The 1988 Slam Dunk Contest is widely remembered for the showdown between Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins. Decades later, as Jordan takes home the trophy, fans are still debating who should have won the dazzling dunk performance. For Wilkins, he thought he should have won that game.
As both Wilkins and Jordan have gone through different lives since retirement, Human Highlights Video shared with Sportskeeda’s Mark Medina that they don’t talk about the dunk contest, preferring to respect each other.
This time, Jordan tried to talk about it, but Wilkins quickly dismissed it.
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Both basketball stars were part of the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team, and since they’re now in their 60s, they don’t really attach much importance to what happened in 1988.
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It’s been 35 years since Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins’ historic dunk contest showdown in 1988, and fans are still trying to look back at how the two players attempted to use the One’s own creativity prevails over the other’s.
The lifelong debate over who should have won that game no longer bothers Wilkins, but surprisingly the issue is still debated decades later.
Both players are two-time NBA Slam Dunk Contest champions. Michael Jordan won the trophy in 1987 and 1988, while Dominique Wilkins won it in 1985 and 1990.