The NBA Dunk Contest at the 2014 All-Star game is online to watch from New Orleans on the TNT channel and streaming Saturday night with Paul George, defending champion Terrence Ross, Damian Lillard, John Wall and Harrison Barnes along with Ben McLeMore for the competition in NO.
The field for the dunk contest has three All-Stars in it for the first time in years and Paul George leads the way with John Wall and Damian Lillard and the Blazers star is the iron man of the weekend in New Orleans, as he is participating in all three skills events and he is also playing in the All-Star game on Sunday between the east and west conferences and that came after his participation on Friday in the rising stars game.
Lillard won the skills competition last year and Ross took the slam dunk title and he will be looking to repeat after his great performance last season and he has already shown with the Raptors last month with his dunk on Kenneth Faried that he is one of the best in the game. The New Orleans Arena will be the host of the festivities and George is considered one of the favorites along with Lillard and Ross for the event on Saturday night before the All-Star game.
Lillard is the first player ever to participate in all three events at the competition and the three all-stars in the dunk contest comes as the first time that happened since Michael Jordan won the event and that was against his dunk rival Dominique Wilkins and Clyde Drexler and now the three in Wall, Lillard and George are in it. George is one of the All-Star starters and he is having a great season for the Pacers, while Lillard has shown that he is one of the best young point guards while leading the Blazers to the top part of the west.
Portland is looking like a playoff team with Lillard and George has led his team to the top part of the east and they are looking like the only team that can beat Miami in the east. The Pacers are first in the eastern conference over the Miami Heat and they are looking to get home court advantage and that was the main difference in their seven game series last season with LeBron James and company. The future of the league has been on display this weekend and Lillard has been at the forefront and now the Blazers star has the chance to make even more history if he wins any title on Saturday night.
Check here for the TNT stream from the NBA All-Star Game dunk contest in New Orleans.
