Toronto's Terrence Ross beat out Utah's Jeremy Evans, the defending champion, to win the NBA slam dunk competition Saturday night in Houston.
Ross, who earned 58 percent of the vote in the championship round, paid tribute to Vince Carter on his first dunk of the finals, as he donned an old-school No. 15 Carter Raptors jersey and executed a 360 dunk after catching the ball mid-air after someone else bounced it off the side of the backboard. Ross raced in from the baseline to catch it, then put it through with authority.
His second dunk came after leaping over a ball boy, then putting the ball through his legs for another awe-inspiring slam. As the camera panned to Kevin Garnett, the Celtics star's face contorted to confirm the dunk's sheer nastiness. (His first-round dunk wasn't too shabby either, and evidenced by the attached video.)
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Evans also showed his creativity in the finals. Evans jumped over an easel shrouded in a black sheet, then removed the sheet the reveal a picture of himself. Yes kids, he just posterized himself, then signed it.
Evans also had one of the more creative dunks in the preliminary round. He scored only a 47, but he gets big props for the use of the biggest prop ? former Jazz center Mark Eaton, who stands 7-4.
Evans needed several attempts before he could complete the dunk, but the end result was worth the wait.
Another intriguing first-round dunk came from the Knicks? James White, who brought out flight attendants and a flight crew to jazz up his from-the-free-throw-line jam. White, too, needed a few attempts to execute, but he carded a 50 for his effort.
The first round was judged by former Houston Rockets Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, Dikembe Mutombo, Rudy Tomjanovich and Yao Ming.
Kenneth Faried, James White, 2007 dunk champion Gerald Green and Eric Bledsoe also were in the field, while Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade were among the All-Stars taking in the show.
Hall of Famers Bill Russell and Julius Erving, singer Alicia Keys, rapper Drake, director Spike Lee and comedian Chris Tucker were among those sitting courtside. Keys is performing at halftime of Sunday's All-Star game.
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