The 2021 NBA All-Star Game Slam Dunk Contest may have been oddly placed (at halftime of the primary game) and marginally ailing in star power, however Cassius Stanley, Obi Toppin, and Anfernee Simons put on a serious act in any case. Simons looked fantastic with his Portland Trail Blazers logo and Oregon shirt. He was prepared to fly.
Stanley came up first in the opening round and threw down a between-the-legs windmill for a great score of 44…four 9’s and a 8. It was an extraordinary dunk; the appointed authorities were likely saving space for later scores, if necessary.
Toppin went second, losing the ball the floor between his feet, at that point getting it for an opposite jam on the opposite side of the edge. He scored a 48, three amazing 10’s and two 9’s.
Simons went last in the order. A field specialist utilized a plastic circle to stick a ball at the highest point of the square on the backboard. Simons rose and got it with two hands, making the accomplishment look excessively simple. He acquired a 46, with an ideal 10 and four 9’s.
The second dunk of the first round went arranged by score from the principal dunk.
Stanley lofted the ball from the three-point curve, gotten it midair, and attempted to windmill it between his legs. He flopped twice, at that point took two endeavors to do a similar throw with a less difficult catch and dunk. The adjudicators gave him a 37, for a joined score of 81.
Simons slipped on a Tracy McGrady shirt to duplicate an old McGrady dunk, throwing the ball, getting it, cutting it down, turning 360, at that point sticking hard. He scored a 49 (four 10’s) for a joined score of 95, promising him a spot in the finals.
Toppin brought out Julius Randle and his own father, hopping over both (by pushing away from of Randle) and windmilling it home. That acquired him a 46 for a consolidated score of 94. He’d face Simons in the finals.
The arrangement for the last round changes this year. Every competitor would play out a solitary dunk and the appointed authorities, rather than scoring them, would basically pick a champ.
Toppin leaped from around two feet inside the foul line—great, yet not progressive—at that point went between his legs for a straightforward hammer. This invited Simons.
Anfernee came from the side, skied high, and made like he was kissing the edge. He didn’t come extremely close to it with his lips, yet finished the dunk with his forehed over the edge, though again dunking too easily and absent a lot of power.
That dunk was sufficient to give Simons the nod over Toppin 3-2. This denoted the first run through a Portland Trail Blazers player had at any point won the slam dunk contest.