To say Saturday night All-Star weekend was amazing is an understatement. The NBA added the big men to the skills contest for the first time in NBA all-star history. Karl-Anthony Towns beat all the big men in the skills contest where he faced Boston Celtics guard Isiah Thomas. Karl- Anthony Towns beat Isiah Thomas in the finals. He showed out for the big men.
Next came the three point shootout contest. The three-point shootout consisted of James Harden, JJ Redick, Kyle Lowry, Devin Booker, Klay Thompson, Steph Curry, CJ McCollum, and Khris Middleton. The three-point shootout had a three-way tie before the finals. So they had to do a three -point shootout between Devin Booker, James Harden, and JJ Redick. Devin Booker beat them out to advance to the finals to face the splash brothers. Klay Thompson won the three point shootout scoring 27 points. Steph Curry came in second with a score of 23. Devin Booker finished third with a score of 16 points.
This dunk contest was the most exciting contest in the last five years. From Zach Lavine catching alley-oops from the free throw line and doing just about every last one of his dunk attempts from the free throw line. To Aaron Gordon taking the ball from a mascot spinning around on a hover board, putting the opposite hand behind his head, and using the other arm to cock the ball back and dunking the ball while doing a 360. Next, Aaron Gordon followed the dunk off in the finals by jumping over the mascot, putting the ball under his legs, and dunking it without falling. Then he did a dunk by putting it over his head like he was going to tomahawk dunk it then changed his mind in mid air and brought the ball below his legs and still had enough time to dunk it. It's no way Aaron Gordon shouldn't have won the dunk contest. But, in the end, Zach Lavine won the dunk contest for the second year in a row.
