NBA All-Star Saturday: Mac McClung Makes Dunk Contest History, Chris Paul And Wemby Caught Cheating
NBA All-Star Saturday: Mac McClung Makes Dunk Contest History, Chris Paul And Wemby Caught Cheating, & More
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February 16, 2025
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Skills Challenge
First up was the skills challenge, where the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley took on the Warriors’ Draymond Green and Moses Moody, the San Antonio Spurs Chris Paul and Victor Wembanyama, and Alex Sarr and Zaccharie Risacher, the top two picks in the 2024 draft.3-Point Competition
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Dunk Contest
One of the events at All-Star weekend that hasn’t dwindled in the hype is the Dunk Contest, and Mac McClung was back to make history as the league’s first-ever participant to win three in a row. At 26, he was the elder statesman, joined by Matas Buzelis, Andre Jackson, and Stephon Castle, with whom he battled it out in the end. Castle ditched any props, relying on his athleticism, highlighted by his third dunk, where he caught a made layup falling out of the net and went between the legs before slam dunking it. For his final, he did a 360 behind the back, ending with a one-handed dunk. However, he couldn’t be topped by McClung, who started the competition by jumping over a Kia, grabbing the ball from someone poking out of the sunroof, and then going for the reverse dunk. It was followed by a 360-degree two-handed dunk as he leaped over Nate Dougherty. His final two were even more creative, including his third, where he jumped over and grabbed the ball from someone spinning on a hoverboard while simultaneously grabbing another ball atop the rim and dunking both. In the final round, he cemented the three-peat by jumping over 6’11” Evan Mobley and tapping the ball on the rim before dunking it. Sidenote: The Super Bowl may have had a Kendrick Lamar halftime show, but it was no match for LiAngelo Ball taking center court to perform his nostalgic hit, ‘Tweaker.’1.
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