12. Easy entry
With a complex but mainly excited mood, Zhang Hao came to the central circle.
Listening to the cheers, Zhang Hao slapped the ball. He was not worried about not having a good dunk, but he didn't know which dunk to choose. After all, this was just a selection match.
A large number of future dunk masters who participate in the dunk competition appeared in their minds. They have no creativity in this regard, but it does not prevent them from having a good memory and watching the game more.
It was casual, Zhang Hao decided to do a straightforward one, start dribbling from the middle circle, increase the speed to the fastest when approaching the three-point line, grab the ball in one step outside the three-point line, take two steps in a row, step on the free throw line, jump up, float through the air, and gently smash the ball into the basket.
If you want to talk about this dunk, regardless of distance or bounce height, it is just an ordinary light dunk. But this game venue is the NBA team's game venue, which looks amazing enough. Moreover, Zhang Hao's light and freehand feeling seems to be saying - what is the need for such a selection match?
It looks really amazing!
All the audience cheered! Several players with good relationships with Zhang Hao shouted loudly on the sidelines. After his dunk, teammates from Inglewood High School rushed in and high-high with him, all of them wearing team jerseys.
There is no suspense about this, and the three judges immediately raised the signs that passed.
Even Julius Irving was shocked by Zhang Hao's freehand dunk.
Julius Irving said to his old teammate next to him: "Andrew, I didn't expect that there would be a surprise. Seeing this kid being ordinary, I really can't tell that he can be so beautiful."
Andrew Tony, the main defender of the 76ers in the 1980s, competed with Lakers' Byron Scott for the second pitcher with his first-hand shooting ability, which was enough to be called the second or third pitcher in the mid-1980s.
Andrew Tony nodded and recognized Julius Irving's words and responded: "Looking at his dunk, he obviously didn't take the trials to heart. I heard that the dunk named Carter is very good. I don't know what their final will be in two days... Julius, don't be too casual when you pass it. In a while, the one named Carter has given you 6 passes before you even deducted it..."
Julius Irving nodded. He didn't think he was "caused casually" as a high school student, and he needed encouragement, but compared with Zhang Hao's dunk just now, the dunks from the contestants in front gave the two dunks that passed. Julius Irving also felt a little casual.
The other players were shocked by Zhang Hao's dunk. This guy is really good at depressing! He looked like "I passed before I tried my best."
An unexpected situation happened! Even Carter focused his attention on Zhang Hao, who was having fun chatting with the strongest high school student in California.
Carter is not the one he will be in the future. He is proudly written on his face. He has received a full scholarship commitment from North Carolina, compared himself to the next Jordan. Although he met Zhang Hao yesterday, he didn't take it seriously at all. He didn't expect this guy to dunk so well.
Zhang Hao has no unanimous votes afterwards!
The next 10 players participated in the competition did not get unanimous votes, but three of them also got two votes and entered the pending area.
Finally, Carter, the finale, came. It was obvious that the camera position of the camera changed. Obviously, this was the instructions of the producer of McDonald's. Carter's slam dunk in the selection competition was used as a promotional video.
Carter couldn't wait. He had just heard someone beside him saying 10 times in a row, "No one surpassed that Chinese kid's dunk...", and he was already very upset.
Some students from the Mainland High School in Daytona Beach were familiar with Carter, some Florida high school students and players were familiar with Carter. Players such as Pierce have also heard of Carter, but they only heard that most people are very interested in this high school student who has been promoted as a selling point by McDonald's for a long time. I want to see how he deducted it?
Carter played the ball outside the 45-degree angle three-point line on the right, dribbled the ball slowly into the inside line, grabbed the ball on the right side of the three-second zone, and then took off one step directly, grabbed the ball with one hand with his right hand, and rotated 360 degrees in the air, and smashed the ball into the basket! When the ball was hit into the basket, Carter jumped to the highest point, and his head was easily parallel to the basket!
Nearly two thousand people at the scene exclaimed!
If Zhang Hao’s dunk just now was amazing, then Carter’s dunk is still shocking even though people have already paid great attention!
Even Julius Irving stood up and patted the table.
This is a high school student slam dunk contest? In Julius Irving's eyes, few people in the NBA All-Star slam dunk contest can dunk better than Carter's!
The fourth unanimous vote!
Carter people didn't talk much. Some people had questioned why he was so highly valued by McDonald's. Now everyone understands that they have the strength!
After celebrating with his high school teammates, Carter raised his neck to Zhang Hao, and the meaning was very obvious.
Carter looked down on others, and Zhang Hao, a Chinese boy who obviously retained his strength, was regarded as his opponent by him.
This made Desmond Mason and Ricky Davis, two players who really wanted to win the championship, very unhappy. Zhang Hao was also implicated, but Carter, who didn't take them seriously, was the one they were most unhappy.
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The trial ended! Zhang Hao, Carter, Dean Grove, Desmond Mason, these four players who passed unanimously advanced to the finals, Ricky Davis, Milles Simon of St. Ana High School, two two-vote players were finally selected to the finals by Julius Irving.
When it comes to the finals, it is similar to the rules of the NBA slam dunk competition. Each judge scores 6-10 points, with a minimum score of 30 points and a maximum score of 50 points.
The final was the day after tomorrow, which was broadcast live by CNK TV in the United States on the night of the 28th.
When the host announced the final list, game time, location, rules, etc., the selection match for the dunk contest ended.
Zhang Hao and others did not leave and stayed on site to watch the next All-Star Trial.
"Oh, Aix, although I know you can dance very well, I still can't believe that you have really reached the final..." Pierce started chatterbox mode again.
"Yes, Aix, you seem to rarely dunk in the game, why?" At some point, April Clark sat next to Zhang Hao.
Pierce knew the reason for this problem of Latino tennis girl, but did not respond. He was not afraid of trouble, because Zhang Hao didn't want to cause trouble.
Zhang Hao replied: "I am afraid that Paul's self-esteem will be hurt, and he jumps too short."
Pierce was speechless, but he thought something strange was that it was not weird. He shouldn't use "short" to describe a poor bounce? How to use "small"?
Maybe this Chinese friend hasn’t learned English well yet!
"Aix, that guy named Carter is so good at dunking! Are you confident of winning him?" asked April Clark.
"I try my best to beat him, but he is really strong, he is the strongest guy I have ever seen to dunk." Zhang Hao gave an evaluation from the bottom of his heart.
However, Zhang Hao said that he wanted to defeat Carter from the bottom of his heart.
Only in this trial competition did he realize how eager he is to win!
Even if that's Carter, he wants to win!
"He's that powerful?" Pierce said that he didn't understand the world of deducting generals.
"It's really amazing. It's hard for me to do a dunk like this, and he should be able to do my dunk, although my dunk is not difficult." Zhang Hao analyzed it carefully.
Not difficult...Pearce really wants to find a policeman to ask, is it illegal for high school students to beat their classmates?
I want to hit him so much!
The All-Star selection ends after 55 minutes, which means 20 minutes each in the first and second half, no timeouts, no dead balls, and 15 minutes off.
Not to mention whether anyone watches such a game live broadcast, even Zhang Hao, who was watching the game on the spot, found a problem, and just watched it a little in the first few minutes of the game. When it came to the back, it was like 10 people each picking 9. If you grab the rebound, you won’t give it to others anymore. There are even teammates competing for rebounds with teammates.
Finally, the game ended. Ricky Davis, who had long since left without giving face, left. Zhang Hao, Pierce and others stayed until the end, but they really couldn't stand it.
Zhang Hao was mainly chatting with others later. He met Millers Simon, a player in the finals, and in just a few seconds he figured out the profession of the other party's ancestors' three generations. The other party was just a scheming child... This guy's father was actually a Lakers management staff, another form of second-generation football!
However, the NBA does not stipulate that the children of the team's management or the head coach cannot play in the NBA.
Zhang Hao asked Pierce, April Clark and one of her female classmates, Tyron Lu, and Muhammad, to have dinner together, just having a pizza, fried chicken, etc. They were all poor students and they didn't pay much attention to it.
Just when Zhang Hao and others went back to the locker room to change their casual clothes, they met Carter. This time Carter took the initiative to say hello to them.
"Hi, brother, go for dinner together?" Carter came up to make a meal directly. Black people are often more direct.
"It happens that we are going to have dinner together?" Pierce responded.
"That's great... Aix, your dunk is cool, I think there will be a wonderful showdown on the 28th." Carter suddenly turned the topic here.
This guy actually came to provoke him? Zhang Hao felt a little strange, but he didn't look like that. He seemed to really think he was a good opponent, but Carter's previous appearance as a arrogant high school student...
Without thinking too much, Zhang Hao responded: "I also hope it was a wonderful showdown..."
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Chapter completed!