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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 brought the Slam Dunk Contest back for the 2000 All-Star Weekend in Oakland, California. The 2000 contest was widely acclaimed, featuring a showdown between eventual winner Vince Carter of the Toronto Raptors, his cousin and then-teammate Tracy McGrady, and the Houston Rockets' Steve Francis. Carter won after performing a number of very ...
The History and the field. The first dunk contest in major American professional basketball came at halftime of the ABA All-Star Game in Denver in 1976 at a time the league desperately needed ...
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.
He would have an outstanding year as he led the NBA in scoring with an average of 30.3 points per game. One of the highlights of the season came when Webb (measuring five feet, seven inches) won the NBA Slam Dunk contest during All-Star Weekend. In the second half of the season, the Hawks would be one of the strongest teams in the league.
Kobe Bryant (81 points on Jan. 22, 2006) The modern gold standard came from Bryant against the Toronto Raptors in a 122-104 Lakers victory, with Bryant hitting 28 of 46 shots (7 of 13 from three ...
February 3, 1985 Seattle: W 120–109: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum: 23–25 49 February 5, 1985 Denver: W 108–103: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum: 24–25 50 February 7, 1985 Indiana: W 105–97: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum: 25–25 All-Star Break: 51 February 12, 1985 @ Houston: L 114–126: The Summit: 25–26 52 February ...