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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."
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 slam dunk contest was first held as an unofficial event in 1985, and became an official part of the festivities in 1987. The three-point contest was first held for boys in 1989, with a girls' competition added alongside the inaugural girls' game in 2002.
"At that time, the Slam Dunk Contest was at an all-time high," Wilkins said. "It was the event, the must-see event of All-Star weekend." Nance and Erving came back for a second year.
Select NBA players are going to defy gravity once more at this year's Slam Dunk Contest, hosted at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Saturday, Feb. 17.. Among this year's four participants is ...
Toppin delivered what seemed to be the superior dunk, going 360 through the legs to the approval of the crowd. That dunk was only scored a 47.2, with some speculating the judges penalized him for ...
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.
Now, the Slam Dunk Contest will feature two G Leaguers (McClung has played the entire season for the Osceola Magic), one of the NBA's most promising rookies in Jaquez and a bona fide star in Brown.