来源：美国JRS之声；
编辑：虎扑体育
你们都知道故事发生在2000年。
At only 20 years of age, Tracy McGrady would kick off the festivities. He stayed within reason, throwing down a clutch reverse jam off the lob to himself. Perfect ten scorecards fluttered in the crowd early, but the jam also received a smattering of nines from spectators. Nines are the dunk contest equivalent of a participation ribbon. And then 6'3'' Rockets' point guard Steve Francis. but up next was the man who had the ability to change everything the moment his feet left the ground.
20岁的年华，年轻的麦迪就可以点燃这场盛宴。他自己给自己空接，然后扣进了一个背后拉杆双手大风车。观众一开始都拿出10分的牌子，不过有些观众还是给了9分。9分在灌篮大赛中相当于一个绸带奖章。接下来是史蒂夫-弗朗西斯的扣篮，完成的勉勉强强但是同样技惊四座。不过下一个人一出场，他的扣篮可以改变一切。
（提示：前方GIF高能，我知道你们已经看过千万遍，但还是建议拿稳你的手机）
Off of two feet VC planted, and exploded in a rotation the opposite direction from which he came. The 'wrong way' 360. For something done 'wrong', Vince Carter made it look about as right as anything could be. His 360 degree spin launched Carter's outstretched arm into a windmill so devastating it nearly caused Shaq to drop a camcorder that was big enough to look big being held by freaking Shaq. Air Canada's legs seemed to have a recoil kick. Carter looked about as intimidating as a man could while pogoing.
'Let's go home. Call it a night. Let's see who's going for second place.'
A perfect overall score of 50 seemed like a good start.
卡特双脚起飞，爆发力使得他从反方向转身。“反人类”的360度灌篮。对于这么一个“不协调”的灌篮，卡特使它看起来和任何普通的灌篮一样。他的360度转身让卡特往外伸展的手臂拉出了一个变态的大风车让鲨鱼差点掉了他手上的录影机。加拿大飞人的腿上好像装了弹簧一样。卡特看起来像是一个人在跳舞一样。
“女士们先生们，回家吧！他们都是来争第二的。”
Again it was Vince Carter's turn. The crowd was in a hushed excitement as VC took his place behind the glass near the photographers. Three steps, 180 degrees and a rotational arm speed that would make the guy from SportsScience lose his mind, Carter had completed his second dunk. Less mind bending than the first, Carter's move to 'play it safe' yielded perfect scores regardless from everyone but Kenny Smith and this hard to please little bastard.
第二轮又轮到卡特。观众看到卡特在篮板后面就已经开始兴奋了。3步灌篮，180度，旋转的手臂速度让研究体育科学的节目都给跪了。卡特完成了第二次灌篮。卡特这个灌篮“保险为主”得到了除了肯尼史密斯全部的满分，还有观众堆里一个欲求不满的小屁孩。
The frenzied arena was alive simply waiting to see Vince Carter destroy the crowd's conceptions of physics.
Then it happened.
It could have been released as a documentary entitled 'The Year 2000'. A giddy Jason Kidd, draped in his finest paper bag for the occasion, appeared almost childlike with anticipation. Number 15 in Raptors' black awaited a bounce pass from the man who'd turned out to be right on his heels in the scorecard, his teammate, his cousin.
McGrady casually bounced the ball a few feet in front of the basket as Carter came charging in. With an unmistakable grace and fluidity, VC took off, swung the ball between his legs and stuffed it over the rim.
疯狂的球馆被点燃了，大家都在等待卡特来破坏观众的物理认知。
然后这个，真的发生了。
这完全可以发售成一部名为“2000年”的纪录片。让人瞎眼的基德，难得穿着他最好的西装，像孩子一样在等待。猛龙队黑色球衣15号等到了那个男人的传球，那个在积分榜上仅此于他，他的队友，他的表弟的传球。
在卡特冲过来的时候，麦迪很轻松的在篮筐前几尺往地上扔了一下球。用了一个无与伦比的美丽和流畅性，卡特起飞了，胯下换手灌篮。
Every person on Earth watching that contest rose to their feet. A thousand lips moved in unison, the same phrase escaped them all.
It's over.
世界上每个目睹这记灌篮的人都跳了起来。所有人都开始尖叫，然后一句话带走了他们。
一切都结束了。
The final round Francis, clearly physically outmatched by the dueling Raptors, scored a 43 on his first attempt- a comparatively pedestrian two handed windmill variation.
And McGrady's score of 45 would normally serve as a reason for concern to the single competitor remaining.
最后轮弗朗西斯，身体条件对比起猛龙双兄弟明显差了一截，第一次双手大风车灌篮就拿下43分。
而麦迪的45分足以让接下来这一位上点心。
But that single remaining competitor had a trick hidden just about where his sleeve would have been.
The typical fanfare following a Carter dunk had been replaced by stunned silence as the Raptor swung there, the cradle of his elbow locked around the rim. It looked like the first time you heard a student call a teacher mom.
不过那个剩下竞赛者还有一个压箱底的绝活。一个标准的卡特式灌篮，不过取而代之的是，这个猛龙球员就挂在篮筐上了，他的手肘牢牢的锁在了篮筐里。看起来就像是你第一次听说一个学生叫了他老师一声妈妈！
Last, he cruised effortlessly down the court, taking off a bit inside the free throw line and finishing a two handed flush with plenty of room to spare. A generous 48 from the judges, and just like that, Carter's prediction from the end of round one had become reality. It was over.
决赛中的最后一扣，他很随意的冲向篮筐，罚球线过去一点起跳，然后双手扣篮。裁判大方的给了48分，就这样，卡特第一轮结束时候的预测准确了。已经结束了。
15年，弹指一挥间。卡特还在，但是2000年2月改变了NBA的那个卡特只能留在纪念墙上，和网上无数的膜拜之中。
为什么我们总说卡特之后，再无扣篮？
现在能够吸引球迷的东西实在是太多了。每一届全明星周末，不管是什么方式，什么比赛，大家都会来看新生代们尽全力来书写自己的传奇，就像卡特在2000年做到的那样。但不管我们怎么厚古薄今，我相信我们都会一直看下去，知道NBA结束的那一天。
为什么呢？
就和你为什么明明已经看过千万遍卡特的扣篮，却还是忍不住要点进来再看一眼的道理是一样的。
篮球一直很酷的，不是吗？
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