his teammate to hit the ground and pass the ball, then run up from the right baseline and catch the ball and go around his back for a backhand dunk. However, after many failed attempts, he decided to change
Dunk action.
Smith's physical strength was already a little weak at this time, and he finally managed to smash the ball into the basket with both hands, scoring only 42 points. After two rounds, Jr. scored a total of 85 points, basically missing out on the finals.
Nate Robinson was next on the court. His dunk seemed a bit strange this time. He asked his teammate Wilson Chandler to lie under the basket. After running up from the front of the basket, he stepped on Chandler and flew to complete the dunk.
Xiaotuo's dunk idea was novel, but the judges didn't buy it and only gave it 41 points.
Howard came on for the third time. Before he came on the stage, the staff rolled out a heightened basket. Everyone guessed what Howard was going to dunk, but what no one expected was Howard's appearance.
Howard first hid in the phone booth very mysteriously, and a moment later he came out of the phone booth with a grin on his face.
Fans discovered that Howard's jersey had turned into a Superman vest. Howard took the red cloth handed over by his teammates and after shaking it open, it turned out to be Superman's cape!
This creativity and costume made all the young and old superstars who are used to seeing big scenes smile happily.
Amid the laughter of the audience, Howard received a pass from his teammate from behind the basket and dunked, a perfect score!
The emotions of the fans in the audience were ignited, and it was in this atmosphere that Chen Yan came out for the second round dunk.
For this dunk, he asked his national teammate Dayao to be his partner. Dayao stood under the basket holding the basketball high.
Fans laughed when they saw Dayao's appearance. The basketball held by Dayao was on the edge of the basket. Chen Yan only needed to touch it lightly to get in and even dunk the ball.
At this moment, Chen Yan started to run and take off.
Chen Yan took off very well. He took off very close to the basket, and his head almost touched the basket as he rose.
Chen Yan lowered his head and slid for a short distance before making a scorpion tail swing!
Throwing his hands back, he dunked the ball into the basket without looking back!
Very creative!
Extremely difficult!
And it was a success the first time!
The scene erupted instantly, and the cheers of the fans caused a brief earthquake in the American West Arena.
Chen Yan got a perfect score of 50 points without any suspense.
If Howard relied on gimmicks to ignite the audience just now, then Chen Yan relied on his solid dunk skills.
The fans exclaimed, "This is just a dunk like this in the preliminaries. In the finals, Chen Yan can't dunk the rim to explode?"