The fourth unanimous vote!
Carter doesn't say much, but previously some people questioned why he received such high regard from McDonald's. Now everyone understands, the guy has the skills!
After celebrating with his high school teammates, Carter nodded slightly at Zhang Hao, the meaning was clear.
Carter doesn't care for anyone else, only Zhang Hao, the obviously restrained Chinese youngster, is seen as his rival.
This made Desmond Mason and Ricky Davis, two players eager to win the championship, very unhappy, and Zhang Hao got involved. But Carter, who doesn't take them seriously, is the one they are most displeased with.
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The selection contest ends! Zhang Hao, Carter, Dean Grove, and Desmond Mason, these four all received unanimous votes and advance to the finals. Ricky Davis and Miles Simon from Saint Anna High School, the two players with two votes, were finally chosen by Julius Erving to enter the finals.
The finals followed rules similar to the NBA dunk contest, with five judges scoring 6-10 points each, making the total score range from a minimum of 30 to a maximum of 50.
The finals will be the day after tomorrow, on the evening of the 28th, broadcast live nationwide by the American Cable TV Station.
After the host announced the final list, the competition time, location, rules, and so on, the dunk contest selection ended.
Zhang Hao and others didn't leave; they stayed to watch the next All-Star selection match.
"Oh, Aix, although I knew you could jump well, I still can't believe you actually made it to the finals..." Pierce began his chatterbox mode again.
"Yeah, Aix, you didn't seem to dunk much during the matches, why?" At some point, Aprile Clark had sat down next to Zhang Hao.
The Latino tennis girl's question was one Pierce knew the answer to but didn't respond; he was not afraid of trouble, but Zhang Hao didn't want to cause any.
Zhang Hao replied, "I'm afraid Paul's self-esteem will be hurt, his jumping height is too short."
Pierce was speechless, but something felt off. Shouldn't "short" be used to describe poor jumping ability, so why use "small"?
Maybe this Chinese friend hasn't quite grasped English yet!
"Aix, that Carter guy is really good at dunking! Do you have confidence to beat him?" Aprile Clark asked.
"I'll try my best, I also want to beat him, but he's really strong, the strongest dunker I've ever seen," Zhang Hao earnestly evaluated.
However, Zhang Hao saying he wants to beat Carter is also sincere.
This selection competition made him realize how much he desires victory!
Even if it's Carter, he wants to win!
"Is he really that amazing?" Pierce admitted he didn't quite grasp the dunking world.
"Truly amazing, his style of dunking is difficult for me, and my dunk he probably can do, although mine isn't considered that hard." Zhang Hao seriously analyzed.
"Not that hard…" Pierce really wanted to find a cop and ask if beating up a classmate in high school is a crime?
He just wanted to hit him!
The All-Star selection ended in 55 minutes, which is two halves of 20 minutes each, with no timeouts, no dead balls, and a 15-minute halftime break.
Not to mention whether anyone watched the broadcast of such a game, even Zhang Hao, who watched it live, noticed the problem. Only the first few minutes had any highlight, and later it was simply like ten players each up against nine, grabbing the rebound and never giving it to anyone else, teammates even fighting each other for rebounds.
Finally, enduring to the end of the game, Ricky Davis had long left without any regard, while Zhang Hao and Pierce stayed till the end, but it was truly hard to watch.
Zhang Hao mainly chatted with others towards the end, momentarily meeting Miles Simon from the finals, quickly figuring out his family's background, the guy turned out to be the son of a Lakers management member, another form of a second-generation player!
Though the NBA does not prohibit children of team management or coaches from playing in the NBA.
Zhang Hao invited Pierce, Aprile Clark, and one of her female classmates, Tyronn Lue, and Muhammad to have dinner together, just to eat some pizza, fried chicken, things like that, they were all poor students, not too picky.
While Zhang Hao and the others went back to the locker room to change into casual clothes first, they encountered Carter, who actively greeted them this time.
"Hey, guys, want to have dinner together?" Carter came straight up to invite them, African Americans are often more direct.
"That's perfect, we were just heading for dinner, join us?" Pierce responded.
"That's great… Aix, your dunks are cool, I think the 28th will be a spectacular showdown." Carter suddenly shifted the topic here.
Did this guy actually come to taunt? Zhang Hao felt a bit strange, but also not, it seemed genuine that he viewed him as a good competitor, though Carter's previous haughty high school demeanor…
Not thinking too much about it, Zhang Hao responded, "I also hope it will be a spectacular showdown…"