This Dunk Contest was actually pretty awesome? Victor Oladipo, who came out singing "New York, New York," and Zach LaVine stole the show early on. Oladipo did a 360 dunk and reverse slam from under the rim that sent a mascot running for cover. LaVine, however, is your winner, and good lord did he ever deserve it. His opening dunk is above and it is beautiful.This was his second masterpiece, which wasn't too far off the first:
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And finally, he did this:
Victor Oladipo was the second dunker of the evening and he actually got things going. Aside from the singing, his first dunk attempt was so ambitious that everyone wanted to see him nail it and when he finally did, we were off to the races.
Here's the reaction to the dunk, which was pretty great:
Mason Plumlee started the night off pretty solidly, but was soon forgotten:
And Giannis Antetokounmpo? He didn't make a dunk.[TNT]