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>\nAdvertisement<\/p>\n
Team 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
Final Round<\/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
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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
CHAMPION: Team Knicks<\/p>\n
Between Competition Entertainment<\/p>\n
Ludacris \u2013 in a Dominique Wilkins jersey \u2013 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 \u2013 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 \u2013 a great analogy for the in-game movement of the Spurs\u2019 cadre of excellent guards<\/p>\n
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CHAMPION: People between 35-50 years old who grew up on hiphop. <\/p>\n
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The judges were: former Spur Brent Barry \u2013 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 \u2013 resembling British actor Jonathan Pryce.<\/p>\n
First Round<\/p>\n
Carter Bryant \u2013 deemed \u2018Carter the Kid\u2019 \u2013 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
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Keshad Johnson \u2013 given the name \u2018Flight 305\u2019 (Dade County) \u2013 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) \u2013 was not surprisingly coined \u2018J-Rich Reignited\u2019 \u2013 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 \u2013 including one where he wiped out and fell on his backside \u2013 he threw down a 270 power dunk and received a 43.4.<\/p>\n
Jaxson Hayes \u2013 the third best dunking big on the Lakers was assigned the moniker \u2018Action Jaxson\u2019 \u2013 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
Final Round<\/p>\n
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\u2018Carter the Kid\u2019 (1st Round \u2013 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 \u2013 92.8)<\/p>\n
Attempt #1: He converted the one that he unsuccessfully tried in the previous one \u2013 a baseline between-the-legs reverse that netted him a 49.6.<\/p>\n
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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":"Observations The NBA leaned in hard on the Hollywood bit with stars being brought into the arena among…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3778],"tags":[78314,7,507,978,366,12879,125,1314,2292,864,1676,80523,144,288,2990,3633,762,960,32,563,1248,498,304,300,295,189,3881,6,558,7706,1279,969,474,1261,9672,80522,1263,693,2685,3212],"class_list":["post-604158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami-heat","tag-anthony-anderson","tag-basketball","tag-bobby-portis","tag-carter-bryant","tag-chet-holmgren","tag-corey-maggette","tag-damian-lillard","tag-deaaron-fox","tag-devin-booker","tag-donovan-mitchell","tag-dwight-howard","tag-final-round","tag-heat","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-jalen-johnson","tag-jamal-crawford","tag-jamal-murray","tag-jase-richardson","tag-jaxson-hayes","tag-karl-anthony-towns","tag-keshad-johnson","tag-klay-thompson","tag-knicks","tag-lakers","tag-miami","tag-miami-heat","tag-miamiheat","tag-nba","tag-norman-powell","tag-rashard-lewis","tag-reggie-miller","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-scottie-barnes","tag-slam-dunk-contest","tag-team-cameron","tag-tyrese-maxey","tag-victor-wembanyama","tag-vince-carter","tag-zach-lavine"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604158","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=604158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}