The Toronto Raptors’ Jason Kapono had his chance of a three-peat (joining the ranks of only Craig Hodges and Larry Bird) gunned down by the quick-draw of the Miami Heat’s Daequan Cook—while Dwight “Superman” Howard felt the wrath of his arch nemesis, Nate “Krypto-Nate” Robinson.
A former Slam Dunk winner himself, the 5’8” guard from the New York Knicks used his 6’11” foe as prop by dunking over him, and thus vanquishing the caped-crusader.
Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs was also a participant, but having Eva Longoria [Parker] as a consolation prize isn’t such a bad thing.
Already, next year’s Dunk Contest (scheduled to take place in Dallas, TX) is shaping up to be a much-anticipated event.
That’s probably due to the fact that one of the premiere players in LeBron James has tentatively thrown his name into the hat as a contestant.
The East Coast dominated in all the previous events, now lets see how they fair in the big game…