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Basketball Stories: ’88 Dunk Contest | All-Star 2020
Relive all of the best moments from the 1988 Dunk Contest, including the iconic back-and-forth between Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins. Watch highlights from Inside the NBA with Shaq, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson and more!
Twizz The Whiz Kid
February 15, 2020 at 4:41 pm
Jordan was robbed in 1985 versus Dominique though, so everything was evened out in ’88.
Lebron James
February 15, 2020 at 5:57 pm
sure was but i think its backwards always said it since i was a kid jordan lost the one he was supposed to win wilkins lost the one he was supposed to win they need to trade trophies
2kool 4U
February 15, 2020 at 6:22 pm
I got DJones tonight..bet the dub$
Hanford Reach
February 15, 2020 at 4:42 pm
this was awesome
keep it 5 yr vet
February 15, 2020 at 4:46 pm
They couldn’t nique to talk on here? And they wanted him to win anyway
GOAT
February 15, 2020 at 4:47 pm
1:17 bruhhh
GOAT
February 15, 2020 at 4:52 pm
This Jordan guy is pretty good. I think he could challenge for ROTY this year.
Rohan Rangarajan
February 15, 2020 at 5:08 pm
Man I wish more superstars would compete in the dunk content like they did back then smh
Nate Daugherty
February 15, 2020 at 5:22 pm
The only contest that can rival that one was the Levine/Gordon dunk contest a couple years ago… it was pretty insane. This was the greatest tho and Vince has the single best in my opinion..
Christopher Davis
February 15, 2020 at 5:24 pm
he got snubbed a 45
21JulioJonesMahomes21
February 15, 2020 at 5:34 pm
Mj talks with a completely different voice now 🤔
sofaking onmynuts
February 15, 2020 at 5:48 pm
Yea hes like 60 🤔
Morlich209
February 15, 2020 at 7:16 pm
sounds like he had a cold
Frank 11
February 15, 2020 at 5:36 pm
a 50 after a miss, nic totally got robbed.
Rodelle Macalipis
February 15, 2020 at 5:41 pm
Look how graceful of a dunker jordan he is even in a simple dunk it seems when you put it in slow mo it’s just beautiful to watch
Gabriel Chavarria
February 15, 2020 at 5:46 pm
Dominique should have won.
Garry Foulkes
February 15, 2020 at 5:54 pm
So it came down to the final 3 dunks. First I would give to MJ 47 to 45. Second attempt I would give Wilkins 50 to 47 and their attempt to MJ 50 to 47.
Dwayne Malcolm
February 15, 2020 at 6:16 pm
I think that next year’s slam dunk should have Zion Williamson and LeBron James. So the junk that I think that should be done should consists of both of them One takes off. And then the other one jumps it. But before you see it, the light comes off so LeBron takes off and in midair Zion Williamson finishes the dunk And the lights come back on.
Erinch
February 15, 2020 at 6:21 pm
88′ The Year of the Dragon! The Year West Germany hosted the UEFA Euro National football tournament, which the Netherlands won by defeating the Germans! The Year George H. W. Bush won the election! The year wherein the movie “Coming To America” got released! The Year The Los Angeles Dodgers won 4 games to 1 against the Oakland Athletics to win the World Series! The Year the first transatlantic telephone cable to use optical fibers, was completed! The Year the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber was introduced. The Year the Summer Olympics were held in South Korea, Seoul! The Year the Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA Finals! The Year Michael Jeffrey Jordan won the Dunk Contest! The Greatest Year of All Time. The Year I was born in!
renewer
February 15, 2020 at 6:27 pm
NBA, faking it since ’88.
Glendevon Mobay
February 15, 2020 at 6:28 pm
Who’s that Trevor Ariza look alike dude
Johnathan Clegg
February 15, 2020 at 9:22 pm
Ron Harper
Xiu Guo
February 15, 2020 at 9:31 pm
U asking abt Ron Harper?
Sam Treharne
February 15, 2020 at 7:01 pm
So let me get this straight, Jordan got a 50 for a free throw line dunk, Clyde does a free throw line dunk after Jordan and gets a 45. Then Jordan misses and then repeats a free throw line dunk and gets another 50?
Dominique was Robbed!
Sam Treharne
February 15, 2020 at 8:40 pm
@Tovey Chow I know it well enough to know that you don’t repeat a dunk you’ve already made in a dunk contest. Do you know basketball?
Leoni Days
February 15, 2020 at 8:49 pm
I never knew he repeated it so that’s lame but to be fair, MJ has some real flair. I’ve never seen any other player do a better free throw dunk than MJ. Everyone else usually step way inside the line or stretch out the entire time to barely reach the rim. MJ glides, lifts his legs back, pulls the ball back before finally extending and dunking. It just harder and visually better.
Michael L
February 15, 2020 at 9:18 pm
Dominique being robbed is definitely a valid discussion… but don’t try and compare MJ’s and Drexler’s free throw line dunks and pretend they were the same or should’ve gotten the same score – that’s absurd. Drexler’s had no flair or artistry at all – it looked boring. Jordan had grace and flair in the air – cocked the ball back by his head, kicked his legs. It looked completely different, and a million times better than Drexler’s.
AQUA VIII
February 15, 2020 at 9:31 pm
Plus they were in Chiraq
Sam Treharne
February 15, 2020 at 9:37 pm
@Michael L My point was more that Jordan repeated the dunk and still got a 50 but I see your point
Morlich209
February 15, 2020 at 7:10 pm
two handed windmill, head at the rim is pretty rare even nowadays
Seven Tsai
February 15, 2020 at 7:16 pm
太經典了！
Lorenz Meyer
February 15, 2020 at 8:13 pm
dominique was robbed cause the judges were scared they will get stabbed……. old times, i was 5 years old, only saw it on tele in germany 1 time and was stunned……we had a basketball basket at the back of our house on correct height, and i was stunned from both…..
Michael Roxas
February 15, 2020 at 9:17 pm
A time when a superstar/franchise players is not a diva.
Michael L
February 15, 2020 at 9:37 pm
Honest question – I just watched another video of this dunk contest 10 minutes ago – rewind by SB Nation – and neither that video nor this one shows arguably Jordan’s best dunk from this contest: (@ 2:15). Legitimate question – does anyone have any clues as to why this dunk is never shown in ANY videos about this dunk contest?
Even videos that do a complete walk through of the contest, showing basically every single dunk by MJ and Dominique – they show every dunk EXCEPT this one. Every. Single. Time. To the point I think I’m losing my mind and it wasn’t actually in the 88 dunk contest. But it was. It’s so bizarre that it’s left out of every single video that I feel like it has to mean something. It was his best dunk, so you’d think it would be included in every single video. The fact that it’s included in 0% of them – literally 0% of them – sticks out like a sore thumb. It’s incomprehensible.
Casey Fuller
February 15, 2020 at 9:40 pm
Dominique’s power!
KC Batista
February 15, 2020 at 9:41 pm
If this was done anywhere other than Chicago, Nique would have won.