Yeah, damn that stroke of Haliburton, it's so fast he can save a lot of time, he should've taken more time at his money ball and that Starry ball. He tied the highest record of 31 points. Truly amazing.
My bet though is for Buddy Hield, I thought I am going to win it until Damian made all in his last rack. Just 1 point difference. Very fun game, and the reaction of Buddy Hield was so special after Dame hit the last money ball. 

My skills challenge also was a loss, Team Rookie didn't do good at the shooting skills. It was actually terrible. Team Jazz won the game.

Mac McClung has "save the Dunk Contest", lol, the last time we have this kind of noises in the crowd is of course the Zach Lavine vs Aaron Gordon. But Mac is a different breed coming from G-league, who steal the show and make a name for him himself in this year's Dunk contest.

Malone though, his scoring all throughout the competition,  

Hopefully he will have a good season in this second half of the NBA as he was just acquired by the Sixers.

It was an easy win for McClung right from his first dunk until the last dunk. Even against a 6'9" player, he impressed us pretty well. He is way above the competition. It is a robbery that they did not score all his dunks 50.

They are right when they said he saved the dunk contest since it became very stale since the Gordon vs Lavine dunk contest. McClung made the contest interesting.

It's hard to believe it can be done, you need to defy gravity to do it. Damn, McClung really made an explosive feat there and all viewers became so lively. It was the right move to end the contest and there's no doubt he won it. I scored 51 for that.  It's just too much and he certainly revived the dunk contest again.

Tomorrow, All-Star Team Lebron vs Team Giannis.
How I wish we could also witness something that explosive. We had been used to the boring All-Star game and lesser viewers are watching it because they know it will just be like an entertainment game without hardcore defense. Mostly, just offensive exhibitions in the first to third quarters of the game.
I hope to see some competitive spirit.

Mac McClung's wind-up was really high enough for him to perform amazing dunks, and the level of competition was crashed by McClung so easily that he has done the Dunks in just 1 try, and he surely did new dunks and become more creative in performing them, and the only one from the dunk contest that has gotten a perfect score, and I think that he has truly leveled the competition again,


The younger generations right now are getting better at their craft learning from the past could surely give them a craftier idea, and because of his elevation he is doing such a feat and a pull from the G-league I think many teams will now think on not getting him for their team, but surely even though you are a champion of the dunk contest I think many in the NBA can surely outperform Mac McClung with the Dunk contest but who would know Zach LeVine have made it possible,

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Right now I am looking forward to a video replay of the NBA All-Star games because I haven't watched them yet, and I haven't seen if it already started,

That's great because this is a big event in the NBA. It only happens once a year, so we shouldn't miss it

It's really hard because the players who are invited to play are the best on their teams, but I know you have your favorite players. So, just bet on the games they're playing in, and you'll enjoy watching the game.

He definitely saved the slam dunk contest this time, as the last one wasn't very impressive. Now, people are talking about his dunk and, of course, himself, which is good for tomorrow's game since the hype would give more chance to attract more people to watch the game. The All-Star game is coming up, with Team LeBron vs Team Giannis, and it should be a good matchup. So, hopefully, we will all enjoy the game. I can't wait to see it, to be honest.

Honestly I don't like new Friday night format. I'd prefer the classic Rookies vs. Sophomores game.

Saturday night was one of the best though. We watched awful Slam Dunk contests lately but this one was really good. I've never heard of Mac McClung before. I see he wasn't even playing in the NBA. I don't know why they allow G-League players to participate in NBA All-Star. He deserved to win though.

Slam Dunk contest in case you missed it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awLQ_A33H9Y

They allow Kevin Hart before to have an exhibition match on 3 point shooting contest before with Draymond Green. Having G-League is not surprising anymore if he showing an impressive performance on his league. Viewers like a wild card on this kind of event since this is an exhibition contest before the Playoffs.

He is the Rookie of the year on G-League last 2021-2022 even though he keeps changing team. I think he is a potential star.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/allstar/2023/02/18/mac-mcclung-wins-nba-dunk-contest-all-star-weekend/11294530002

He already got his chance in the NBA. He was too much of a defensive liability and too small to really use his skills in a game with top level players. He’s still young enough where he might get another shot and it sounds like the Sixers might give it to him, but unfortunately I think he’s missing the NBA body needed to be a factor. A shame because he has the skills and athleticism.