On Sunday, Portland Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons was crowned the NBA Slam Dunk Contest winner after narrowly beating out New York Knicks rookie Obi Toppin in the final round.
The event, which also featured Indiana Pacers rookie Cassius Stanley, took place during halftime of the All-Star Game. Each participant had two dunk attempts in the first round as the two players with the highest scores advanced to the final.
The scoring system was altered this year with the judges each selecting a winner, rather than scoring the dunks in the final round like past seasons. After the last two slams were finished, the judges named Simons as the winner by a final vote of 3-2.
While the Slam Dunk Contest took place in an abbreviated fashion this season, the event still had social media talking with NBA players themselves weighing in on the conversation.
They robbed Cassius
— Draymond Green (@Money23Green) March 8, 2021
Then he robbed himself
— Draymond Green (@Money23Green) March 8, 2021
🙌🏾 @AnferneeSimons https://t.co/0GXMurJ4p8
— Carmelo Anthony (@carmeloanthony) March 8, 2021
DunkContest champ:@AnferneeSimons .
That’s the tweet.
— Damion Lee (@Dami0nLee) March 8, 2021
That’s not a 50?😂🤣
— Tyus Jones (@1Tyus) March 8, 2021
Cash didn’t even try, too easy 😭
— Brian Bowen II 🏀 (@tugs_) March 8, 2021
Put it through the same leg he jumped off of… people dont realize how tough that is https://t.co/YZSjwa8Vga
— Grayson Allen (@GraysonJAllen) March 8, 2021
Shaq just said anfernee simons was supposed to windmill that ?🤣
— ty Jerome (@tyjerome_) March 8, 2021
So out of the three dunks @cassius_stanley had the worst dunk? 🤔🤔
— Jordan Bell (@1jordanbell) March 8, 2021
yeahhhh reason i'm not doing it 😂😂 https://t.co/AUzfLaMwTa
— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) March 8, 2021
Bruh looking in the rim 😂😂
— Jaylen Hoard (@JaylenHoard) March 8, 2021
Watching @AnferneeSimons dunk 😳#NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/ySenIDUHYn
— Enes Kanter (@EnesKanter) March 8, 2021
🤣 do you see this dunk contest im telling you dub in my sleep 🤣🤣
— Rayjon Tucker (@th3flighttuck) March 8, 2021
😈🐰🥷🏽 pic.twitter.com/LqiWQeMPeN
— GARY x TRENT x JR 🌹 (@gtrentjr) March 8, 2021
Thought the dunk contest was gonna be better than that
— PJ Washington (@PJWashington) March 8, 2021
https://twitter.com/JordanClarksons/status/1368759177993015297?s=20
Obi goin crazy
— Rj Barrett (@RjBarrett6) March 8, 2021
Turn me up roomy🔥🔥🙏🏾 @AnferneeSimons
— Talen (@Thortontucker) March 8, 2021
To da crib 😎😎 proud of you gang! pic.twitter.com/6QBE65cSM0
— Nassir Little (@2ez_nassie) March 8, 2021
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