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Mac McClung rules 2025 NBA Slam Dunk Contest, win first-ever three-peat

Mac McClung has won three
consecutive dunk contest titles after ruling the 2025 NBA Slam Dunk
Contest Saturday night at the Chase Center in San Francisco for the
2025 NBA All-Star Weekend.
The 6-foot-2 Orlando/Osceola
Magic guard scored 50 on all of his 4 dunks in the contest,
dominating the competition that included San Antonio Spurs guard
Stephon Castle, Milwaukee Bucks forward Andre Jackson Jr., and
Chicago Bulls forward Matas Buzelis.
This is McClung’s third straight
win in the annual event, previously winning the event in 2023 while
still with the Philadelphia 76ers and last year in 2024 was his
first with the Orlando/Osceola Magic franchise.
“I’m just really grateful right
now,” McClung shared in the post-event interview with TNT’s Allie
LaForce.
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FULL RECAP OF THE 2025 NBA SLAM DUNK
CONTEST
The full scores for the
first round were as follows (in order of the dunks
taken):
Stephon Castle, San Antonio
Spurs 1st dunk (360 windmill) – 47.2 points
Matas Buzelis, Chicago Bulls
1st dunk (failed attempt) – 40.0 points
Andre Jackson Jr., Milwaukee
Bucks 1st dunk (double clutch in mid air, 3rd attempt) – 43.8
points
Mac McClung, G League Osceola Magic 1st dunk
(reverse dunk while jumping over a car with a guy holding up the
ball on the car’s ceiling roof) – 50 points
Second round
Matas Buzelis, Chicago Bulls
2nd dunk (reverse windmill from the side of the backboard) – 47.4
points
Andre Jackson Jr., Milwaukee
Bucks 2nd dunk (one handed windmill, 3rd attempt) – 45
points
Stephon Castle, San Antonio
Spurs 2nd dunk (off the backboard pass, reverse windmill) – 47.4
points
Mac McClung, G League Osceola Magic 2nd dunk
(reverse 360 windmill jumping over a guy) – 50
points
Final round
Stephon Castle, San Antonio
Spurs 1st dunk (under the rim, catching the ball from a made basket
to a between the legs reverse) – 49.6 points
Mac McClung, G League Osceola Magic 1st dunk
(windmill while jumping over a guy to catching another ball to dunk
for a double dunk) – 50 points
Stephon Castle, San Antonio
Spurs 2nd dunk (360, behind the back using his off hand) – 50
points
Mac McClung, G League Osceola Magic 2nd dunk
(jumping over 7-foot Evan Mobley + 2-3 inches of padding for a
double pump dunk; second pump touched the rim first before dunking
it) – 50 points
Source: https://www.basketballnews.com/
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