Portland’s Damian Lillard won the Three-Point Contest and unheralded Mac McClung captured the Slam Dunk Contest crown on Saturday, Feb. 18, at NBA All-Star Game weekend festivities.
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“It makes it that much more special,” Lillard said. “They say the third time is the charm and I’m happy that it happened here. It’s a perfect situation. I’m happy I could do it in my homecoming here to Utah.” The 6-foot-2 guard from rural Virginia had played only four NBA games but from his high school days was known for acrobatic dunks and after accepting the trophy from Julius Erving vowed to defend his crown, something few NBA stars do.McClung added his name to a history of dunk champions that includes Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins, Vince Carter and Kobe Bryant.
Hield began the final with 25 points but Lillard sank his last four shots from the left corner to score 26. Haliburton missed eight of his first 10 shots and finished third on 17.McClung had the only perfect score on the first round by leaping over a man sitting on another man’s shoulders, tapping the ball on the backboard and making a reverse dunk.McClung had the crowd roaring again with a 360-degree mid-air spin and slam to set the stage for the final.
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