Reborn as Kobe

The news interviews after the game are somewhat routine. It stands to reason that the peak confrontation between the two most popular stars in the league should be highly anticipated. Unfortunately, after this game is the All-Star Weekend, the attention of all American basketball fans has been Focus on the upcoming All-Star Game.

　　As an all-league carnival event, this game that has been held since 1951 has been widely watched. At the same time, the All-Star is also a business event, which greatly promotes the development of the NBA.

　　 Kobe II is a man, he doesn't pay much attention to this kind of performance competition, and he has not thought about participating too much, but he has not found that he has quietly changed many things.

When the vote for the All-Star game was announced, the old gangster Jordan was elected as the All-Star vote leader with 2451136 votes, while Kobe followed closely with 2450019 votes. The difference between the two sides was only more than a thousand votes. This is why Jordan is getting more and more. Reasons for being hostile to Kobe.

　　 In addition, on the first day of the All-Star Weekend, which is February 6, Adidas Kobe exclusive sneakers Kobe generation officially launched. The left LOGO of this Kobe generation has added the silhouette of Kobe's first mid-line lore against the Bulls. This is simply salting Jordan's wounds, and it can also see how much Adidas hates Nike.

　　 Over 10,000 pairs of this sneaker were sold on the first day in New York, creating a miracle. According to expert assessments, the final sales volume of the Kobe generation is expected to reach 120 million U.S. dollars. It is said that after the Kobe generation data came out that day, the Nike president dismissed the business executive who was in charge of negotiating with Kobe.

　　 This year's All-Star Kobe has only participated in three events. Except for the rookie game and the dunk contest, only the main game is left, which caused David Stern a lot of confusion.

Since Jordan’s slam dunk contest after 1985 won the championship, the ratings were not high, so before the dunk contest, the league released news that the 1997 slam dunk contest will be the last one, but despite this, it still failed to attract big-name stars. The participation of Jordan, maybe after Jordan became famous, he dismissed such games. It was not until Kobe finally announced that he would participate in the dunk contest, which attracted a lot of attention. It stands to reason that the smiling tiger Stern should be happy, but Stern's troubles come from Kobe.

　　 Because of Kobe's rookie season, he became the Western Conference ticketing champion and Western Conference starting post, this is the first time in league history. After urgent consultations, the league had to modify the rules and announced that rookies must finish their rookie season before they can enter the All-Star Game. In this way, Kobe became the only special case in the history of the league, destined to be a celebrity.

In the "Rookie All-Star Challenge" held on the second day, Kobe scored 20 points, 11 rebounds, 20 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. Iverson also scored 36 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, and 3 steals. Under the leadership of the two, the first-year team defeated the second-year team 132:115. Kobe and Iverson won the rookie game MVP together.

　　 Because of Kobe's popularity, the dunk contest held this time is nothing like the original time and space. This also called Stern's smiling face after hearing the ratings report almost turned into a blooming bun.

　　 On February 7, 1997, in the GundArena stadium, home of the Cleveland Cavaliers in Ohio, the All-Star Game dunk contest was staged on time.

Participants in this dunk contest are as follows: Denver Nuggets rookie Davin Ham, Dallas Mavericks sophomore Michael Finley, Minnesota Senli Wolves sophomore Chris Carr, Los Angeles Lakers rookie Kobe -Bryant, Milwaukee Bucks rookie Ray Allen, home Cleveland Cavaliers sophomore Bob Sura.

　　 The judges included "First Generation Glider" Fetzer, Iceman Gervin, journalist Lanier, Dr. J Irving and WNBA star Leslie.

　　 The rules of this dunk contest are very strange. It is also a two-round competition. In the first round, each player has three dunks. The top three with the highest scores enter the second round. But the difference is that in the first round, everyone was deducted three times in a row, and then replaced.

　　The first official appearance was Carl of the Timberwolves. The first buckle Carl chose was to turn around 360 degrees and buckle both hands. Carl's second dunk followed, throwing the ball into the air, then catching the rebound ball in the air, and dunking the ball with one hand. This buckle had a little gliding distance and caused a huge applause. Carl was very proud, and Garnett in the audience was also very excited. But the extreme joy was sorrowful. In the third smash, Karl smashed the ball and walked off the court with a face. The judges finally scored Karl forty-four points.

　　 The second player to play is the Bucks' Davin Ham, the semi-finalist in the 1996 NCAA Dunk Contest. Ham's first buckle was the big windmill on his right hand, which was full of strength and momentum. Ham's first two dunks took only 11 seconds. The second dunk was a one-handed back dunk in the air. After hesitating for a long time, Ham's third dunk appeared. He turned and dunked the ball 360 degrees with one hand in place. Ham failed to fascinate the judges, and in the end only gave him 36 points. The audience booed, and even the commentator thought it was a little outrageous.

　　 The third player to play is Ray Allen. In the first dunk, Ray Allen ran with the ball in both hands, received the ball in the air at the waist and abdomen, and then shot the dunk. In the second buckle, Allen lifted the ball with one hand while running. After taking off, he used the strength of the waist and abdomen to hold the body 180 degrees, and then buckled the back with both hands. The commentator gave this buckle smooth and smooth. Indeed, it is more than elegant, but there is no power, it feels light and light, not very beautiful. In the third dunk, Allen tried to catch the ball and dunk the ball after the throw. Unfortunately, he failed. While he was off the court, the commentator kept chattering that the smooth feeling is good, but it is not suitable for dunking. Dunking must have strength and let the audience jump up from the chair after watching. Unsurprisingly, Jun Zi Lei Only thirty-five points were scored in the end.

　　 It was Kobe's fourth turn to play, and there was cheers on the scene. Kobe waved his hand, and improvised a more popular ghost walk, which attracted the attention of all the audience.

Originally, Kobe wanted to quote some of the classic moves of later generations such as Zaklava, but when he saw these fish belly competing together, he decisively gave up. He was prepared to respect some history and save his tricks to compete with LeBron in the future. Use it when the opponent appears. For the first dunk, Kobe took the ball from forty-five degrees to cut in, took off, floated to the other side of the basket in the air, and turned over to dunk with one hand. There is strength, there is stagnation, it seems that it is a good button now. For the second dunk, Kobe used Carter’s classic three hundred and sixty degrees windmill dunk for two thousand years. This mouthful made everyone including the judges cover their heads. The host even exaggerated the call: "Everyone can go home. In the third buckle, Kobe started from the baseline with the ball, holding the ball in both hands, turning 180 degrees in the air, closing the ball, opening his abdomen, and back buckling. After the back buckle, he pulled the basket and made a small pull-up. When Kobe left the court, the audience had already rang out the shouts of "Kobe! Kobe!". It could be seen that the audience was overwhelmed by the unexpected joy that Kobe brought. In the end, Kobe scored 47 points.

　　 The fifth is the home player, Bob Sura. As a second-year student, Sura is now averaging 8.8 points, 4.4 assists, and 3.5 rebounds per game, which is quite good. The commentator specially emphasized that although he is only 6 feet 5 inches tall, "Hecanjump!" In fact, the Cavaliers are now. There are also intentions to train him to become the chief star of the team. For the first dunk, Sura turned 360 degrees for a one-handed dunk, but it failed. Perhaps it was to make up for the height gap and to show that he could jump. For the next two dunks, Sura adopted the method of self-throwing, self-receiving and self-buckling. The only difference is that the second buckle is front and the third buckle is From the bottom line, add a little drift in the air. While the audience frantically brandished the ten cards, the judges gave the final score of 35 points.

　　 The last player to play was Michael Finley. Finley's first buckle also used the one-armed windmill that many people tried, but it failed. In the second dunk, Finley threw the ball from under his left arm, caught the ball in the air, and dunked with both hands. Francis of the Rockets later did this action, and it is still relatively new now. For the last buckle, Finley used self-throwing and self-buckling. He cut from the bottom line and received a rebound ball in the air. The one-handed windmill was successful. Even Finley himself was very excited, like a black rabbit. The same, jumping on the spot while opening his mouth and roaring, Uncle Mu also stood up excitedly. But despite this, the final score given by the judges was only 39 points.

　　 In this way, after three dunks in the first round, Kobe Bryant, Michael Finley and Chris Carr entered the second round.

　　 In the second round, each player dunks twice, but at the beginning of the game, every dunk will show a point. The highest score is the dunk champion.

　　Finley was the first to appear. Finley's first dunk was to throw the ball high towards the basket. When sprinting towards the basket, Finley tried to make an somersault and then catch the ball. At the same time he received the rebound ball in the air, Finley dunked the ball. To the basket, failed. Finley's face was full of regret. The same expression still appeared on many people's faces, but more people were convulsed by the thunderous smile. Despite the unlimited creativity, it was a pity that the dunk was not successful, so Finley only got a low score of 33 points.

　　 Carl played next. From the first round of results, Karl has a great advantage. Carl's first dunk is similar to his second dunk in the first round. They both throw the ball up and then catch the bounced ball in the air. This time the dunk was done very generally. Maybe he focused on the strength of the dunk. Carl didn’t grasp the timing of his jump. At the moment he received the ball for the dunk, his body was already falling, but despite this, the judges gave Carl 40. Two points.

　　 Kobe Bryant played last. Kobe was wearing the Lakers No. 8 uniform. The first dunk saw Bryant at the forty-five-degree three-point line on the left, accelerating, cutting in, jumping, passing the ball from under the crotch with his left hand, and receiving the ball with his right hand with one hand. The dunk was successful. This buckle still caused quite a stir at the scene, UU Reading www. uukanshu.com especially the action of Kobe's small show muscles after landing, it caused the female audience to scream loudly. With a buckle, Kobe scored forty-nine points.

　　 At the start of the second round, the creative Finley played with two basketballs. I saw Finley throw a basketball high with his left hand, and his right hand clung to another ball to sprint towards the hoop. The ball with the right hand in the air was easily dunked, but the left hand failed to catch the ball, dunked the ball to the basket, and failed again. Finley scored thirty-five points.

　　 It was Carl's turn to play. Carl attached great importance to this opportunity. Carl patted the ball while walking into the court and stopped outside the three-point line facing the basket. I saw Carl threw the ball to the basket with both hands, then rushed to the basket, turning 360 degrees to dunk the basket with both hands at the moment of catching the ball in the air. The audience made an "Oh" sound, but maybe he himself was not satisfied with the audience's performance, so he walked down the field while waving his arms to stir up the audience's emotions. But if he uses this trick before dunking, the effect should be better. In the end, Karl scored forty-five points.

　　 Kobe made his appearance again, and at this time, the audience rang out "kobe! Kobe!" This time Kobe quickly dribbled the ball to the basket, took off, dunked the ball into the basket with one hand, and at the same time, his entire arm was inserted into the basket. This is Carter's famous one-arm dunk dunk. Kobe's action is very easy to get injured, which made the fearful West, Harris and others scolded. This buckle won all the audience standing up, and the applause was prolonged. Not surprisingly, the judges collectively showed 10 points, and Kobe got a perfect score of 50 points.

　　 In 1997, the last NBA slam dunk contest in the 20th century was won by the 18-year-old Kobe Bryant.