Here are the highlights from Saturday night's duels of dunks between Timberwolves guard Zach LaVine and Orlando's Aaron Gordon, which went into 'overtime' before LaVine won the title for the second straight year.
LaVine won the trophy, but Gordon put on the more spectacular show.
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