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Michael C. Wright
San Francisco – Mac McClung marked a retro movement on Saturday night by establishing the tone to make the history of the NBA as the only player to win three consecutive titles of the Slam Dunk contest.
The team of the League G star parked a silver KIA sedan under the basket, reminiscent of the accessory used in the 2011 Blake Griffin volcanade contest, and the 26 -year -old turned out, blinking in the form of a championship in the form of a championship in One Night of Milwaukee, Damian Lillard failed to win a third consecutive title of the 3 -point contest.
Miami Heat Guard, Tyler Herro, beat the field in that event to become the fifth player in the history of the franchise to win a 3 -point contest championship.
“I felt extremely honored to be part of this weekend,” McClung said. “I really love this contest and [I’m] Very appreciative. “
The McClung opening dump generated a 50 score, and registered four jams worth 50 points to become one of the four players with at least four of those overturns in a single volley contest. The other three are Zach Lavine (2016), Aaron Gordon (2020) and Derrick Jones Jr. (2020), according to ESPN Research.
McClung cleared the Kia in his first overturned as an assistant with his head taken from the sun roof of the car held basketball.
Despite the striking tone of tone, McClung found himself in a final confrontation very disputed with the rookie guard of the San Antonio Spurs Stephon Castle, who recorded a score of 99.6 in the last round and ended in second place. Castle is only the fourth player of the Spurs to compete in the event and the first since 1988 (Greg Anderson).
“I felt that my third overturned should have been a 50,” Castle said. “We could [gone] to a dump. I don’t know if that is what the crowd would have wanted. But in general, I was happy with that. “
McClung could not hit the landing in his first attempted attempted. His left heel bit the front of the car. But that mattered little to the crowd in Chase Center after such a moving dump, executed on the strength of the practice weeks using a friend’s car.
He admitted when he started practicing the dump: “I thought, I can’t do this overturned. I am landing in the car. I can’t do it. The guy I worked with for Dunks, helped me. He was like, ‘I just jump over the car’ I am like, ‘it is not so easy, man’.
He certainly showed himself in that jam and in the posterior rounds.
Later, McClung announced that he would donate the car that jumped to a need in need in his hometown of Gate City, Virginia.
In the 3 -point contest, Lillard fell short of his offer of three mobs in the first round. Native of Oakland, Lillard ended with 16 points, which was not enough to advance. Golden State’s friend, Hield, dropped 31 points in the first round to move on to the second round with Herro and Cleveland’s guard, Darius Garland.
“I feel that many great shooters, some of the greats to play this game, have won this competition,” said Herro. “Just happy to put my name in the history books for the weekend All-Star.”
Herro defeated Hield in the final round of the 24-23 contest.
Compeating in his sand from his house, Hield began the final round slowly and needed to hit his last five attempts to win the competition. Hield connected to his first three shots on the final ball shelf, but the room was lost before sinking the fifth.
“I didn’t know what his score was, so I couldn’t understand what my score is [needed to win]”Hield said.” Bad start. However, everything is fine. He felt great [to compete in front of Warriors fans]. I am disappointed to have lost. “
