satownslugga
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Post by satownslugga on Feb 18, 2006 20:10:25 GMT -4
I see Smith..
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Post by satownslugga on Feb 18, 2006 20:55:49 GMT -4
Anyone watchin TNT now?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2006 22:01:34 GMT -4
I think Nate will win it just because of the spud webb factor
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Zoltar
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Post by Zoltar on Feb 19, 2006 0:58:36 GMT -4
Iguodola's last dunk should havebeen higher, it was better than Nate's who took 14 tries
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Post by John on Feb 19, 2006 1:13:18 GMT -4
Knicks rookie soars over Spud, then perseveres in dunk-off Feb. 18, 2006 CBS SportsLine.com wire reports
HOUSTON -- NBA basketball is a big man's game.
Don't tell that to 5-foot-9 Nate Robinson.
The New York Knicks rookie won the NBA All-Star slam dunk competition Saturday night, beating out 6-foot-6 Andre Iguodala of Philadelphia, 6-9 Hakim Warrick of Memphis and 6-9 defending champ Josh Smith of Atlanta.
"When people look at me, they really don't understand where the hops are coming from," said Robinson, who edged Iguodala in a dunk-off to earn a $35,000 first prize.
Before Robinson capped the night with his high-flying act, 7-footer Dirk Nowitzki won the 3-point shooting contest and Dywane Wade took the skills competition.
Robinson, a first-round draft pick out of Washington, electrified the Toyota Center by taking a bounce pass from Spud Webb, the 1986 champion, and leaping over the 5-7 Webb to jam. The stunt earned a perfect 50-point score from the five-judge panel to force a dunk-off against Iguodala, who had received two perfect scores.
Robinson gave an assist for the memorable dunk to Knicks teammate Jamal Crawford.
"We were on the plane and he was like, 'Man, I have the perfect idea,'" Robinson said. "I was like, 'What?' He said, 'You should jump over Spud Webb. It's been 20 years (since Webb won the title).
"We had to get in touch with him, so we did and he was like, 'Yeah, sure,'" Robinson said.
Webb, the only other player shorter than 6 feet to win the popular contest, said he enjoyed sharing the spotlight with Robinson.
"He doesn't know what he did tonight," Webb said. "He made history. One day he can tell his kids about this."
In the dunk-off, a tiring Robinson needed 14 attempts to dunk. He finally caught his own pass off the backboard and jammed, earning 47 points to edge Iguodala by one. Iguodala shook his head when the final score was posted.
Webb had a reply to those who thought Iguodala should have won.
"Let me answer that for you: Big guys shouldn't judge the dunk contest," Webb said.
Each player dunked twice in the first round, with judges awarding composite scores between 30 and 50 points. The top two scores advanced to the finals.
Because of Robinson the dunk contest highlighted All-Star Saturday.
In the 20th 3-point shootout, Dallas All-Star Nowitzki, outshot Seattle's Ray Allen and Washington's Gilbert Arenas in the final round to win the $35,000 first prize. Nowitzki scored 18 points in the final round, topping Arenas' 16 and Allen's 15.
Players circle the 3-point arc, pulling balls off racks and hitting as many shots as they can in 60 seconds.
"Obviously, it's a little different shooting off the rack," said Nowitzki, who is shooting 41.7 percent from beyond the arc this season. "Game shots are totally different."
Last year's champion, Quentin Richardson of the New York Knicks, was eliminated in the first round.
Miami's Wade edged Cleveland's LeBron James in the final round of the fourth Skills Challenge. In the challenge, four players dribble, pass and shoot their way through a timed obstacle course. The players with the fastest times in the first round meet in the final round.
In the final round, Wade won the $35,000 first prize by navigating the course in 26.1 seconds, punctuating his final dunk by jabbing a finger toward the grandstand. His time was 0.3 seconds off the record set last year by Phoenix guard Steve Nash. That easily beat James' time of 33.7 seconds.
Chris Paul, the rookie guard with New Orleans, finished third in 42.6 seconds. Nash finished last in 52.8 seconds after missing all five three-point shots.
In the fifth Shooting Stars competition, San Antonio's Tony Parker, Steve Kerr and Kendra Wecker defeated teams representing Los Angeles, Houston and Phoenix. In the event, a present NBA player, WNBA player and a "legend" from the same city shoot from six spots of increasing difficulty.
San Antonio hit all six shots in 25.1 seconds, with Parker draining a shot from just inside the half-court stripe to clinch the $45,000 first prize.
AP NEWS The Associated Press News Service
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2006 1:27:24 GMT -4
best dunk of the night was hands-down ingodala from behind the backboard. He should have saved it until the last round.
Easily the best dunk contest of the past couple of years though.
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Post by Zoltar on Feb 19, 2006 1:58:17 GMT -4
Yeah it was, i didnt think he would be able to do it
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Post by satownslugga on Feb 19, 2006 2:48:11 GMT -4
not easily.. that spud shit was sick
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Post by DSP2489 on Feb 19, 2006 2:55:45 GMT -4
if only nate got that dunk he first tried in the dunk off............
i was on my feet waiting for him to stick it
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Post by satownslugga on Feb 19, 2006 3:00:42 GMT -4
lol no homo
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Post by Jogo on Feb 19, 2006 12:30:34 GMT -4
Nate took like 15 tires but his last Dunk was way better than Iggy's last. All Iggy had to do is come up with something nice. Not just some seen-it-100-times dunk. Nate didn't won, Iggy lost it. Iggy had the best dunk but Nate deserves extra credit for creativity and being like 5'7.
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Post by bballmstr32 on Feb 19, 2006 12:51:08 GMT -4
Iggy's behind the backboard dunk was one of the greatest dunks I have ever seen, hands down. However, his last 2 dunks were both pretty much things we have seen hundreds of times, the dunks were so similar that there was no creativity at all.
Despite Nate missing so many dunks, the rules say you have to judge the dunk as it is and because of that, Nate was the clear choice in my mind despite Iggy having the best dunk in the contest.
That Spud Webb dunk was sick.
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Post by Boyd on Feb 19, 2006 12:54:45 GMT -4
After Chris Anderson's fiasco last year, they should have changed the rules up. They should only be able to miss a maximum of like 3 dunk attempts. I think there needs to be some kind of pressure put on the players to complete their dunks. It's like with the timer in the 3 point contest, they don't get the chance to take their time, they have to just go with it, and that puts pressure on them.
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Post by Zoltar on Feb 19, 2006 13:08:42 GMT -4
I thought there was a limit to how many times you can try, but its different when you dont attempt a dunk like Nate did, he just couldnt throw off the backboard right
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Post by Boyd on Feb 19, 2006 13:10:03 GMT -4
He missed quite a few between the leg dunks.
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