Over the past two years, Timberwolves guard Zach LaVine has had — quite possibly hands down — the best two Slam Dunk Contest performances since Vince Carter‘s dominant showing back in 2000.
Prior to his recent ACL tear, LaVine was already not going to defend his title and shoot for the first three-peat in the history of the contest. It was in part due to a nagging hip injury, but also simply because it’s hard to keep winning that competition.
In honor of just how insane the past two years were on All-Star Saturday Night (and with Karl-Anthony Towns dominance in last year’s Skills Competition, especially 2016), let’s take a look back.