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NBA Slam Dunk Contest 2014: Twitter Reacts to John Wall's Victory and New ...

The fans votedJohn Wall of the Washington Wizards as the best dunker of the night, while the Eastern Conference thoroughly dominated the Western Conference during the NBA Slam Dunk Contest team competition. Wall ended a lackluster event with the best dunk of the night, drawing praise from judges Magic Johnson, Dominique Wilkins and Julius Erving, via TheWashington Post's Michael Lee: This year's contest came with a new set of rules, which invoked plenty of responses such as these from Sportsnet's Holly MacKenzie and TheNew York Times' Scott Cacciola: Tracy McGrady didn't seem too impressed with the showing: Let's attempt to explain. First up was the freestyle round, where the three East dunkers and three West dunkers each got 90 seconds to produce as many throwdowns as possible. In short, it was met with a mixed reaction. On the one hand, there were innovative combinations such as this one: Others, such as Basketball Insider's Alex Kennedy, weren...