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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 ...
One of his most exciting dunks was a high-flying dunk over former Slam Dunk Contest winner, 5'7" Spud Webb. The 2006 Slam Dunk Contest was also the first Dunk Contest in history to have a "Dunk Off", the equivalent to a Dunk Contest overtime, between Knicks point guard Nate Robinson and shooting guard Andre Iguodala of the Philadelphia 76ers ...
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 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 ...
On Feb. 10, 1985, the West beat the East 140-129 during the 35th NBA All-Star game in Indianapolis. A day later, in world news, the USSR performed a nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh, according to ...
Nance was a 3-time NBA All-Star 1985, 1989, and 1993, and an NBA All-Defensive Team First Team member in 1989, and a Second Team Member in 1992 and 1993. He was also consistently one of the league's better shot blockers, averaging 2.2 blocks per game during his career.
The evening includes three staples: the Kia Skills Challenge, Starry 3-Point Contest and AT&T Slam Dunk contest. There's also a new event: NBA career 3-point leader Steph Curry and WNBA star ...
Bob Pettit was named MVP of the NBA All-Star Game four times and holds the All-Star single-game record for rebounds with 27. Kobe Bryant was named All-Star Game MVP four times and had the award named after him posthumously in 2020. LeBron James holds the record for the most All-Star selections of all-time with 21.