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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."
A slam dunk, also simply known as a dunk, is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air, controls the ball above the horizontal plane of the rim, and scores by shoving the ball directly through the basket with one or both hands. [1] It is a type of field goal that is worth two points.
Orlando Magic guard Mac McClung won his third consecutive Slam Dunk Contest, becoming the first player in the event’s history to threepeat and joining Nate Robinson as the only players to ever ...
Twelve years later, Vince Carter of the Toronto Raptors stunned fans with arguably the league's best slam dunk performance that included a 360-degree windmill and an "elbow-in-the-rim" dunk.
An unblocked shot that fails to hit the rim or backboard. alley-oop An offensive play in which a player throws the ball up near the basket to a teammate (or, more rarely, to themself) who then jumps, catches the ball in mid-air, and immediately scores a basket, often with a slam dunk. alternating possession
RJ Luis Jr. had 23 points and 14 rebounds to help No. 9 St. John’s strengthen its grip on first place in the Big East with a 79-73 victory over No. 24 Creighton on Sunday. The Red Storm (22-4 ...
On February 14, 2023, McClung signed a two-way contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, [48] and on February 18, he won the 2023 NBA Slam Dunk Contest; 19 out of his 20 scores from the judges were a perfect 50, with a lone 49 in his second dunk of the first round. [49] On April 7, he won the NBA G League title with the Blue Coats. [50]
Robinson went on to win, making him and Webb the only two people in NBA history under six feet tall to win a slam dunk contest. [citation needed] Webb was a judge for the 2010 Dunk contest in Dallas, held at the American Airlines Center. The 2010 dunk contest marked the first time the event had been held in Dallas since Webb's victory in 1986. [11]