Timberwolves' LaVine crowned Slam Dunk title
Xinhua, February 15, 2015 Adjust font size:
Minnesota Timberwolves's Zach LaVine won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest Saturday during the league's All-Star weekend.
The 19-year-old scored a perfect 100 in the opening round with a through-the-legs, one-handed reverse dunk.
He followed up with a behind-the-back slam off a ball he tossed up himself.
In the championship round, he defeated the Orlando Magic's Victor Oladipo with two more between-the-legs slams that earned 94 points.
LaVine became the second-youngest winner of the competition. Kobe Bryant won it in 1997 at the age of 18.
The Slam Dunk contest is one of the activies of the All-Star weekend when the All-Star Game will be held across town at the Knicks' Madison Square Garden arena in Manhattan on Sunday. Endi