Portland’s Anfernee Simons brought innovation to the All-Star slam dunk contest. Indiana’s Cassius Stanley displayed acrobatics with his 46-inch vertical. New York’s Obi Toppin showed force ...

This year’s slam dunk contest will soon be forgotten ... Team LeBron dominates an NBA All-Star Game that feels incomplete Even so, Anfernee Simons, Obi Toppin and Cassius Stanley stepped ...

Anfernee Simons won the 2021 Slam Dunk Contest in a showdown against Obi Toppin in the final round. Simons utilized his crazy bounce and long arms to pull off some creative dunks, and his final ...

Anfernee Simons never touched lips to rim ... he knew he had little chance of sealing the dunk contest with a kiss. “I’m just going to emphasize the smooch face,” Simons said he told himself. That was ...

Second-year guard becomes first Trail Blazer to win, nearly kissing the rim on his title-clinching dunk. Anfernee Simons earned victory in the 2021 AT&T Slam Dunk, the first Blazer to win the contest.

Portland’s Anfernee Simons sealed his final, winning dunk with a kiss. Well, almost. Simons showed off his leaping ability and creativity to beat New York’s Obi Toppin and Indiana’s Cassius ...

Although the Blazers were down double digits to the Wolves, his dunk got the bench off their feet and brought some energy to the game. Anfernee Simons got downhill, saw Rudy Gobert, turned on the ...

He followed up seconds later with an alleyoop dunk. Sean Highkin: Damian Lillard on Anfernee Simons’ third quarter: “Explosive. And fun. I was looking around at the crowd like, ‘Man ...

As Anfernee ... twice banging into Simons’ chest. Simons held firm. He faked left, dribbled right, and still no concession or opening from Simons. “It would have been a dunk or layup a year ...