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Brent Barry wins dunk title, dazzling crowd with foul line dunk in All-Star Saturday
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Brent Barry, one of four basketball-playing sons of Hall of Famer Rick Barry, put on a sizzling show on All-Star Saturday, winning the slam dunk competition with a soaring performance that was more reminiscent of Dr. J than his earth-bound father.
Barry, a rookie guard for the Los Angeles Clippers, won the slam dunk competition with a dunk that Julius Erving originated in the first such contest at the 1976 ABA All-Star game.
From a running start, Barry jumped from the foul line, bounding through the air to a straight-on dunk.
It drew 49 out of a possible 50 points from a panel of judges that included Erving.
"I think Julius was the one who stiffed me," Barry said.
Yesterday's all-star roster may have been top-heavy with 30-something players in the twilight of their careers, but Saturday belonged to the NBA's next generation.
Besides Barry's victory in the slam dunk contest, the Schick Rookde Game ended on a thrilling note when officials disallowed an almost-buzzer-beating three-pointer by Golden State's Joe Smith, giving the Eastern Conference team a 94-92 victory.
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In between, the three-point shooting contest was won by Washington's Tim Legler, a player who has
The 17-year-old Floridian had a chance to win $1 million from Foot Locker by sinking the long shot, but it fell short. As a consolation prize, Houston received $10,000.
Teen-age Demetrius Houston missed the biggest three-point shot of the night.
Barry, who also made a couple of dazzling plays in the rookie game, capped off the evening in exciting fashion, impressing even Ewing.
"I'm glad I went through it and just got it out of the way," Houston said. "I was nervous a little.
spent time in just about every professional league.
But when I stepped on the court, I blocked everything out of my mind."
"I thought his dunk was awesome," Erving said. "It shows you what 22-year-old legs can do."
Barry, actually 24. is a 6-feet-6
In the finals, Barry didn't know what to do for his final dunk, but Clyde Drexler and Grant Hill urged him to fly again.
As Barry walked beyond the half court line, the crowd began cheering, and he beckoned for more.
standing ovation from what he called the $1,000-suit section, the group of well-dressed all-stars sitting on the sidelines.
Is he the best dunker in his family that includes Drew, a senior at Georgia Tech and Golden State's Jon?
"It certainly wasn't mv father.
bean pole, nicknamed Bones. Erving was 26 when he did the dunk in 1976 and 34 when he did it again in the inaugural NBA dunk contest in 1984. Michael Jordan did the same dunk to win in 1987.
"What Brent did was the kind of dunk you don't see in every contest," said finalist Michael Finley of Phoenix.
"I've never tried it, but I think I could do it."
Michael Finley
Phoenix Suns forward
Barry unveiled his free-throw dunk in the first round, getting screams from the crowd and a
Before the dunking contest, Barry scored eight points, had five steals and dished out four assists in the rookie game.
His boss, Raptors president Isiah Thomas, soon changed Stoudamire's mind.
c'mon," he said. "Everybody can throw it down a little." Barry acknowledged that his performance disproved certain ethnic myths about leaping ability. "I was going to wear a shirt that said, 'White Men Can,' but I didn't want to burst anyone's bubble."
"I got down here, the adrenaline started flowing and Isiah started calling my room," he said.
"I think the biggest thing about it is it put a cap on a great first half of the season."
Since Smith's shot didn't count, Toronto's tiny Damon Stoudamire was the star of the rookie game, winning the MVP award.
He had 19 points on 8-of-16 shooting, 11 assists, four steals and two turnovers.
Stoudamire, who scored five of the East's final nine points, leads the expansion Raptors in points and assists and has played more minutes than any other rookde. This game was no different.
said.
"He was hogging it," Barry said. "Point guards love all-star games because they've got the ball all the time."
The game featured both a 19-year-old rookie, Minnesota's Kevin Garnett and a 31-year-old rookie, Portland's Arrydas Sabonius.
Stoudamire was bothered by a sore shoulder and thought about skipping the game.
"I find it funny that Schick sponsors this game, and Kevin can't even shave," Barry said.
Legler, who has played for six NBA teams, set a blistering pace in the AT&T three-point contest that no one could match.
Legler also has played for Phoenix, Denver, Utah, Dallas and Golden State.
He scored 23 points in the first round, continued with 22 points and posted 20 in a final shootout with Dennis Scott of the Orlando Magic.
Legler won $20,000 for his victory,
and Scott won $10,000 with rounds of
19, 19 and 14.
Charlotte's Glen Rice, the defending champion, didn't pass the first round.
"This makes up for a lot of things that have happened to me," he said. "Several teams in the NBA just gave up on me without giving me a chance."
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