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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...
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    slam dunk contests such as the NBA Slam Dunk Contest held during the annual NBA All-Star Weekend. The first incarnation of the NBA Slam Dunk Contest was...
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    the 2014 NBA draft. Gordon has twice been a runner-up in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, losing a close matchup to Zach LaVine in 2016 and Derrick Jones Jr...
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    shortest players in NBA history. He is known for having won the 1986 NBA Slam Dunk Contest. Webb has served as president of basketball operations for the Texas...
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    highest-ranked high school players in Virginia. He is a two-time NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion, just one win away from the record of three held by Nate...
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  • coaches for the rookies and sophomores respectively. Desmond Mason won the Dunk Contest, defeating DeShawn Stevenson and Baron Davis in the final round; Stromile...
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  • the Slam Dunk Contest on February 20. Liu Chun-Ting won his first T1 League Slam Dunk Contest champion by defeating Marlon Johnson. In this contest, participants...
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  • 1976, its last year of existence, the ABA pioneered the now-popular slam dunk contest at its all-star game in Denver. The league succeeded in forcing a...
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  • Shooting Stars Competition, Skills Challenge, Three-Point Shootout and Slam Dunk Contest. The H–O–R–S–E Competition was first introduced and was played before...
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  • Bob Cousy and Red Kerr. 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...
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  • The LKL Slam Dunk Contest was an annual Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) competition, that was originally held during the LKL All-Star Day, and later...
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    (NBA and ABA combined). He was well known for slam dunking from the free-throw line in Slam Dunk Contests and was the only player voted Most Valuable Player...
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    Known for his dunking skill, he has performed well in many slam dunk competitions, having won the 2005 McDonald's All-American Slam Dunk Contest and the 2007...
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  • Factory Slam Dunk Contest, beating Chris Johnson in the finals. In the final round, Tucker got the assist from Bakersfield Jam's Jeremy Wise then dunked over...
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    slam dunks. As a rookie he participated in the 2018 IBL Slam-Dunk contest. Wiguna became the first ever local player to win the IBL Slam-dunk contest...
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    league's Slam Dunk Contest, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. In 2016, he became the fourth NBA player to ever win consecutive dunk contests. He...
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  • February 15, 2016. "2000 NBA All-Star Game Box Score". Basketball Reference. Retrieved February 17, 2013. Recap Boxscore 2000 Slam Dunk Contest results...
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  • itself. The Skills Challenge and Three-Point Contest were held before the game, and the Slam Dunk Contest at halftime. Due to the downsizing of the All-Star...
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  • O'Neal/Wade, and Arenas/Jamison. Josh Smith of the Atlanta Hawks won the Slam Dunk Contest. Quentin Richardson of the Phoenix Suns won the Three-Point Shootout...
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    and highlight reel dunks. His trademark dunk was a powerful one- or two-handed windmill dunks he used to capture the slam dunk contest titles in 1985 and...
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  • opening round. The Slam Dunk Contest, which consisted of two rounds of two dunks each, began with each dunker submitting his top two dunks and selecting a...
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  • In School Jam, Legends Classic, the Three-Point Shootout and the Slam Dunk Contest. This was the first NBA All-Star Game broadcast by NBC after 17 years...
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    in Toronto as he won the 1999 NBA Rookie of the Year Award and the Slam Dunk Contest at the 2000 NBA All-Star Weekend. He represented the United States...
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  • Shooting Stars Competition, Skills Challenge, Three-Point Shootout, Slam Dunk Contest and H–O–R–S–E Competition. The D-League All-Star Game and the second...
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    Stars Slam Dunk Contest, edging Andre Iguodala 141–140 in overtime, although he took 14 attempts to make his final dunk. In his most memorable dunk of the...
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  • the Slam Dunk Contest to become the youngest champion (19) since an 18-year-old Kobe Bryant in 1997. He became a crowd favorite after his first dunk, which...
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    aerobatic maneuvers with the ball while executing a slam dunk, most notably in the context of a slam dunk contest. Nearly all basketballs have an inflatable inner...
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  • defend title in Slam Dunk Contest". FoxSports.com. February 3, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2016. "LaVine overcomes Gordon in epic dunk contest". NBA.com. February...
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    pick by the New York Knicks. Toppin was the winner of the 2022 NBA Slam Dunk Contest after being runner-up in the year prior. Toppin was born in Brooklyn...
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  • 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...
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