Wall wins Dunk Contest in NBA All-Star
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E-mail Xinhua, February 16, 2014
John Wall from the Washington Wizards won the Dunk Contest in 2014 NBA All-Star on Saturday.
Wall flew over the Wizards mascot G-Man and finished a reverse dunk in the final and most welcomed show of the night. Wall was elected as the best dunker by the fans.
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John Wall from the Washington Wizards won the Dunk Contest in 2014 NBA All-Star on Saturday. [Photo/Sina.com.cn] |
Wall, Paul George and Terrence Ross helped the East overwhelmed the West in the Dunk Contest. They got the favor of all the three NBA legends Dominique Wilkins, Magic Johnson and Julius Erving in the first round, and grabbed eight of the total nine votes in the second.
"It was only my second time doing it," said Wall after the contest. "My first time was on Thursday."
"I just felt comfortable with myself and I knew it was dunk that hasn't been done before."
Marco Belinelli from the San Antonio Spurs won the 3-point contest with event-high 24 points. Belinelli and the Washington Wizards shooter Bradley Beal tied 19-19 to enter the tiebreak. Belinelli kept hot-handed in tiebreaking, hitting six bonus balls, worth two points each, to gather 24 points. Beal made 16 points afterwards and saw Belinelli win the competition.
The Portland Trail Blazers' Damian Lillard and the Utah Jazz guard Trey Burke beat Eastern rookie duo Michael Carter-Williams and Victor Oladipo to bring home the Skills Challenge title.
The Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh, former NBA star Dominique Wilkins and WNBA scorer Swin Cash defended title at the Shooting Stars Contest.
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