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2015 NBA SLAM DUNK CONTEST
Saturday February 14,
Barclays Center
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Although rookie Zach Lavine is the second youngest
winner of the Slam Dunk Contest (Kobe Bryant was younger in
Cleveland 1997), the
competition was a (super)man amongst boys.
He didn't save the best for last. Two effortless perfect dunks (50
points) in the first round made clear he was the champion.
After the failed test in 2014 with the Slam Dunk
Contest by teams, with dunkers like Lavine there is still some hope with
the future of the contest.
Watch
the
Slam Dunk Contest Recap from nba.com
Players | 1st Round | Final |
Zach Lavine | 50+50=100 | 45+49=94 |
Victor Oladipo | 50+39=89 | 31+41=72 |
Mason Plumlee | 40+36=76 | |
Giannis Antetokounmpo | 30+35=65 |
Watch all the videos at NBA.com (click on the
links below)
Final
Lavine First Dunk (between the legs with Wiggins)
Lavine Second Dunk
(between the legs behind the backboard with Muhammad)
Oladipo First Dunk
(missed dunk)
Oladipo Second Dunk
(behind the backboard from Elfrid Payton)
First Round
Plumlee First Dunk (two hand reverse off the side of the backboard from
Irving)
Plumlee Second Dunk
(jumping over his brother Miles)
Antetokounmpo First Dunk (missed dunk)
Antetokounmpo Second Dunk (two hand reverse alleyoop with his brother)
Oladipo First Dunk (after singing Sinatra's New York, New York. 360
reverse dunk)
Oladipo Second Dunk (weak finish off the side of the backboard from E.
Payton)
Lavine First Dunk (between the legs reverse dunk dressed as Michael
Jordan in Space Jam)
Lavine Second Dunk (powerful behind the back)
[PREVIEW]
Washington Wizard John Wall was last year NBA All-Star Dunk Contest
champion by fan voting.
The competition was really different than your typical Slam Dunk Contest. 6 players competed representing East & West conferences, first in a 'Freestyle Round' and later in a 'Battles Round'.
The outcome was very poor, one of the weakest contests I can remember, so I hope that in 2015 edition there will be some changes to bring back the excitement to the contest.
For the first time since 2012, the NBA Slam Dunk
Contest is back to a 4-contestants format.
There will be two dunks in the first round for each player. The two dunkers
with the highest composite scores from the first round advance to the final
round to make two more dunks.
Lot of potential with one rookie and three sophomores who are going to play
in the NBA Rising Stars Game the day before
the contest.
These are the Slam Dunk Contest judges: Julius Erving, Tiny Archibald,
Bernard King, Chris Mullin and Walt Frazier.
Player | Team | Height | Weight | Slam Dunk | Dunks |
Victor Oladipo | Orlando | 6-4 | 210 | First time | Watch |
Mason Plumlee | Brooklyn | 6-10 | 235 | First time | Watch |
Zach Lavine | Minnesota | 6-5 | 180 | First time | Watch |
Giannis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee | 6-11 | 217 | First time | Watch |
POLL RESULTS: