New York basketball player Obi Taupin celebrated with a dunk at this year's NBA All-Star competition. He was last year's finalist.
The end of Saturday's program at the All Star weekend was reserved for dunks, and the competition that was expected to decorate the evening turned out to be an absolute fiasco, considering that the contestants, with the exception of the winner Obi Topin, showed practically nothing.
The streak of failure began with the favorite to win the trophy Jalen Green. The Houston basketball player put pbvlik to sleep in Cleveland with a series of misses, Cole Anthony left a slightly better impression than Green, but he also failed to make a move worthy of the finals, and Topin and Juan Toscano Anderson found themselves in a direct duel for the trophy.
The Golden State basketball player eliminated himself from the fight for the trophy with a series of bad dunks, and the ace of New York practically had the trophy in his hands even before the last attempt. In the last one, he was the best with 47 points.
Karl Anthony Towns celebrated in shooting three-pointers. The Minnesota center overshadowed his rivals and won the trophy for the best shooter.
"I'm the best high shooter of all time and I needed this trophy to prove it," said Towns.
Towns won the skills contest in 2016, making him the only player in All-Star history to win two contests along with Golden State's Steph Curry. Curry won the 2015-pointer in 2021 and 2011 and the skills competition in XNUMX.
He entered the finals with 22 points, in which he reached 29 points and left behind the favored Luke Kennard from the Clippers, who reached the finals with 28 points.
Cleveland basketball players Ivan Mobley, Jarrett Allen and Darius Garland won the skills trophy.
The MVP in the games of the new rookie and sophomore format went to Cade Cunningham from Detroit. He had 13 points, five rebounds and six assists in the semi-final, and five points, two blocks and three assists in the final.
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