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Electrifying Dunk Contest Highlights NBA All-Star Saturday Night

The NBA's dunk contest "could make an argument for being part of the best" All-Star Saturday Night that the league "has ever put together." T'Wolves G Zach LaVine and Magic F Aaron Gordon "engaged in a dunk contest that went to overtime," and "brought life to an event that's been an afterthought in the months leading up to" All-Star Weekend. It was "an A-plus, plus, plus night, maybe the benchmark for all other all-star Saturday's going forward" (TORONTO STAR, 2/14). The "never-before-seen moves kept coming and so did the perfect scores." LaVine and Gordon "brought the long-comatose dunk contest back to life" (L.A. TIMES, 2/14). The dunk contest was the "best run in the long history of the contest" (TORONTO SUN, 2/14).

CBSSPORTS.com's James Herbert writes fans "will not forget the 2016 NBA Slam Dunk contest." It will "be up there with" Vince Carter in '00 and Michael Jordan vs. Dominique Wilkins in '88 (CBSSPORTS.com, 2/14). SI.com's Ben Golliver notes the dunk contest "will be remembered as one of the greatest shows in NBA history" (SI.com, 2/14).

ESPN L.A.'s Arash Markazi tweeted, "Love Zach LaVine. Said he'd win the Slam Dunk contest the day he was drafted but Aaron Gordon had two of the best dunks I've ever seen" (TWITTER.com, 2/13). The DENVER POST's Troy Renck tweeted, "Gordon and LaVine have breathed life back into slam dunk contest Damn" (TWITTER.com, 12/13). ESPN's Darren Rovell tweeted, "Slam Dunk Contest evolves when NBA puts its largest social media following to use. Gets rid of judges & allows world to vote in real time" (TWITTER.com, 12/13).

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