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NBA: Final cop in the math contest: crown for Derrick Jones Jr. and disbelief for Gordon | NBA 2019

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2020

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Gordon's tremendous mate about the giant Tacko Fall only received 47 points: “I feel I should have two trophies.” Buddy Hield (Kings) takes the triple contest in the last launch and the pvot Bam Adebayo (Heat), the skills

Derrick Jones Jr., in one of his mates.

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The forward of the Heat Derrick Jones Jr. super to the wing-pvot of the Magic, Aaron Gordon, and became the new champion of the All Star math contest. The title was decided with a good dose of suspense and controversy, then that several draws followed at 50 (the maximum possible score of the five judges) led to two additional attempts. The discreet 47 points in the decisive matte of Gordon, after a tremendous jump over the giant Tacko Fall, decanted the victory on the side of Derrick Jones Jr. to the disbelief of many, including Gordon himself.

Jones Jr. and Gordon scored a perfect 50 in their two mates of the final. Then they signed two more perfect scores on their first tiebreaker. The Heat player completed his third mate with a movement within the personnel line and rose decisively to a windmill action and with his left hand place the ball inside the basket, a matte that the five judges They scored with 48 points.

After a brief discussion with the mystic Shaquille O'NealGordon asked the rookie Celts pvot for help, the Senegal Tacko fall, and placed it near the basket. Gordon took the ball from Fall's hands on his way to a powerful mate through the center of the basket. Fans who filled the United Center cheered their action while the NBA stars, present in the field, began to celebrate.

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But the judges gave him only 47 points and let Jones Jr. become the new math champion, 32 years later, also in Chicago, the legendary Michael Jordan also achieved the title with a historical matte that has been patented as the symbol in the history of the NBA contest.

While Gordon touched him again to lose the title in another math contest in the final after he was overcome in 2016 by the escort Zach LaVine, current player of the Bulls. The impression among NBA fans and celebrities was that Gordon was completely “stolen.”

In the first round the escorts were eliminated Duncan Robinson (Miami Heat), Joe harris (Brooklyn Nets) – winner last year – and Zach LaVine (Chicago Bulls) -which competes before its public-, in addition to the bases Devon Graham (Charlotte Hornets) and Bring young (Atlanta Hawks), to be a starter in the All Star.

Before the skills contest was held in which the pvot of the Miami Heat Bam Adebayo imposed on the Lithuanian final Domantas Sabonis (Indiana Pacers).

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