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Wilki ns slams his wav to dunk crownINDIANAPOLIS lt;AP) — Dominique Wilkins of the Atlanta Hawks got perfect scores on two dunks in the final round to defeat rookie Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls 147-136 Saturday in the National Basketball Association Slam-Dunk contest.Wilkins, who won $12,000, received perfect scores of “10” from each of the five judges on his last two dunks On the first, he bounced the ball off the floor before slamming it through On the second, he tried a two-hand “around-the-world dunk from the hip.Wilkins, who finished third in the slam-dunk contest last year, was given 47 points on his first attempt in the final round, a back reverse dunk with a baseline approach.Jordan, the spectacular first-year NBA star, got 43. 44 and 49 points in his final round of dunks He had a leap from the free-throw line in the semifinals for a perfect score that helped him reach the final.Jordan had 142 points in the semifinals to 140 for Wilkins to give them berths in the finals. The semifinals had five players instead of four because of a computer glitch in the judgingDefending champion Larry Nance of Phoenix finished with 131 points in the semifinals to finish fifth and 1984 runner-up Julius Ervmg was fourth with 132.Terence Stansbury of the Indiana Pacers, a late replacement in the contest for Charles Barkley, led Wilkins and Jordan going into the final dunk of the semifinals But he was passed by both players when he was too tentative on his last dunk and received only 39 points for a total of 136 and third place overall.In the first round. Stansbury got the first of four perfect scores in the competition w hen he bounced the ball off the floor, did a 360-degree pivot and made the dunk.After the first round, in w hich the top two finishers were supposed to advance to the semifinals, Wilkins had 145 points and Jordan and Stansbury 130 each. Nanceand Ervingreachedthesemifmalsautomatically.Jordan and Stansbury had a dunk-off to determine the fourth semifinalist Jordan was awarded 40 points, and Stansbury seemingly earned a berth with 46 points.But a recheck of the judges' voting revealed that Jordanshould have gotten 49pointsforhisdunk-off attempt Since Stansbury had thought he only had to beat a score of 40. he also was given a semifinalsspot.Stansbury won $5,000 for third place and Erving and Nance $2,000 for fourth and fifth. First-round competitors Clyde Drexler of Portland. Darrell Griffith of Utah and Orlando Woolridgeof Chicagowon $1,000 each.
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Nashua, New Hampshire, US
Mon, Feb 11, 1985
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