All-Star Weekend 2007: Green and Kapono won the contests
Gerald Green, the Celtic's forward, won the Slam Dunk Contest with a final dunk jumping over a table and performing a windmill. He started the contest with a two-handed dunk after an alley-oop pass off the side of the backboard by Paul Pierce. Then, he jumped over the finalist, Nate Robinson, shielding his eyes with his elbow, like Dee Brown did in 1991.
In the final there was Nate Robinson, but he couldn't compete with Green, because he needed 9 attempts to perform a one-handed spin move. The most original dunk of the night was done by Dwight Howard. He catched a high bounce pass from Jameer Nelson, and then he reached nearly the top of the backboard to slap a sticker. According the Nelson, it was high 12 feet and 6 inches.
In the Three-Point Shootout, Jason Kapono defeated Gilbert Arenas and Dirk Nowitzki in an incredible final round, where he scored 24 out of 30 points. In the final round Nowitzki scored only 9 points, and Arenas 17.The winner of the Shooting Stars competition was Detroit's team of Chauncey Billups, Bill Laimbeer and Swin Cash. They won because Chicago was disquafilied for shooting out of order. They though that a shot was in, but it wasn't.
Finally, Dwyane Wade defended his crown in the Skills Challenge with an amazing final run in only 26.4 second. He defeated Kobe Bryant in the final.

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