Seven Hundred and Fifteen: Too Simple, Too Simple (Four K)

On February 15, 2014, the NBA All-Star Game has not been this hot for a long time.

In the past few years, the All-Star Game has been in decline. The decline in ratings has forced the league to revise the rules of the All-Star Game several times to stimulate interest among fans.

But it turns out that getting the All-Star Game up and running again doesn't have to be that much of a hassle. You just need to get real stars in the game, and fans will buy it.

And today, since the morning's East and West All-Star workouts and interviews, people have been talking about that big star -- Link.

"LeBron, will you be at the slam dunk contest tonight?" During the All-Star training interview, the reporters asked questions related to the slam dunk contest even when interviewing James.

"Of course, basketball lovers in the world, who will miss tonight's slam dunk contest? I'll be there, and so will my son, and our family is ready to enjoy tonight's visual feast."

"Will I be at the slam dunk contest in person? Let me tell you the truth, I have bought insurance for myself to prevent my jaw from dislocating." Although Carmelo Anthony did not deal with Link in the regular season, he was equally concerned about tonight's The performance aroused great interest.

The only star who expressed disdain for the slam dunk contest in an interview was Link's nemesis Kevin Durant.

"Russell Westbrook is the best dunk in my opinion, so I'm not going to watch tonight's game. What if Bill Simmons wears women's clothes? He doesn't look good."

Durant put on an indifferent expression, he didn't want to help Link build momentum.

But Durant's resistance didn't change anything. In Link's words, "There are only two people in the world who don't want to watch me dunk. One is Durant and the other is Bill Simmons. However, Who cares? I just perform for most people."

Durant's resistance did not affect the enthusiasm of the fans, so that the skill challenge and the three-point contest at night seemed to have become the performance of the slam dunk contest.

During the Skills Challenge and 3-Point Contest, live big screens and televisions are always showing the season's dunk highlights from the four players participating in the Slam Dunk Contest.

Among them, Link's highlights are the most played.

Make-up dunks, dunks between other people, and dunks with lever folding... Just watching the highlights, fans have already feasted their eyes.

And these dunks are still in the official game.

In a slam dunk contest without defensive interference, God knows what kind of tricks Link will do.

Finally, in front of everyone, Spurs guard Marco Belinelli lifted the trophy for the three-point contest. The fans cheered, not for Belinelli, but for the upcoming slam dunk contest!

The boring pad show is finally over, can the fans be unhappy?

At this point, Link was sitting in the locker room, putting on his silver Slam Dunk Contest special edition color matching sneakers.

In front of him, Jordan Kilganon was giving Link the final precautions.

After a while on the court, "White Jordan" had no way to demonstrate for Link himself.

Thirty minutes later, the warm-up song and dance for the slam dunk contest ended, and all five people who were invited to be judges entered the arena. This year, in order to cater to this incredible slam dunk contest lineup, the NBA officials also invited a luxurious lineup of judges.

The first to appear is "Dr. J" Julius Owen, followed by "Human Film Essence" Dominic Wilkins. These two are arguably the greatest dunks in NBA history, and their presence on the judges was beyond the expectations of many fans.

But it's not over yet, Yao Ming is the third to appear, and he is also the judge of the slam dunk contest for the second year in a row. As a competition with Chinese players as its selling point, it is natural to invite a Chinese judge to completely open up the Chinese market.

After Yao Ming, another great giant in NBA history, Shaquille O'Neal, showed off his comical dance moves. So far, all four judges are Hall of Famers.

But if you think this is the end, you are wrong! Finally, under the surprised eyes of the fans, "Old Rogue" Michael Jordan was the last to enter!

The last time Jordan was a judge on the dunk contest was seven years ago. After that, he said that he would no longer serve as a judge of the dunk contest, because the current players have been unable to dunk surprising moves.

As a result, Jordan broke his promise, and he returned to the dunk contest again. The reason is very simple, he finally waited for the player who might surprise him!

Five judges sat on the stage, and the lineup was terrifyingly luxurious.

Under normal circumstances, the judges of the slam dunk contest will choose the famous team of the city where the competition is held. For example, last year's Houston All-Star, the judges Yao Ming, Mutombo, Tomjanovich, Drexler and Olajuwon of the slam dunk contest are all Rockets legends.

But this year, the NBA broke with that tradition. They directly recruited the greatest players as judges to set off this destined great slam dunk contest.

In addition to the judges, there are also first-line superstars in the league such as Wade, James, Kobe, Duncan and so on. Even if the fans just look at this spectator lineup, it is already worth the ticket price.

Finally, the lights at the scene dimmed and turned into a beam of spotlights, shining on the player tunnel.

The contestants are finally out!

Link is naturally the last one to appear, and when he dunks later, he will also be the last one to perform.

"White Jordan" appeared as Link's action designer behind him. Most people on the scene didn't know who the handsome boy with dyed silver hair was, but some people who followed the dunk performance recognized him.

Seeing him appear next to Link, the fans who are interested will know how much more explosive it is today.

After the contestants entered the arena, today's special guest Bill Simmons went up to interview "White Jordan" Kilganon, "I heard that you are Link's dunk action designer? Do you think that for Link's game today? Is it difficult?"

Simmons, who didn't know Kilganon, thought Link had just found a random street artist.

Facing the camera, Kilganon spread his hands easily, "It's difficult, it's difficult. This game is no easier for Link than the playoffs. But the difficulty is not the opponent, I guarantee Link can easily kill him. The opponent. The real difficulty of this game is the self-challenge with Link."

After hearing what Kilganon said, Simmons smiled happily.

Too arrogant, and there is no good result! Why challenge himself, could Link go to the sky?

In the cheers of the fans and the eyes of basketball fans all over the world, the 2014 slam dunk contest that was destined to be recorded in the annals of history finally began.

First up was Lillard, the shortest player in this year's Slam Dunk Contest.

However, height does not determine a person's dunking ability. "White Jordan" off the court is a living example.

Lillard's first dunk is worthy of the fans' expectations for this game.

So, he didn't hold back. As soon as I got up, I played a dunk on the crotch in the air!

Although this move is not creative, it is indeed very difficult given Lillard's height. The fly in the ointment is that Lillard dunked the first dunk, and the second dunk was really completed.

Although there are some small flaws, Lillard is off to a good start for the dunk contest.

In the end, Lillard also scored 3 8s, 1 9 and a 7, for a total of 40 points. There's nothing wrong with scoring an 8 because Lillard lost once. There is nothing wrong with Yao Ming playing 9 points, this ball is really wonderful.

But when Jordan scored 7 points, he showed his maverick side. His scoring this time is undoubtedly telling everyone, "It's not easy to win my favor."

After Jordan finished scoring, he did not forget to glance at Link. Whether Link can conquer the critical Jordan has instantly become one of today's highlights.

The second appearance was Link's good brother, the Pacers star Paul George.

George is considered Link's main rival because he dunks more in the game than the two point guards, Lillard and Wall.

George made the first dunk and got his teammate Lance Stephenson to help. Stephenson's acting talent made people look forward to this dunk even more.

The two tallied, then Stephenson took the ball and threw it lightly to the timer at the free throw line. George arrived tacitly, jumped up and completed a one-handed dunk as the basketball fell.

This dunk looks ordinary at first glance, just a one-handed dunk after catching the ball in the air. But through slow-motion playback, it is not difficult to find that what George mainly wants to show in this ball is his body stretch and height.

In the end, George scored four eights. And another 7 from Michael Jordan!

"God, Michael is really strict. Although George's movements are not difficult, the stretch and height are really amazing. 7 points? God, what kind of dunk is he trying to see."

Mike Brin complained, and Jordan seemed to be a little too strict.

Subsequently, the 10-year champion Wall played. Wall played with some creativity and sang a couple of songs with the microphone before dunking.

Although the appearance was very high-profile, in the end Wall's dunk did not disappoint everyone.

I saw Wall start the run with both hands outside the right three-point line. When he hit the basket from the side, he suddenly took off, then rotated 360° in the air, gliding to the other side of the basket, and dunked the ball with his back. !

Wall is a success! The moment he dunked the ball, the eyes of all the ball stars off the court widened.

No one thought that John Wall could handle such an exaggerated dunk in one go!

While a 360-degree turn and dunk is nothing new, Wall is mainly doing a 360-degree turn with a pull-bar action.

This made the dunk very difficult, and in the end, everyone except Jordan gave a 10 out of 10 evaluation. And even the picky Jordan raised a 9-point sign.

This is the highest score Jordan has ever given today!

Wall enjoyed the cheers from the scene, he had been preparing for today for a long time. He didn't know about the others, but he came for the championship, to defeat Link!

"Link must be under great pressure now, because Wall came up with a very difficult dunk. Link, who appeared in the finale, must be more difficult to dunk than Wall to attract attention!"

At this moment, everyone's eyes fell on Link, and everyone wanted to see how he would respond.

Link walked to the court with a relaxed face, then greeted Bill Simmons and took the microphone in his hand, "What can I say? Their dunks are too easy!"

As soon as Link said these words, the audience immediately became shaken! Wall's 360° pull-bar dunk is already very difficult. Is there any more difficult move for Link? ?

Or is he just being stubborn?

After he finished speaking, Link went to the scoring table and told the judges not to blink.

Jordan gave a wicked smile, and he was ready to give Link 6 points. If Link's dunk doesn't meet his expectations, he will never give up!

Link didn't do anything fancy. After speaking, he picked up the basketball and pushed it to the middle of the three-point line and the midfield line. It seems that the run-up distance is quite far.

James held his breath off the court, and he still clearly remembers how Link completed an incredible rebound and then pulled up a layup under the siege of the Big Three. He knew better than anyone how perverted Link's physique was.

What kind of performance will this dunk be?

The scene seemed to be quiet, only the sound of people breathing could be heard.

Link started to run, and finally, near the basket, raised the basketball with one hand and started spinning in the air!

Everyone thought that Link was also a 360° turn and dunk, but Link's body did not fall or dunk after turning around in the air, but turned around again!

After Link's body turned 720 degrees in the air like a spinning top, Link smashed the ball into the basket with one hand!

The whole action was done in one go, a success!

Link landed, spread out his hands, and muttered, "It's too simple, it's too simple."

The audience was silent for a few tenths of a second, and the air seemed to freeze. However, this is just the quiet before everyone explodes.

"Boom!" In an instant, cheers, exclamations, and roars came together.

James stood up, covered his head with his hands, and widened his eyes, as if he had seen a god descend to earth.

Wade held onto Bosh's shoulders, as if he would fall if he lost his support. And Bosh himself is not much better, the "Dragon King"'s chin has collapsed.

Bill Simmons was also taken aback, Link was really fucking flying!

"720° dunk! God, Link played a 720° dunk as soon as he came up! No one has ever been able to do something like this in NBA history! Michael Jordan, Vince Carter, Dwight Howard... .... No one has ever tried a 720° turnaround dunk in the air! Link is right, everyone else's dunks are too easy, too easy!"

Mike Brin roared red-faced, but even so, his voice was still drowned out.

Link winked at Jordan as he walked back to the sidelines.

"Old Rogue"'s Adam's apple slipped obviously, and he was swallowing!

This is the second time Jordan has been shocked by the yellow-skinned guy in front of him since Link defeated Arenas in a three-point contest last time.

Jordan turned his head and saw that the other four judges raised the 10-point sign without any suspense.

Jordan smiled, threw away the card with the number "6" written in his hand, and then raised the sign with a perfect score of 10!

Picky Michael Jordan, the first dunk was conquered by Link!

Now, everyone knows that there is no suspense in the slam dunk contest. Even if Wall comes up with such a difficult dunk, he can only be reduced to a supporting role.

The only suspense in this game is what shocking action Link has prepared.

The desperate slam dunk contest has been rescued.