By the court, after witnessing Chen Xi's explosive dunk, the stars all began putting on performances of their own.
Some started dancing wildly, while others pretended they could barely stay on their feet.
O'Neal by the sideline once again wore that classic "shocked" expression.
Even Jaime Jaquez Jr., one of the contestants, turned toward the stands and began complaining, delivering another legendary quote.
"It's over! Let's go home! Let's go home!"
Under the Basket.
After landing steadily, Chen Xi lightly shook his slightly numb right hand, then turned around and raised an eyebrow at the camera shoved in front of him with supreme confidence and flair.
He then returned to the contestants' area and high-fived Gordon and Brown one by one, enjoying their "adoration."
"Fuck! You came up and pulled that right away! You must still have plenty more tricks up your sleeve! Damn it, I wonder whether or not we can force those out of you!"
"Hahahaha, stay tuned."
As the jubilant atmosphere in the arena gradually settled back down.
The camera slowly shifted toward the judges' table.
Without any dispute, five perfect 50s.
Chen Xi's first dunk earned a perfect score without the slightest suspense!
It was a dunk from the free-throw line—an absolutely textbook one, with him planting firmly on the free-throw line before taking off, not one of those ambiguous dunks launched a step inside the line.
That alone would have been enough to earn a 50 in the vast majority of Slam Dunk Contests.
What was more, Chen Xi had added a beautifully extended Windmill Dunk motion in midair.
And he had even brought it out during the preliminaries.
With all those buffs stacked together, there was clearly no reason for this dunk to lose any points.
Under those circumstances, the pressure naturally