NBA All Star 2008
The NBA All Star has kicked off, and fans all over the world was thrilled to see the contest winners and applaud.
From the Toronto Raptors’ Jason Kapono showing his shooting touch from the 3 point arc to nail the 3 point shoot around, while besting Cleveland’s Daniel Gibson, He scored 17 points in the final round, finishing three points ahead of Dallas’ Dirk Nowitzki, who replaced the injured Bryant.
In the Skills Challenge, Utah Jazz’s Deron Williams dethroned Dwayne Wade in this event. Running through an obstacle course of dribbling, passing and shooting, point guard for the Utah Jazz defeated New Orleans playmaker Chris Paul in the final round.
To end things off is the Slam Dunk Contest which featured high leapers like Minnesota’s Gerald Green ,Toronto’s Jamario Moon and Memphis’ Rudy Gay and Orlando’s Dwight Howard
In an event which preferably favor for position of 2 to 4 in the NBA League, yet Dwight Howard, a center for the Orlando Magic joined and give the crowd something to cheer about. Dress in a super man outfit, he went up up and away with the Slam Dunk Trophy. Howard made a signature stating “Big Men Can JUMP!”
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