Long before Zach LaVine and Aaron Gordon competed in arguably the greatest dunk contest of all time, we had the 1988 Dunk Contest between Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins ... of the game was ...

DURHAM — Cooper Flagg has seen the dunks of former NBA star Dominique Wilkins, who is affectionately known as the “Human Highlight Film." During the 1985 NBA Slam Dunk Contest, Wilkins beat Michael ...

Wilkins' previous dunk -- a two-handed windmill -- was scored just 45 to hand Jordan an opening. "I said, 'I got it.' Because I thought my last dunk was my best dunk. I knew my last dunk that I'm ...

February 19, 2022; Cleveland, OH, USA; NBA great Dominique Wilkins during the Slam Dunk Contest during the 2022 NBA All-Star Saturday Night at Rocket Mortgage Field House. Mandatory Credit ...

"It definitely ranks with Michael Jordan and me": Dominique Wilkins on Vince Carter's 2000 Dunk Contest and more (Exclusive) "It definitely ranks with Michael Jordan and me": Dominique Wilkins on ...

Past winners include Dominique Wilkins, Michael Jordan and Vince Carter. Past dunks include Jordan’s Julius Erving–inspired free-throw line jam, Wilkins’s windmill and Carter’s reverse 360.

The 1985 contest was won by Michael Jordan, while in 1987, the title went to a dominant Dominique Wilkins. In 1988, Jordan and Wilkins had one of the most memorable dunk battles in history ...

Running for more than four decades, the Dunk Contest has delivered some all-time great moments. From Dominique Wilkins and Vince Carter to Nate Robinson and Zach LaVine, the contest has long been ...

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Dr. J's performance in 1976 got things started, but the 1985 dunk contest was the true turning point. It featured a rookie named Michael Jordan losing to Dominique Wilkins in a boundary-pushing ...