LaVine soars to win slam dunk contest again

Feb 15, 2016, 10:24

Minnesota Timberwolves point guard LaVine, the defending champion, ended up victorious, but he was pushed all the way by Orlando forward Gordon, as the pair put on a show for the crowd at All-Star Weekend in Toronto. After moving beyond the early rounds of the contest, Lavine and Gordon would go back and forth, throwing down dunk after dunk, earning flawless score after ideal score.

You can watch the 1988 dunk contest in its entirety here.

Gordon incorporated the Magic mascot on three dunks, including one with the mascot holding the ball and rotating on a hover board.

It was Aaron Gordon's fourth dunk that just might be the best dunk ever in an NBA All-Star Weekend slam dunk contest. In the championship round LaVine and Gordon produced a succession of brilliant dunks that had not been seen before.

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LaVine answered with a classic windmill dunk that also received maximum points.

LaVine ending it with a between-the-legs dunk form a step inside the free throw line to join the likes of Jordan, Jason Richardson and Nate Robinson as the only back-to-back winners of the dunk title.

"I didn't really know that was one of his special dunks", Gordon said.

The contestants: Zach LaVine of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Aaron Gordon of the Orlando Magic, Will Barton of your Denver Nuggets and Andre Drummond of the Detroit Pistons all brought something different to the table.

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Golden State's Klay Thompson shoots a trey as teammate Steph Curry looks on. Gordon had dunk of the night, but still didn't win, was he robbed? "Not gonna lie, I got nervous when he hit his first eight, and I didn't think he was going to miss".

BEST dunk of all time! The competition was now one on one in the sense that two players would run through the obstacle course at the same time (dribble, pass, layup, and sink a three) and whoever finished first would advance.

In past contests, Blake Griffin dunked over a auto, Michael Jordon dunked from the free throw line, Vince Carter dunked and stuck his arm into the rim (elbow dunk) and held on, and then pulled the first reverse 360 in 2000.

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