For the first time since 2014, a member of the Golden State Warriors took center stage at the NBA Slam Dunk Contest on Saturday night at All-Star weekend.
Donning a special Mexico edition of Golden State’s black jersey, Juan Toscano-Anderson opened the dunk contest with an explosive slam over his teammate Andrew Wiggins, earning a 44 from the judges.
With his second dunk in the first round, the Oakland native flew to the rim with a spinning 360 windmill dunk. On a night where most of the dunkers failed to punch home dunks on their first attempt, Toscano-Anderson didn’t waste any time throwing down both of his opening round dunks quickly.
With an 87 after two dunks, Toscano-Anderson advanced past Cole Anthony and Jalen Green to meet Obi Toppin in the final round of the contest.
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