The festivals for All-Star weekend were crammed packed with fun and excitement. Featuring stars, Lebron James, Dwayne Wade, Ray Allen, Chauncey Billups, and Dirk Nowitzki among others would've been enough to put on a show, but the Houston crowd really came to watch the Slam Dunk contest. It came down to the wire too, going into an overtime period (the first ever) between the 76er's Andre Iguodala and the Knick's Nate Robinson.
To everyone's surprise, the 5'9 Robinson had a wildcard up his sleeve. He brought out former 1986 Slam Dunk Champion, Spud Webb. With anyone rooting on, Nate jumped over Spud for a thunderous one-handed jam. This ignited the crowd and everyone stood on their feet. A controversial scoring was made by one of the judges after Iguodala's final dunk of the night, thus allowing Robinson to win by a one point edge. Many people felt Iguodala should have been crowned champion since he executed a behind-the-back and behind-the-basket dunk, which were both incredible and created a high degree of difficulty.
The night, though, belonged to little Nate, who basked in the glory of victory and soaked up all the attention (Probably that's all he will get since the Knicks are playing so poorly this year, but that's not his fault). Adding a old school element to the equation, Robinson became the first player under 6-foot in 20 years to win the Slam Dunk competition. This guy has got a serious vertical leap and will be an asset to any team.
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