"It’s over!" Barkley stood up from the comntator’s seat, raising his hands high.
The venue was already drowned in the cheers of the fans.
Recognized as several of the most difficult dunk moves: dunking two balls at once, a 720-degree spin, and then there’s the free-throw line 360.
Raven also stood up to applaud Hansen at this mont.
If he was confident in doing a free-throw line 360 in overti, then he would have been the winner.
So when Hansen successfully completed this move, he knew he had lost, and he accepted the defeat wholeheartedly.
The judges quickly gave Hansen his score for the second dunk.
points.
A perfect score for all five dunks!
Hansen beca the ultimate winner of this peak slam dunk contest.
He also beca the first player in NBA history to win both the Three-Point Contest and the Slam Dunk Contest in the sa All-Star event.
So, has anyone ever won both events but not in the sa year?
The answer is still no.
As for Jas?
Like on the court, he was overwheld by Hansen, the kind of defeat without any power to fight back.
But unlike during the contest, as a participant of the Slam Dunk Contest, he couldn’t leave the court early.
Hansen then gave his acceptance speech.
He thanked all the contestants of tonight’s event, including Jas.
After all, without Jas’s participation, this year’s Slam Dunk Contest would have truly felt like sothing was missing.
For Gordon, he offered more encouragent and affirmation, and expressed his hope to see him beco the Dunk King one day.
Of course, he ntioned Raven the most.
Because it was the peak duel between him and Raven that created this unique, peak event.
After Hansen gave his acceptance speech, Jokic cleverly handed the Three-Point Contest trophy to Hansen.
With one hand holding the Three-Point Contest trophy and the other the Slam Dunk Contest trophy, the trophies shone together, creating a new world-famous image.
The day of the All-Star was extrely lively.
Hansen’s performance in the two individual events not only achieved various milestones for himself but also pushed the All-Star Weekend to a traffic peak.
This also attracted unprecedented attention to the last day’s main event.
And in that ga, Hansen really did as he said on dia day, not cooperating with Kobe’s performance.
But in reality, although Curry on The West kept passing the ball to Kobe, Kobe didn’t shoot much.
He, like he said on dia day, didn’t have much thought about the MVP.
It was interesting with Jas because he perfectly embodied the saying that accompanied his whole career: say what you will, but do what you must.
This ti in the main event, his offensive desire was very strong, and he also continued his excellent season performance, scoring 38 points in the ga.
However, unfortunately, The West ended up losing the ga.
Hansen scored 31 points and won his second All-Star MVP trophy.
At the end of the ga, Kobe ca over with a smile to congratulate Hansen and even hugged him.
In fact, Kobe was thankful to Hansen because if not for Hansen, he would have been pressured by Jas and others to do things he didn’t want to do.
After the All-Star Ga, Hansen kept his promise and gave the $50,000 from the Slam Dunk Contest to Jokic.
The first thing Jokic did after returning to Cleveland was to get a bigger house, perfectly embodying the idea, "No one knows better than how to enjoy life."
With the end of the All-Star Ga, the first half of the season ca to a close.
Following closely was this season’s trade deadline.
The Cavaliers were very active in the trade market.
The Cavaliers’ rotation was relatively set, and it was ti to address their shortcomings.
Their biggest problem now was the lack of a big, strong, and tough center.
Centers in the league were scarce, but there were still so.
For instance, Howard from the Brooklyn Nets.
The Nets had a poor performance this season, now only ranked ninth in The East.
If the Cavaliers faced them in the first round of the playoffs, letting Jokic or Garnett go up against Howard would be very challenging.
This was the type of player who might not necessarily get into the rotation, but was essential to have.
And with Hawes now basically losing his spot in the Cavaliers’ rotation, a trade was just a matter of ti.
However, because of the special milestone coming next year, teams maintained a relatively cautious attitude towards trades.
If nothing unexpected happened, this year’s trade market would be a lot quieter than in previous years.
Ti flew, and on the deadline day, trades were gradually completed by the teams.
The Cavaliers ultimately reached a trade with the Magic Team, after sending out the veteran Prince and a future second-round pick, they brought back third-year player DeWayne Dedmon from the Magic Team.
Dedmon was undrafted in the 2013 draft, having bounced around the Warriors and the 76ers before getting so opportunities with the Magic Team.
Standing 2.13 ters tall with a 2.24-ter wingspan, he had virtually no offensive ability, but his defense, including shot-blocking and bodying up opponents, was decent; this season as Big Lopez’s backup on the Magic Team, he averaged a respectable 4 points and 4 rebounds per ga.
Other teams also made similar minor moves.
When the trade deadline was nearing its end, and everyone thought it was over, a last-minute blockbuster trade caused turmoil in the League.
The Brooklyn Nets, Celtics, and Hawks reached a three-team trade.
The Celtics traded Amir Johnson, Jared Sullinger, and a future first-round pick, acquiring Al Horford;
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