Donovan Mitchell won the slam dunk contest, but the Cleveland Cavaliers backup forward, Larry Nance Jr, came in second and had arguably the best dunk of the night.
A TNT analyst, following Mitchell’s phenomenal final dunk, called Larry Nance Jr.’s pass off the backboard to himself “the best dunk of the night.” It wasn’t just the analyst that believe that though. HoopsHype’s Alex Kennedy and many others voiced their opinion of Nance’s dunk on Twitter.
This double-tap dunk from Larry Nance Jr. was the best dunk of the night: pic.twitter.com/iq8W4t02kq
— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) February 18, 2018
Not only did most think it was the best dunk of the night, teammate Jordan Clarkson, who was traded with Larry Nance to Cleveland, showed his love for the dunk on Instagram.