Mac McClung pulls off 1st NBA dunk contest three-peat

Mac McClung pulled off four perfect dunks for an unprecedented NBA dunk contest three-peat.

The G League star and dunk maven put on a remarkable show at NBA All-Star Saturday night by recording perfect scores of 50 on all four of his jaw-dropping, creative dunks to become the first player to win three straight dunk contests.

Nate Robinson is the only other player to win the dunk contest three times, taking it in 2006 and then repeating in 2009-10.

McClung needed to be nearly perfect to top San Antonio's Stephon Castle in the final round after Castle followed up a 49.6 with his first dunk with a 50 on his second when he went behind his back to switch from his right hand to left before the slam.

But McClung was up to the task and now has as many dunk contest wins in his career as he does dunks in NBA games, according to Sportradar, as he has only played five games in the NBA.

For his final dunk, McClung stationed 6-foot-11 Evan Mobley on a platform in front of the basket. With Mobley holding the ball behind his head, the 6-2 McClung jumped over him, tapped the rim with the ball before slamming it home to the delight of the crowd and judges.

3-point contest

Miami's Tyler Herro edged out Golden State's Buddy Hield to win the 3-point contest at the NBA's All-Star Saturday night.

Damian Lillard missed a chance to join Larry Bird and Craig Hodges as the only players to three-peat as 3-point champions with his score of 18 falling one point short of Herro for the final spot in the three-person final.

"Just happy, enjoying the moment, happy to be here," Herro said. "I was definitely nervous going into the first round. But I thought I shot it pretty well in the second round, and then Buddy had the chance to tie it at the end. Obviously a great competition, a bunch of great shooters. Like I said, just happy to be here."

Skills Challenge

Cleveland duo Evan Mobley and Donovan Mitchell teamed up to knock off hometown heroes Moses Moody and Green to win the NBA's Skills Challenge crown.

Moody made it through the first round easily for the Golden State's duo but Green missed all three chest passes and struggled to make his shots. He could not even make it to the final two stations before time ran out to match the time set by Cleveland.

The final game saw San Antonio's duo of Victor Wembanyama and Chris Paul disqualified for trying to cheat the rules in the obstacle course that features players speeding through stations with various passing and shooting drills.

Wembanyama and Paul went first in the opening round and were loudly booed for not even trying to make real attempts on their shots, just tossing the balls off the racks. They were ultimately disqualified.

"We tried something that we thought could win," Paul said. "To see if we had the best time, so ... it was fun."