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The NBA held its first Slam Dunk Contest as a one-off, season-long event similar to NBA Horse event held the following season. [29] [30] During halftime at each game, there was a one-on-one slam dunk competition. [31] Former ABA player Darnell "Dr. Dunk" Hillman was named the winner that season. Although he received the winner's $15,000 check ...
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." [2] [3]
The NCAA even banned the dunk from 1967 to 1976, which, when you think about it, is remarkably stupid: Hey, let’s eliminate the most kinetic part of the game, the play that makes fans stand and ...
slam dunk, slam-dunk Basketball: A forceful, dramatic move, especially against someone. In basketball, it is a forceful shot in which the player jumps to the basket and slams the ball in. OED only cites the basketball definition, and that to 1976; [73] AHDI cites a figurative usage from "about 1980 on". [74]
Consisting of the top players, each team plays a single exhibition game after the conclusion of the high-school basketball season, in an East vs. West format. As part of the annual event, boys and girls compete in a slam dunk contest and a three-point shooting competition, and compete alongside All-American Game alumni in a timed team shootout ...
Here are a few things to keep an eye on as the league’s best and brightest strut their stuff across three days of basketball-related activities. ... Slam Dunk Contest and the big game. Dan ...
Despite objections from superstars, including LeBron James, the NBA will hold an All-Star Game on March 7 in Atlanta, including the slam dunk contest.
References 0–9 2-for-1 A strategy used within the last minute of a period or quarter, in which the team with possession times its shot to ensure that it will regain possession with enough time to shoot again before time runs out. Applicable in competitions that use a shot clock (all except NFHS in most US states). 3-and-D Any player, typically not a star, who specializes mainly in three ...