Chapter 11 Isn’t It Beautiful?
It’s exciting indeed!
It's not just about living another 30 days, of course, this is the most important thing, the most important thing to do tonight.
But it’s really cool to enjoy the scene of thousands of people cheering!
This can really bring people endless motivation and the strongest desire to win!
Zhang Hao seemed to understand why some high school geniuses would quickly become depressed when they go to college, and some college geniuses would quickly become depressed when they go to the NBA.
Because no matter how outstanding a high school student is, he is usually only compared with high school students in the same state. When he goes to college, there are so many geniuses, as well as older, equally talented but more experienced opponents. He is no longer the most dazzling one. Many geniuses will become anxious and depressed.
Recognition and support are so important!
It is true that there are examples of people who can endure loneliness, work hard for many years and finally make a big splash, but more people need applause and cheers to increase their motivation.
Because it is really difficult to succeed as an athlete.
But the harder something is to get, the more people want it, which is why so many people continue to work towards the ultimate goal. There are many examples in the NBA. The future Payton, David West, Malone and others all ran to curry favor with teams and took low salaries or even minimum wages when there were still teams willing to pay them tens of millions of dollars a year. They could obviously punch out like the Goji brothers and earn more money for a few more years. If they hadn't worked so hard when they were young, they might have been able to earn more than ten years, just like the protagonist in the nonsense basketball novel "I Don't Want to Be the Boss" that Zhang Hao read before he traveled through time and space, and played for 30 years.
After Zhang Hao's first dunk, the second player was quickly called out.
Ricky Davis.
He wanted to struggle, so he tried a dunk that he obviously couldn't do - turning 360 degrees and changing hands under his hips.
Ricky Davis can do the two moves separately very well. However, if he is the first one to go on the court and chooses one of the two dunks, it is unlikely that he will get full marks but it is very likely that he will get a high score. However, with Zhang Hao's excellent performance, he must challenge the difficulty.
Then... the movement was not smooth enough. The key was that after turning 360 degrees and changing hands under the hips, the height was not enough, and the ball hit the basket when dunked.
Dunk failed!
For his second dunk, Ricky Davis chose a simple hip dunk which was less difficult.
The judges were quite professional. After all, there were two dunk kings and the other three were former NBA All-Stars. They scored according to the second dunk and did not deliberately give low scores just because the first dunk failed.
However, Ricky Davis is still more suitable for dunks that show pure bounce and strength. The commentators of American cable TV stations all say that Ricky Davis is more suitable for the pull-up tomahawk dunk that requires a full leap, but he has no awareness in this regard. His crotch dunks are highly completed, but lack aesthetic appeal.
Only got 35 points!
With this score, Zhang Hao looked at Desmond Mason and Carter who had not yet played, and Ricky Davis was eliminated.
The next two players, Dean Grove and Millers Simon, obviously gave up struggling. Before participating in the trials, they thought they had something going for them and might even become famous. But when they saw Zhang Hao and Carter in the preliminaries, they lowered their ambitions and aimed to reach the deciding round of the finals.
Now, the two feel that when participating in a competition, friendship comes first and competition comes second, and just having fun is all that matters.
Not to mention, the two relaxed players completed the dunk well. The difficulty was not high, but the movements were smooth and flexible. One scored 38 points and the other scored 41 points.
Ricky Davis was shaking with anger. So, he came in full of confidence, but ended up last?
wrong!
There are two more! Ricky Davis is looking forward to the next two performances being worse than him, only in this way can he soothe his wounded heart.
However, Desmond Mason, who was the second to last to play, calmed down after seeing the performance of the three players in front of him. Since the qualifiers, he has regarded Zhang Hao and Carter as his biggest competitors. When the opponents really slammed better than in the qualifiers, he was really surprised and wanted to explode.
But he knows that reaching the finals steadily is more important!
You can't be too hasty and you have to get high scores steadily.
Desmond Mason scored 45 points with a beautiful high-bounce alley-oop and one-handed slam dunk.
In terms of difficulty, it is quite high, and it is entertaining to watch, with enough stretch. Moreover, to be able to complete such a dunk, one can obviously sacrifice some jumping height to complete a more difficult and fancy dunk... but then one cannot show this sense of power, which is Desmond Mason's only advantage. Zhang Hao feels that this future dunk king should not be underestimated!
Next it was Carter's turn.
The audience was very excited to see Carter walking onto the court with no expression on his face and seemingly completely unaffected by Zhang Hao's "clearing dunk".
Zhang Hao also squatted on the side of the court, staring at Carter.
Watch Carter dunk in person! I didn’t see enough last time!
In the past two days, Carter's beautiful 360-degree windmill turn in the selection competition has made him famous. Compared with Zhang Hao's dunk from the free throw line, which is elegant and graceful but not particularly difficult in the eyes of fans who have watched the NBA for so many years, Carter is indeed more anticipated.
Of course, with Zhang Hao's "clearing dunk" tonight, people also know that these two 18-year-old boys are both players with the potential to be top NBA dunkers.
Why is it potential?
Because the muscle lines of both of them are not good enough, if they had more mature muscles like Desmond Mason, even if they were not so explosive, as long as they looked more powerful, the dunks of both of them would be more entertaining.
But their slam dunks are now entertaining enough. The commentators of American cable TV stations are saying that since Dominique Wilkins won the Slam Dunk Contest in 1990 and Jordan and Dominique Wilkins both said they would not participate in the dunk contest again, the champions of the NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest in the past five years have not been as good as these two dunk geniuses who are only 18 years old.
In the past two years, there have been calls to cancel the NBA Slam Dunk Contest.
Carter came to the left sideline near the center line, dribbled the ball diagonally towards the basket, grabbed the ball one step inside the free throw line on the left side of the three-second zone, jumped with both hands, swung a big windmill in the air, and slammed the ball into the basket with both hands!
"F...!" Desmond Mason really cursed this time! His school team teammates next to him jumped up and cheered!
Even though Desmond Mason was very afraid of Carter's dunks, he didn't expect it to be so awesome.
Carter took one step from the free throw line! He did a windmill with both hands! He even managed to keep his head flat while dunking... and he was still rising while doing it!
They are all high school students, why is there such a big difference between them? These two guys are even thinner, obviously not fully grown. When they grow fully, their dunks are both powerful and beautiful... Desmond Mason feels that he is out of tune with these two...
After Carter's dunk, Zhang Hao stood up and stretched his body to prepare for his second dunk.
Carter’s dunk...is not better than Zhang Hao’s!
During the previous tryouts, although Zhang Hao was excited about Carter's dunk, he was not shocked because he felt he could do better, and it is the same now.
Perhaps it was because he had "seen" Carter's dunks in the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest that made him the god of dunks, or perhaps it was because Zhang Hao's own jumping ability would allow him to complete some of the top dunks in the future. Even if he couldn't be perfect, such as having the power, compared to Carter now, his dunks were not inferior to Carter's in terms of either viewing pleasure or difficulty.
I don’t know if Carter can win in the future. Carter’s physical condition has not yet reached its peak. If we don’t seize the opportunity to defeat Carter now, when will we?
If before he was just eager to win more and more, now Zhang Hao's mentality has changed to wanting to win again and having confidence!
"Today is a good day! How can we retreat without fighting?
Specially signed player Zhang Hao has made a shining debut in the McDonald's High School All-Star Slam Dunk Contest and has become a candidate for the championship in the minds of the audience and judges.
Mission: Triggered by Slam Dunk King.
Goal: Special signing player Zhang Hao wins this year's McDonald's High School All-Star Slam Dunk Contest.
Reward: Bronze Medal: Slam Dunk Master.
If the special contract player Zhang Hao gets full marks for all dunks with the host's encouragement and help, the host will gain an extra 15 days of life. "
Encourage and care for yourself... Zhang Hao shook his head and said, "Don't worry about it for now, just do it!"
I just completed the achievement of living another 30 days. If I can win the championship, I can also get a medal... Wouldn't that be great?
What is the use of this medal?
There was no time to study Zhang Hao, as the host had already introduced him again. The audience had already started cheering when he walked onto the court. There was no time to think too much. Zhang Hao came to the three-point line on the left side of the top arc, took a deep breath, patted his chest, and rushed towards the basket.
Zhang Haocai jumped one step inside the left sideline of the three-second zone and turned in the air... One second later, with the sound of Sun Ce slamming the ball into the basket, the scene boiled again! And Ricky Davis's distorted face...
360 degree hip rotation | dunk with changing hands!
Ricky Davis couldn't do it, but Zhang Hao did it!
The hip|underhand dunk does not require muscles and tendons, but a slender body, elegance and beauty. Zhang Hao, who was said to have the flaw of not being strong enough in his previous dunk, performed a 360-degree turn and hip|underhand dunk, which just showed off this dunk very well!
The key is the comparison. Ricky Davis failed in his dunk before and could only repeat it with a lower difficulty. Now Zhang Hao has done it... Under this comparison, the audience thinks Zhang Hao's dunk is so cool!
There is harm only when there is comparison. Ricky Davis suffered a fatal blow, but the judges and the audience had the same feeling that Ricky Davis couldn't do it, which proved that this dunk was not easy. And Zhang Hao's tall and thin figure and top-level flexibility showed the elegance of this dunk to the fullest.
With praise for this dunk and anticipation for Carter's second dunk in the first round, all five judges gave it 10 points!
The second perfect dunk!
After Zhang Hao celebrated with his teammates, he returned to the sidelines and squatted down. Ricky Davis came on the court.
With endless dissatisfaction and anger, Ricky Davis made a violent tomahawk dunk.
It's true that a physical small forward like Ricky Davis is suitable for this kind of straightforward and domineering dunk, and his slam dunk is really powerful. Although he is only 16 years old, his muscle lines are much better than Zhang Hao and Carter, and he is obviously stronger. He can do simple and plain dunks, and he also shows his ability to stay in the air, which is very beautiful.
Of the five judges, two gave 10 points, three gave 9 points, and one of them who gave 10 points was Julius Erving! 47 points!
Zhang Hao thought that Ricky Davis' dunk was indeed beautiful. He didn't know why Ricky Davis wanted to make his first dunk difficult. Wouldn't it be better to just go with the violent approach?
Ricky Davis was about to vomit blood. Looking at the situation, if he dunked like this on his first dunk, he might even get full marks!
Listen to the cheers from the audience, they are no weaker than the cheers Zhang Hao received after he just dunked!
But now Ricky Davis is still desperate. He scored 47 points in this dunk, but only 35 points in the first dunk, which added up to 42 points. Desmond Mason scored 45 points in the first dunk. As long as the second dunk is no less than 38 points, he will definitely advance. However, it is basically impossible for Desmond Mason to have a dunk below 40 points.
As for Zhang Hao and Carter, these two bastards both got full marks for their first dunk!
Ricky Davis walked to the sidelines with a gloomy face. He had suffered countless losses since he was a child because of his lack of clear self-awareness. Now, it happened again...
But he doesn't think it's his problem, he thinks it's someone else's problem, like the Chinese high school student who turned on the "clearing mode" with the first dunk of the game tonight.
It's not this guy. How could Ricky Davis be so distracted in his first dunk and try such a difficult dunk? And this guy used him as a stepping stone in his second dunk!
Then, Dean Grove and Miles Simon, who had been in a state of calm, made their final appearance in this year's McDonald's High School All-Star Game, scoring 39 points and 40 points respectively, ending their journey in this dunk contest.
The two have been considered eliminated along with Ricky Davis, and the scores of the three are between 75 and 85.
Desmond Mason came on and the crowd cheered again.
Although those two were clearly a level above the others, the audience was still looking forward to seeing Desmond Mason do something different, just like just now, they had no hope at all for Ricky Davis, and hey, this guy immediately made a beautiful dunk.
This time, Desmond Mason had a partner on the field, holding a Polaroid camera.
Desmond Mason grabbed the ball with one hand, and his teammate was lying outside the legal collision zone with his legs bent... This scene was about to be banned by the naked-butt game!
At this time, Desmond Mason rushed forward and jumped, but instead of dunking, he just jumped over.
The teammate lying down took a photo, and the Polaroid camera spit out a photo. The teammate stood up and pasted something on the photo.
Desmond Mason took the photo, swung it wildly with his left hand, dribbled the ball with his right hand and rushed towards the basket. He jumped to the left side of the basket, dunked the ball into the basket with his right hand, supported himself on the backboard with his left hand, pressed the photo on the backboard, and stuck it!
The camera turned its lens to the backboard, and the picture on the backboard was playing on the big screen at the scene. After a few seconds, the director played the video recording, which was the shot of the cameraman at the baseline when Desmond Mason just dunked. The slow motion of the moment when Desmond Mason jumped up and dunked was almost identical to the picture on the backboard!
This is very interesting!
The difficulty of dunking itself is very low, very low, dunking and hitting the backboard, nothing else.
But full of creativity!
The five judges smiled and talked to each other, thinking that some encouragement was in order, and all raised the 10-point sign.
50 points!
Zhang Hao couldn't help but applaud on the sidelines. This really pushed Desmond Mason into a corner. He actually came up with this trick. The key was that the judges bought it!
However, Zhang Hao also felt that this dunk deserved a high score, seeing how happy the audience was.
On the contrary, Desmond Mason who completed the dunk was quite surprised. He was not going to compete with those two monsters in difficulty. He had basically decided to give up. He felt that he would be beaten up if he competed with those two. However, he did not expect that he would win a full score after seeing sudden inspiration of his teammate holding the Polaroid camera!
Looking at his muscular body, Desmond Mason had a feeling that it was unreal... So, as a violent dunker from Texas, the most suitable style for him is to go the creative route?
When Desmond Mason got full marks for this dunk, the previous three were definitely eliminated, because the next one to play was Carter, who could compete evenly with Zhang Hao!
Carter's comment on Desmond Mason's performance just now was - this runner-up guy is quite interesting.
However, if you want to win by playing with creativity, you must first establish a foundation in the judges' minds - the difficulty of playing will not be inferior to that of your opponents.
For example, Carter and Zhang Hao are evenly matched in terms of difficulty, so they may try to find another way by being creative.
But the judges already know the difference in ability, so if you try to be creative, you can only be the best runner-up.
Of course, we can also expect Carter and Zhang Hao to perform poorly, and this will be Desmond Mason's chance for a flash of inspiration.
This time, Carter walked onto the court and came to a position that Zhang Hao was very familiar with. It was the position where Carter left a deep impression on Zhang Hao in the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest, outside the left baseline of the basket!
Carter threw the ball off the backboard from outside the baseline, jogged into the baseline at a seemingly leisurely pace, caught the falling ball, and jumped!
Carter showed his jumping ability which is one level higher than Zhang Hao. He didn't need to sprint long distance like Zhang Hao, he could just jump up and hit the rim directly!
Carter turned left about 100 degrees, facing the baseline, grabbed the ball with his right hand and swung it to the left and above his head, then dunked the ball to the right towards the basket. When completing the reverse windmill, Carter, facing the baseline, seemed to be standing in the air!
Carter, who was "standing" and falling, smashed the ball into the basket!
Desmond Mason, who was still holding out for a glimmer of hope that these two guys wouldn't perform well, is now mentally broken!
There’s no way to play!
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