fact will jump over him to slam home his first dunk of the con- test, and that he did to open a rather lackluster evening of per- formance in the much anticipated event.
The evening however was preceded by the Point Guard skills challenge which was won by Frenchman Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs, and then the three point’s shooting contest that saw Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves dethrone James Jones of the Miami Heat.
The culminating event for the All-Star weekend is the All-Star Game itself which started out with much fanfare in the intro- duction of the players from each conference and that was punctuated with a performance by Nicki Minaj and the National Anthems of both Canada and the USA sang by Mary J Blige, the award winning R&B superstar, for the USA’s version.