All-Star New Orleans. The night of the competitions

Saturday was the day of competitions of All-Star in the NBA. The triple and math contest was simply spectacular.

Utah's starting point guard, Deron Williams, Dwayne Wade dethroned in the skills competition, the PlayStation Skills Challenge, to achieve gain victory.

Jason Kidd and Dwayne Wade could not reach the final, played between Deron Williams and Chris Paul. Deron Williams won the tour the circuit in 25.5 seconds.

And after the performances, the Hair Shootout (which won San Antonio), we reach the crème de la crème of the night's contests: the contest of triples and math.

Steve Nash, Daniel Gibson, Dirk Nowtizki (replacing the injured Kobe Bryant), Richard Hamilton, Peja Stojakovic twice winner and the defending champion Jason Kapono measured forces in the event of shooters.

The first round eliminations ended with Steve Nash (with its impoverished 9-point total was a disappointment in this contest), Richard Hamilton (the least skilled of the triple jumper who attended the meeting) and Peja Stojakovic who stayed on 15 points, of a possible 30.

In the end Daniel Gibson went with 17, Dirk Nowitzki with 17 and Jason Kapono 20.

After a brief rest, Dirk Nowitzki made the second round with 14 points and Daniel Gibson had 17. But Jason Kapono all mouths shut and got a deserved ovation when he finished his chariots ... 25 points! Tied the best mark in this contest Craig Hodges in 1991, and revalidating your title.

And we got to the end of the night. The expected slam dunk contest, with the coveted Dwight Howard and Gerald Green, began. First the young man would pump ring Jamario Moon of the Toronto Raptors. Jamario Moon proved to be a real Globbetrotter, which could not continue Rudy Gay (46 points for one and 37 for other).

And then the surprises began. Gerald Green was a ladder and climbed into the ring a cake with a candle. He jumped and had time to blow out the candle before crushing. He earned 46 points.

Dwight Howard, who is a beast, was not far behind and ripped the rim with a dunk that earned him the score of 50, the highest in the tournament. Shortly after the mate would most original of the night. He donned a Superman cape and from a little closer to the foul line jumped out, grabbed the ball passed him a companion, and "crushed".

It was the most spectacular. He received 50 points. But he made a dunk. There were many complaints about it (Jamario Moon among others), and that Dwight Howard did not touch the hoop with his hands, and according to contest rules will be touched to be dull. In fact some years ago a player received a score because impoverished hit the rim, the ball was thrown and finally entered, making it dull.

Gerald Green and Dwight Howard would reach a final in which the public will vote who would win (if had participated were wearing street contest. There is little fairness in this vote). Finally, despite the fact that Gerald Green was best dunks in the final round, Dwight Howard won thanks to the mates of the preliminary round.

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