On February 18, Beijing time, in the NBA All-Star Weekend Individual Competition (Skills Competition, Slam Dunk Competition, Three-Point Shooting Competition), the host team (Indiana Pacers) won the Skills Competition, Lillard defended the three-point shooting competition, and McClung successfully defended the slam dunk king.
Skills contests. This year's All-Star Weekend Skills Tournament was held in three rounds (100 points in relays, 100 points in passes, and 200 points in shooting), and the team with the most points won the championship. In the event of a tie, the half-time throw is played (one-shot win). The skills competition is divided into three teams, namely the champion team: Wembanyama, Banchero and Edwards; Hosts (Indiana Pacers): Haliburton, Turner, Mathurin; All-Star Team: Trae Young, Maxey, Scottie Barnes.
In the first round, the All-Star team finished the game in 1 minute and 18 seconds, and the second pick of the champion team made consecutive mistakes in the relay process, among which Banchero took the wrong running route, and Edwards missed consecutive left-handed shots, causing the team to finish the game beyond 1 minute and 18 seconds and missed the first round victory. As for the last host team to play, they won the first round quickly and scored 100 points. In the second round, the All-Star team finished the game with 90 points through an extra game against the champion team, but the host team fully understood the rules and "won by surprise", Haliburton counted the last ball to complete the final shot and scored 92 points, thus scoring another 100 points in the second round. In the final round, the All-Star team shot 33 points, the champion team only scored 19 points, the host team was cold in the shooting competition, and only scored 11 points, and the All-Star team scored 200 points in this round. As a result, the All-Star team, which has 200 points, will play a one-hit-win playoff with the host team.
In the playoffs, the All-Stars missed many shots in the early stage, and Maxey reached 58 in the playoffsIt was eight seconds before he finally hit the ball in midfield. Immediately afterwards, the hosts came on, and Haliburton had 20 left in the extra gameAt the time of 5 seconds, he hit the ball in the middle of the field. In doing so, the host team won the All-Star Weekend Skills Event.
Three-point contest. There are eight players participating in this year's All-Star Weekend Three-Point Contest, namely Lillard (341%), Mitchell (361%), Trae Young (371%), Beasley (444%), Markkanen (403%), Towns (437%), Brunson (411%), Haliburton (400%）。The three-point contest is divided into two rounds (preliminaries and finals), and the top three players in the preliminary round advance to the finals.
In the preliminaries, Trae Young took the lead and shot 26 points easily, Mitchell shot 21 points in the second game, Haliburton also shot 26 points in the third game, Beasley made the fourth appearance but only shot 20 points in the poor hand and went out early, Towns played the fifth game and also hit the ball to finish the game with 26 points, Brunson appeared in the sixth game but missed consecutive shots in the closing stages and finished with 24 points and went out early, Markkanen made a 25-point shot in the seventh game and unfortunately went out. Lillard, the defending champion who was last to play, also hit 26 points. As a result, Trae Young, Haliburton, Towns and Lillard played an extra game (30 seconds) to eliminate one person. Trae Young hit 15 points in the preliminaries, Haliburton, who played later, hit 12 points, Towns immediately came out on the court and shot 16 points, and Lillard, who was last to play, also scored 16 points. As a result, Haliburton was eliminated in the preliminary play-off.
In the finals of the three-point competition, Downs took the lead, and although he missed consecutive shots in the early stage, he hit ultra-long three-pointers one after another, and finally finished the game with 24 points. Trae Young didn't shoot well in the early stages, but he quickly adjusted and hit back-to-back shots to finish the game with 24 points. Lillard was the last to play, scoring 24 points and missing consecutive shots until the final minute to complete the final shot, thus successfully defending his title with 26 points. Lillard also became the sixth player in history to win two consecutive championships.
Joku's three-pointer shootout.
After the finals of the three-point contest, it was ushered in the showdown between Stephen Curry, the NBA's all-time three-point champion, and Ionescu, the WNBA's single-season three-point record setter. Ionescu was the first to play, and although the game was played from the NBA three-point line, Ionescu still shot 26 points. Curry, who appeared later, didn't hit a long-range three-pointer, but he hit back-to-back shots at the last point to score 29 points and win the game.
Slam Dunk Contest. A total of four players participated in the slam dunk contest: defending champions McClung McClung , Jaylen Brown, Jacob Topping and Harkes. The five judges were Wilkins, Fred Jones, Hillman, Gary Payton and Richmond.
In the first round of the slam dunk contest preliminaries, Harkes took the lead, and his leap O'Neal completed a one-arm dunk and scored 474 points. Jacob Topping was the second to play, and he asked his brother Obi Topping to get involved, and Jacob Topping grabbed the ball in the air and turned his back buckle to get 478 points. Jaylen Brown, who appeared later, successfully paid tribute to Wilkins and completed the lever folding dunk, scoring 48 in one fell swoop8 points. McClung finished the first round with a two-handed dunk under the crotch in the air, but only scored 48 points.
In the second round of the slam dunk contest preliminaries, Harkes took the lead in completing the aerial spin dunk, but only scored 468 points, and its total score in two rounds is 942 points. Jacob Toppin's second dunk completed the crotch change hands and smashed both hands to get 472 points, with a total score of 95 points in the two rounds. McClung completed the reverse two-handed windmill back buckle to get 49 in one fell swoop4 points, with a total score of 97 in the two rounds4 points. Jaylen Brown completed a one-arm dunk for the second dunk and got 476 points, a total score of 96 in two rounds4 points. As a result, Harkes and Jacob Topping were eliminated from the finals.
In the first round of the final of the slam dunk contest, Jaylen Brown completed a one-arm windmill smashing dunk and scored 486 points. McClung then came out and completed the leap with two one-arm dunks to get 488 points. In the second round of the finals, Jaylen Brown wore diamond gloves and flew over Mitchell to complete the air change and smashed the ball with his gloved hand to get 492 points, a total score of 97 in two rounds8 points. Immediately afterwards, McClung completed a dunk in the air after flying over O'Neal in the second dunk and scored 50 points, with a total score of 98 in the two rounds8 points, thus successfully defending the dunk king.