From the Development League, to the big star of the All-Star weekend: the unknown Mack McClang won the dunk contest tonight (between Saturday and Sunday), after an impressive performance that made him a household name overnight. Damian Lillard won the three-point contest, and even earlier the Utah players celebrated a victory in the skills contest in front of me The home crowd in Salt Lake City.
Stole the show.
McClang (Photo: Reuters)
The stamping contest
In the last few days, there was a lively discussion regarding the prestige lost to the mythological competition, and the fact that the stars avoid participating in it - so the most anonymous player on the list of participants provided the answer.
Mack McClung, a guard with an uncharacteristic appearance for such a dunker, with a record of only two appearances in a Philadelphia uniform this season and straight from its development team, did everything right.
In the first dunk in the first round he got a score of 50, and also in the second dunk he got a high overall score - 49.8.
Jericho Sims of the Knicks and Kenyon Martin Jr. of the Rockets were left out of the final round, where McClang was waiting for Trey Murphy of New Orleans.
But in the final round McClang left no chance for Murphy, with the two rings that earned him a maximum score of 50.
The first dunk was made by leaping over two people, after the ball was attached to the board, in a back dunk.
The second imprint was Windmill which gave it a score of 49.8.
Murphy, who received 46.6 for the first performance in the final and 49.4 for the second, had to give up the title of star of the hour.
can retire quietly.
Lillard (Photo: Reuters)
The three-point competition
Unlike the dunk contest, the three-point contest still attracts the big stars from time to time.
Tonight it was the turn of Damian Lillard, the big favorite of the competition and the biggest name in it, to win the competition for the first time in his career.
"Most of the NBA's great scorers have won the three-point contest at least once in their careers. I'm glad I did it myself, and now I can retire from the competition," Lillard said after the win.
Lillard defeated Buddy the Kid in the finals, scoring 26 points compared to the Indiana sniper's 25.
The first round was won by another player of the Pacers, Tyrese Halliburton who scored 31 points, but in the second round he finished with only 17.
Jayson Tatum (23 points), Lauri Markkanen (20), Tyler Hero (18), Julius Randle (13) and Kevin Harter (8) also participated in the first round.
in front of the home crowd.
The Utah team celebrates (Photo: GettyImages, Alex Goodlett)
The skills competition
The team made up of Utah players - Jordan Clarkson, Colin Sexton and Walker Kessler - lifted the trophy in front of the home crowd, after receiving 300 points out of a possible 400 in the second and third rounds.
They beat a Rockies team that included Paulo Bunkero, Jabari Smith and Jaden Ivey, and an Antetokounmpo team that included Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Kostas Antetokounmpo and Jaro Holiday who was called up to replace the injured Giannis Antetokounmpo.
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