LaVine dedicates dunk contest to Flip Saunders

Zach LaVine kept matching it. inally, LaVine was able to top the Orlando Magic forward to repeat as the NBA All-Star Game slam-dunk contest victor on Saturday night.

In need of some magic, he reached deep down into his repertoire and found just enough left for one more go.

“We were looking in our bag of tricks”.

“Everybody’s probably going to say something about Mike and all them and Dr. J”, LaVine said, referring to Julius Erving.

Count Eastern Conference All-Star guard Dwyane Wade among those still raving about Saturday night’s dunk contest finale between eventual victor Zach LaVine and Aaron Gordon. In the frontcourt, Kings DeMarcus Cousins came off a slow start to beat out Pelicans big man Anthony Davis, while rookie upstart Karl Anthony Towns had the edge on Golden States Draymond Green.

Not in practice. Not at that playgrounds back home in Seattle.

The Dunk Contest is officially back!

LaVine was asked if this was the best dunk contest ever. “There was some stuff that’s never been done before”. “I’m not going to have 12 more of these, so I’m going to make sure that this moment is something they remember was special if they get one of the sneakers”. Now, he’s dedicated his dunk contest and trophy to the Timberwolves’ late coach, Flip Saunders. “It was ridiculous, man”.

Footage of that epic dunk has been shared and circulated through social media thousands of times since it was first executed successfully Saturday night.

Aaron Gordon will go down in history for his third dunk. “It’s been a while since I’ve been in contention and it would mean a lot to me to be able to play a good final round”, Mickelson told reporters. All you need to do is go to Youtube and check out his fantastic athletic feats. But he deserved the title just as much as I did.

“I’m ready to get back out there and play for real, when it counts”, Smart said.

Gordon launched the final round with an incredible display of timing, grabbing the ball from the Orlando Magic mascot who was spinning on a hover board.

Kobe Bryant said his NBA All-Star Game goodbye and the next generation of the West’s best sent him off a victor, rolling to a record-setting 196-173 victory over the East on Sunday night.

Now, I know what you’re thinking.

LaVine and his teammates won over some hearts and minds this weekend at the NBA All-Star festivities, and LaVine made it clear he hasn’t forgotten Saunders, who passed away before the season from complications from Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Then LaVine shut it down.