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The 1985 NBA Slam Dunk Contest is widely heralded as one of the greatest dunk contests of all time. It featured two of the highest flyers of the time, Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins. The other participants of the contest included Clyde Drexler, Julius Erving, Darrell Griffith, Larry Nance, Terence Stansbury, and Orlando Woolridge. Both ...
The NBA Slam Dunk Contest (officially known as the AT&T Slam Dunk) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) competition held during the NBA All-Star Weekend. [1] Sports Illustrated wrote "the dunk contest was the best halftime invention since the bathroom."
The 1985 dunk contest was in a way the start of the event's golden age. Jordan sat out the next year with injury, but Wilkins' 5-7 teammate Spud Webb stole the show with his improbable 1986 victory.
The 1985 NBA All-Star Game was played at Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, with the West defeating the East 140–129. [1] Ralph Sampson of the Houston Rockets won the game's MVP award. [1] Dominique Wilkins of the Atlanta Hawks won the Slam Dunk Contest.
The 1985 NBA Slam Dunk Contest in Indianapolis was a time of great basketball legends and rivalries. Michael Jordan squared off against Dominique Wilkins.
2.3 Slam Dunk Contest. ... The following are the basketball events of the year 1985 throughout the world ... May 18 — Win Wilfong, 52, American NBA player (St ...
Oct. 29, 1985: Breaks his left foot ... Feb. 6, 1988: Defeats Dominique Wilkins in the NBA dunk contest in Chicago. It’s the second consecutive dunk contest win for Jordan. One night later, wins ...
His trademark dunk was a powerful one- or two-handed windmill dunks he used to capture the slam dunk contest titles in 1985 and 1990. As a basketball player, he was known as an acrobatic scorer, somewhat of a gunner, though an outstanding finisher and one of the greatest dunkers in NBA history.