1997, the slam dunk contest was held at Darena Stadium, the home of Cleveland Cavaliers.
Because the ratings of the slam dunk contest were not high at that time, before the slam dunk contest, the league released news that the slam dunk contest in 1997 would be the last one, but despite this, it still failed to attract the participation of big-name stars. Perhaps it was a disdain for such competitions after success, but for newcomers, it was undoubtedly the last good opportunity to show their slam dunk skills and physical fitness. The participants in the 1997 Dunk Contest are as follows: Denver Nuggets Rookie, Davenham, Dallas Mavericks Sophomore, michael finley, Minnesota Wolves Sophomore, Chris Carr, Los Angeles Lakers Rookie, Kobe Bryant, Milwaukee Bucks Rookie, ray allen, Cleveland Cavaliers Sophomore at home and Bob. The judges included Fiesel, the first generation glider, Gwen the Iceman, reporter Ranier, Dr. J Owen and WNBA star Leslie.
At that time, the rules of the slam dunk contest were also two rounds. In the first round, each person was deducted three times, and the top three with the highest score entered the second round. But the difference is that in the first round, everyone deducted three times in a row, and then changed people.
The first official appearance was Carl of the Timberwolves. The first spike Carl chose was a 360-degree turn with both hands. Followed by Carl's second dunk, throwing the ball into the air, then catching the rebound in the air and dunking with one hand. There is a little sliding distance. Carl is proud and Garnett is excited. But joy begets sorrow, and Carl flies the ball in the third dunk. . . The judge gave Carl 44 points.
The second appearance was Davin Hamm of Bucks and the semi-finalist of NCAA Dunk Contest of 1996. The first button of ham is a right-handed windmill, full of strength and momentum. The first two buttons of ham only take 1 1 sec. The second button is the one-handed back button in the air abdomen. After a long hesitation, Hamm's third button appeared, and he turned around and dunked 360 degrees with one hand. Ham failed to impress the judges and finally gave him only 36 points. The audience was so booed that even the commentator felt a little low.
The third contestant is ray allen. The first dunk, running with both hands holding the ball, catching the ball in the air to the waist and abdomen, and then dunking. In the second buckle, Allen holds the ball with one hand when running, uses the waist and abdomen strength in the 180 degree empty body after jumping, and then buckles with both hands. The commentator's evaluation of this buckle is smooth and smooth. Indeed, it is more elegant, but it has no power. It feels light, and it doesn't look good. For the third dunk, Allen tried to catch the ball from behind and dunk in the windmill. Unfortunately, he failed. At the same time, the commentator keeps saying that fluency is good, but it is not suitable for dunking. Dunk should be strong, so that the audience can jump out of the chair after watching it. . . ) As expected, Junzilei finally scored 35 points.
The fourth is Kobe. Kobe just scored 365,438+0 in the rookie all-star game, which made him feel confident. By comparing the walking action of hip-hop with the action of not taking off the training suit, it attracted the attention of the audience. The first dunk, holding the ball, cutting at 45 degrees, jumping, floating to the other side of the basket in the air, dunking with one hand. It is good to have electricity and gas. . In the second buckle, he tried a big windmill with one arm and failed. The third buckle, Kobe Bryant holds the ball at the baseline, holds the ball with both hands, turns 180 degrees in the air, catches the ball, expands the abdomen and buckles the back. After the buckle, I pulled the basket and did a little pull-ups. When Kobe walked out, the audience shouted "Kobe, Kobe". It can be seen that the audience still likes this 18-year-old boy. The score is 37 points.
The fifth is home player bob sura. Sophomore, Sura averaged 8.8 points, 4.4 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game, which was quite good. The commentator emphasized that although he is only 6 feet 5 inches tall, he is "Hecanjump". In fact, the Cavaliers have long planned to train him into a star player, with the first buckle and a 360-degree one-handed twist. It failed. Maybe it's to make up for the height gap and show that I can jump. After two dunks, Sura took the form of self-throwing, self-grasping and self-dunking. The only difference is that the second button is the front, the third button is from the bottom line, and it drifts a little in the air. . While the audience waved the 10 scoreboard wildly, the judges gave the final score of 35 points.
The last one to appear is michael finley. Finley's first buckle also took a one-armed windmill that many people tried, but it failed. Finley throws the ball from under his left arm, catches it in the air and dunks it with both hands. This action was also done by Francis of the Rockets in the regular season of the 99-2000 season. . . But it was quite novel at the time. For the last dunk, Fen used a self-shot, a baseline cut, a rebound in the air and a one-handed windmill. It worked. . Even Finley himself was very excited, jumping around like a black rabbit and growling with his mouth open. . . Mu Dashu also stood up excitedly. This time, he finally took the number plate of 10. 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, michael finley and Chris Carr entered the second round.
In the second round, everyone deducted twice, but began to take turns to appear. In every bright spot, the dunk champion scored the highest.
The first player is Kobe Bryant. He finally took off his training shirt and felt that there was something in it, just like "white people can fly" in those days. Who knows? . Very simple Lakers uniform. The first spike, I saw Kobe Bryant near the left 45-degree three-point line, accelerating, cutting, taking off, his left hand bypassed the ball from his crotch, and after receiving the ball, his right hand dunked successfully. This buckle still caused quite a stir at the scene, especially after Kobe landed, showing off his muscles, which caused the audience to scream. This buckle, Kobe scored 49 points.
The second contestant is Finley. Finley threw the ball high in the direction of the basket at the first dunk. When sprinting to the basket, Finley tried to do a somersault and then catch the ball. Meanwhile, Finley spiked and made a layup. Having failed, Finley's face was full of regrets. The same expression appeared on many people's faces, but more people were shocked by Lei's laughter. Although the creativity was infinite, it was a pity that the dunk failed, so Finley only got a low score of 33 points.
Carl is next. Judging from the results of the first round, Carl has a great advantage, but Kobe's first deduction of 49 points also put a lot of pressure on Carl. Carl's first dunk is very similar to the second dunk in the first round. He threw the ball up, then caught the bouncing ball in the air and dunked it with one hand. Dunk is very general, and may focus on the strength of dunk. Carl didn't grasp the timing of the jump. At the moment he received the dunk, his body was already falling, but in spite of this, the judges gave Carl 42 points.
Bryant appeared again. At this time, the cry of "kobekobe" rang out again. This time, Kobe chose to throw at the baseline, jump at one end of the basket, catch the ball in the air, make a crotch, and plan to smash the ball on the other side, just like Kobe did in high school. Unfortunately, he failed this time. The judges scored 35 points.
Finley, who has unlimited creativity, took out two basketballs. I saw Finley throw a basketball high with his left hand, grab another ball with his right hand and sprint to the basket. In the air, the ball was easily buckled by the right hand, and the left hand failed to catch the ball well, so he buckled the ball on the basket and failed again. Score 30.5. . .
Finally, it's Carl's turn to play again. Carl attaches great importance to this opportunity. While patting the ball, Carl walked to the court and stopped outside the three-point line facing the basket. I saw Carl throw the ball to the basket with both hands, then rushed to the basket, and dunked 360 degrees with both hands at the moment of catching the ball in the air. The audience made a sound of "Oh", but perhaps he was dissatisfied with the audience's performance, so he walked off the stage and waved his arms to incite the audience's emotions. But if he uses this trick before dunking, the effect should be better. . . In the end, Carl got 45 points.
In the end 1997, the last dunk contest champion of the NBA in the 20th century was won by Kobe Bryant, who was only 18 years old.
1997 final ranking of dunk contest:
First place: Kobe Bryant.
Second place: Chris Carr
Third place: michael finley.