The Fifth Point Guard

Although Anthony was named the Most Valuable Player of the Rookie Challenge, he wasn't the only one who stole the show on the sophomore team.

Kyle Korver hit 7 goals in 10 attempts from beyond the three-point line, becoming the leading scorer from beyond the three-point line with a 70% shooting rate.

The second-year team only made 10 three-pointers in total, and Korver accounted for 7 of them.

Korver seems to be testing his skills for tomorrow's three-point shooting contest, and he seems to be in very good shape.

On February 20, four games will be played on the second day of the All-Star Weekend.

Slam Dunk Contest, Three-Point Shootout Contest, Skills Challenge and Shooting Stars Contest.

Unlike the last All-Star Game, the Denver organizing committee directly ranked the high-profile dunk contest and three-point contest as the top two in today's event.

It seems like they are not worried about ratings at all.

The first event is the dunk contest.

Compared with the previous slam dunk contests, there are no powerful guards like Singtong, Carter, Kobe, McGrady, Richardson, etc.

The four players participating in this year's slam dunk contest are Stoudemire of the Phoenix Suns, Chris Anderson of the New Orleans Hornets, JR Smith, also from the Hornets, and rookie player Josh Smith from the Atlanta Hawks.

These four players will each represent a charity and compete for the title of final dunk king.

James of the Cavaliers originally also signed up to participate, but for some unknown reason announced his withdrawal from the competition at the last moment. However, the performance of other players is still worth looking forward to.

Especially Stoudemire, who had explosives tied to his legs. This player came to the game with anger.

His explosive performance was ignored by fans and experts. You can imagine Stoudemire's inner anger.

Although he is 2.08 meters tall, Stoudemire's dunks in the game were all wonderful. Everyone is waiting to see his performance in the dunk contest.

Next is JR Smith from the Hornets. This guy is a genius in terms of shooting from the outside.

Meet the gods and kill the gods at the right time.

When you're not right, it's like wetting your own shoes.

But this guy's bounce is really incredible.

The actual dunk one step inside the free throw line was created by this guy.

As for Chris Anderson and Josh Smith, no one has high hopes.

But dark horses are often born from these lack of expectations.

The first player to appear in the first round was JR Smith. His action was to dunk the ball after changing hands from behind in the air!

The action is very exciting and exciting.

Unfortunately, the first two dunks were unsuccessful.

After sighing again and again, JR Smith finally completed this action on his third dunk.

The judges gave him a score of 45.

The second player to appear was Josh Smith. His run-up distance was very long, which made people full of expectations.

But he only completed a take-off dunk in one step inside the free-throw line. There was nothing new in his action, and the dunk at this position was nothing eye-catching compared to his size. The referees also gave him a 45 point.

Next up is Chris Anderson. He also has a long run-up.

The sprinting Anderson wanted to dunk after catching the ball, but the first dunk failed.

In the next few attempts to dunk, he had some problems with his throwing, and it took him a long time to complete it until the end.

In the end, the referees didn't buy Anderson's action and only scored 41 points.

Stoudemire made his final appearance.

He ran along the baseline, jumped up and pretended to dunk with both hands. After the ball reached the highest point, he returned it to his waist, then raised it up and dunked successfully.

Although this action is very difficult, due to his tall body, he does not look very stretched. Compared with players like Francis, the degree of viewing is not at the same level.

In the end, the judges also scored 45 points.

It seems that the judges this year must have practiced "9 points" successfully, so they invariably gave an average score of 9 points three times in the first round.

After the start of the second round, JR Smith cooperated with Anderson. He caught the ball behind his back and turned around for a dunk.

Still 45 points.

This deduction brought some boos from the audience.

Apparently, fans thought this score was low.

JR Smith exited the court shaking his head.

He knew that he almost missed the finals.

Josh Smith came on second.

He teamed up with Kenyon Martin.

Martin moved a chair and sat directly under the rim. Smith took off after a run-up, received Martin's upward pass in the air, crossed over Martin's head and did a shit. Oh no, pulled the rod, and completed a dunk with his left hand. !

The dunk shattered the referees' chairs.

They all stood up and applauded Smith's dunk, and unanimously scored 10 points.

Smith's dunk earned him the first full score of 50 points on the court today!

In this way, Smith scored 95 points with two dunks, locking in a spot in the finals in advance.

Anderson came on third.

He chose JR Smith as his partner.

Unfortunately, several of Smith's passes were less than ideal, and Anderson gave up after repeating them a few times.

He felt that Smith didn't pass the ball to him seriously at all.

After completing a very ordinary one-handed dunk, Anderson elicited boos from the fans.

"You birdie, get out of the All-Stars!"

Anderson smiled slightly when he heard this.

The nickname "Birdman" sounds like a good one.

The judges gave Anderson a consolation of 36 points, and the two dunks totaled only 77 points.

The last one to play was Stoudemire, and his performance was very creative.

He tossed the ball onto the backboard and bounced it, and Nash headed it back to him.

Then Stoudemire made a 180° turn dunk after catching the ball in the air!

This action is very creative, and the difficulty of the action is really too difficult for a 2.08-meter tall man.

The judges did not skimp on their scores and once again gave a perfect score of 50 points!

In this way, two big forwards, Josh Smith and Amar'e Stoudemire, both entered the finals of the dunk contest.

In the final, Smith suddenly put on the old Hawks jersey of the legendary Hawks star and former NBA slam dunk champion "Human Movie Essence" Dominic Wilkins.

He imitated Wilkins' move and performed a windmill dunk from the right side. This dunk made Wilkins stand up on the sidelines.

This action has a symbolic meaning of respecting the elderly, and the buckle itself is very smooth and done in one go.

The five judges, including another famous star "Dr. J" Julius Erving, were very satisfied and raised their 10-point signs one after another.

The "treacherous" Smith received a perfect score of 50 points.

Stoudemire, who came on next, is obviously an honest man. He doesn't know how to wear a "Dr. J" jersey to participate in dunks.

He soared along the baseline from the right side of the basket, stepped down and changed hands, then dunked back with both hands on the left side of the basket!

This action is definitely a visual impact for a small player, but when done by a big man with a height of 2.08 meters, it does not look so good.

The judges gave him a score of 45.

In the second dunk of the final, the shameless Smith changed back into his own jersey.

After turning 360° in the air, he made a windmill dunk in the air and once again scored 50 points!

Josh Smith, who has accumulated a lot of experience, performed a surprising dunk performance in the final, showing his true qualities as a 100% dark horse.

Since Smith scored 100 points for two dunks, while Stoudemire only had 45 points for the first dunk, Smith actually won the dunk contest.

Stoudemire, who had no hope of winning the championship, continued to cooperate with Nash.

The latter showed his football skills and used his heel to pick up the ball and pass it to Stoudemire.

Stoudemire dunked after receiving the ball.

However, I tried several times but failed.

After finally dunking the ball in, the referees symbolically raised a sign indicating a total of 42 points.

Josh Smith got his wish and became the new dunk king with a perfect score in the finals of the dunk contest.

After the game, Smith was interviewed by reporters.

"Dominic Wilkins has had a great influence on me, and it has a subtle effect. I am very satisfied with my dunk performance today. If possible, I hope to continue to participate in this competition, and hope to have more There are a lot of good players participating in this event.”

James, who was sitting on the sidelines, looked expressionless and indifferent.

My face is very calm, my heart is mmp.

Fortunately I didn't come to participate in this competition, otherwise I would have been embarrassed

Before the game started, James was "lucky" to see Smith's dunk performance by "accidental" and immediately planned to give the "opportunity" to the rookie he was very optimistic about.

Seeing Josh Smith holding up the dunk contest trophy and the check for US$60,000, Arenas, who was sitting in the VIP seat on the sidelines, couldn't help but reminisce about those years with his friend Shentong next to him.

"Hey, Shin, remember? When we first entered the league in the draft, $100 was a huge amount of money to us."

Shentong smiled and replied: "That's not true, but I am much worse off than you. When you first entered the league, your salary was much higher than mine."

Arenas also laughed and said: "How much more money can I get? Because of the problem of overdraft consumption in advance, I almost went bankrupt at the time. Fortunately, with the help of you and Richard Jefferson, I was able to get through it." That difficult time.”

"Hey, we're all brothers, so don't mention the small money."

"okay."

After talking and joking, the two of them raised the big gold necklaces around their necks at the same time.

That was a gift Arenas gave to Shentong and Jefferson before the draft. Shentong never forgot it and even wore it specially today.

To be honest, if you don't dress hip-hop during the All-Star Game, you won't look like you are here to play the game, and you won't be able to fit in with these star groups.

The following three-point shooting competition still did not see the presence of Shentong, Peja and other masters.

Nuggets shooting guard Leonard is sitting on the home court and wants to win the three-point title.

In addition to Leonard of the Denver Nuggets, Korver of the Philadelphia 76ers, Ray Allen and Radmanovic of the Seattle SuperSonics, there are also two players from the Suns.

Joe Johnson and Quentin Richardson.

Korver was the first to appear in the game.

Before taking the court, Korver took a deep breath. He knew that it would not be easy for him to win the three-point contest today.

He performed well at the second point. It seems that the three-point shooting training in yesterday's rookie game still had a certain effect.

In the end, Korver only scored 14 points.

Next up is Joe Johnson of the Suns.

However, it was very obvious during the game that Johnson's touch was not good today, and he wasted a lot of time. He couldn't even take the last flower ball.

He has barely played this season due to injury. But he was in excellent form and finally scored 17 points, taking first place in the preliminaries and knocking out Ray Allen. It's the finals.

Ray Allen came on next and passed the SuperSonics flag in the hands of his opponent.

He performed relatively evenly at each shooting point, and finally scored 13 points!

The last one to play was Leonard, who was "playing at home".

He has barely played this season due to injuries. But he was in excellent form and finally scored 17 points, taking first place in the preliminaries and knocking out Ray Allen.

In this way, Korver, Richardson and Leonard advanced to the finals.

Korver once said in a media interview that he thinks Leonard is in good shape and is a strong opponent.

"Playing at home has a unique advantage, and I think Leonard is the most likely to win."

Korver was the first to appear in the finals. He performed well in the finals and scored 18 points. Even his teammate Allen Iverson stood up and applauded him.

Richardson came on next. This guy made nine shots at the fourth and last points and scored a total of 19 points, surpassing Korver!

When he scored the 19th point, Richardson's girlfriend Brandi even jumped up from the bench and danced to cheer her boyfriend on.

It can be seen that tonight is another bloody storm.

Leonard, who played last, faced tremendous pressure.

In the end, they only scored 16 points and missed the chance to win the cup at home.

Richardson, who won the three-point championship, was very excited. He said that he had adapted to the game in the finals because he performed better.

After Stoudemire missed the slam dunk contest, the Suns finally brought back a significant championship trophy.

Next up is the Skills Challenge.

Arenas, Nash, Boykins and Ridnour appeared in turn.

As a good friend of Arenas, Shentong naturally wants to cheer for him.

Before the game, he told Arenas that Nash was his biggest opponent, but the "general" didn't take it seriously.

exactly.

Just when STO reminded Arenas, Miller's reporter sister happened to be interviewing Nash.

Nash: "I was a little scared, especially the floor pass."

Arenas asked Shentong to listen carefully and tell him.

"I don't have that trouble."

Amid STO's anxiety, Ridnour took the lead.

He completed the floor pass in two attempts and hit the three-pointer in one shot.

But due to his slow movement, it took him 35.4 seconds to complete the game.

Next comes Arenas.

The guy looks confident.

Taking off his jacket, Arenas was wearing the jersey of the Bullets, the predecessor of the Washington Wizards.

Arenas is wearing a retro style today.

After spitting twice into the palms of his hands, picking up the ball and rubbing it several times, Arenas bent down and made preparations, waiting for the whistle to start the game.