skit of the guy that couldn\u2019t make any shots in an empty gym <\/a>with some horrific passing displays. The team finished with only 16 points.<\/p>\nTeam Cameron: Anderson took his duties more seriously and Kneuppel\u2019s corner three surpassed Druski\u2019s total with many seconda to spare. Cameron finished with 24.<\/p>\n
Team Harper: Ron, Sr. missed an open lay-up! And the sons could not make up for dad\u2019s lack of shooting touch. However, the Harpers finished with 18. Did you all know T-Chainz played Division I basketball?<\/p>\n
Team Knicks: Allan Houston\u2019s baseline three put the Knicks into the finals with a staggering 31 points.<\/p>\n
Team Cameron: Maggette played to the adoring home Clipper crowd and converted several key buckets on the way to a 38-point showing.<\/p>\n
Team Knicks: The team rode a wave of momentum with the halfcourt shot to an emphatic 47 point victory. But we know that, just like with their Emirates Cup title, there\u2019ll be a post-All Star swoon coming. So we Pounders are good.<\/p>\n
Between Competition Entertainment<\/p>\n
Ludacris – in a Dominique Wilkins jersey – went through a quick set while the stage was getting set for the dunk contest.<\/p>\n
First song was \u2018Get out the Way\u201d – a good euphemism for what the Spurs are doing to the other Western Conference teams so far.<\/p>\n
Next song: \u201cWhen I Move You Move\u201d – a great analogy for the in-game movement of the Spurs\u2019 cadre of excellent guards<\/p>\n
CHAMPION: People between 35-50 years old who grew up on hiphop. <\/p>\n
The judges were: former Spur Brent Barry – resplendent in the Clipper warm-up jacket he wore when he won the 1996 contest in San Antonio, Corey Maggette, Dwight Howard, Dominique Wilkins, and \u2018Doctor J\u2019 Julius Erving. I really liked that the NBC telecast hyped up the players with walk-in videos. They staged the dunk set on the Wall side of the arena to create a solid background effect. Miami Heat president Pat Riley came to support his young player – resembling British actor Jonathan Pryce.<\/p>\n
Carter Bryant – deemed \u2018Carter the Kid\u2019 – his first attempt was reminiscent of Vince Carter\u2019s (2000) twist-in-the- wrong-direction for a one-handed jam. That netted him a score of 45.6. Bryant, with a chance to get into the top two, tossed a nice ball to himself and punched in a windmill slam that resulted in a 49.2.<\/p>\n
Keshad Johnson – given the name \u2018Flight 305\u2019 (Dade County) – he sauntered in with Bay Area rap royalty E-40 and then followed it by doinking his first attempt. The second one involved leaping over E-40 for a one-handed jam with a hand to the side of the head for measure. His 47.4 score placed him first of the quartet. After two botched tosses, he converted a reverse two-handed dunk and, after dancing better than dunking, the judges gave him a 45.4.<\/p>\n
Jase Richardson (son of Jason) – was not surprisingly coined \u2018J-Rich Reignited\u2019 – a milquetoast toss-it-to-himself and catch it mid-air for a two-hand reverse dunk. This type of dunk has been done too many times in the last decade-plus. He earned a score of 45.4 for this. After missing his next four – including one where he wiped out and fell on his backside – he threw down a 270 power dunk and received a 43.4.<\/p>\n
Jaxson Hayes – the third best dunking big on the Lakers was assigned the moniker \u2018Action Jaxson\u2019 – then proceeded to fizzle out on a one-handed floating dunk from well within the free throw stripe. He deservedly got the 44.6 score he received (skewed higher by Howard\u2019s 47). After a between-the-legs try (think Isaiah Rider) that bounced high off the rim, his next attempt went through mostly cleanly and got him 47.2.<\/p>\n
\u2018Carter the Kid\u2019 (1st Round – 94.8)<\/p>\n
Attempt #1: He one-upped Johnson\u2019s try with a high toss to himself and a between-the-legs throwdown that impressed Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady and generated 50s across the board.<\/p>\n
Attempt #2: After missing a Jamal Crawford backboard toss and Vince Carter combo multiple times, he was forced to do a 360 slam to beat the dunk-clock. This got him a 43.0 (and likely bringin back bad memories of missed dunks in San Antonio\u2019s earlier games) and ceded the contest to Johnson.<\/p>\n
\u2018Flight 305\u2019 (2nd Round – 92.8)<\/p>\n
Attempt #1: He converted the one that he unsuccessfully tried in the previous one – a baseline between-the-legs reverse that netted him a 49.6.<\/p>\n
Attempt #2: Johnson started from deep in the backcourt and tossed home a one-hander that was outshined by so many of Zach LaVine\u2019s prior ones from 2016-2017. His 47.8 score necessitated a 47.5 for Bryant on his final attempt.<\/p>\n
CHAMPION: Keshad Johnson (Miami Heat)<\/p>\n
Now we can all look forward to Victor Wembanyama and De\u2019Aaron Fox\u2019s appearances in the All-Star Game tomorrow night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NBA leaned in hard on the Hollywood bit with stars being brought into the arena among a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3797],"tags":[7,5842,6,969,474,4075,4074,534],"class_list":{"0":"post-603952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio-spurs","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-general","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-san-antonio","12":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","13":"tag-sanantonio","14":"tag-sanantoniospurs","15":"tag-spurs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116072731555920446","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}