McClung, Herro and Cleveland Cavaliers, winners of the NBA All-Star contests

Saturday’s day at the NBA All-Star Weekend of San Francisco was again attractive due to the diversity of events and the talent demonstrated by the players. Mac McClung won the Volinated Contest for the third consecutive year, Tyler Herro cut the Damian Lillard titles streak in triples and Cleveland Cavaliers, represented by Evan Mobley and Donovan Mitchell, won in a team skill race marked by disqualification to Chris Paul and Victor Wembanyama.

McClung, unbeatable in the volley contest

Mac McClung made history by becoming the first player who conquers three times in a row, the NBA All-Star Volinated Contest.

The Osceola Magic player (dependent on Orlando Magic), of the G League, once again shook his ingenuity, creativity and power in a contest come less in recent years but who, without the stars and the brightness of another era, to the Less took refuge in the spectacularity of this little genius of only 1.88 tall.

“Maybe this is my last time, but we’ll see. If you love me really, I will think about it,” he said with a McClung smile after receiving the trophy at the San Francisco Chase Center.

McClung did not leave space to the surprise, despite the remarkable performance of Stephon Castle (San Antonio Spurs), and ended with a perfect 50 in the four overtions he executed.

In the first one he took out a car and placed it under the hoop as Blake Griffin (Los Angeles Clippers) in the 2011 contest. Being convertible, a partner stood with the ball emerging through the roof and there McClung picked it up, jumping over of the vehicle, to seal a fantastic dump on his back.

The result? A 50 start.

Stephon Castle claimed to fight for the title with two interesting overtions with which he added 95 points.

The problem for San Antonio Spurs is that McClung got another 50 and passed with 100 points to the final after jumping over a partner, giving the impression that he was going to bury her on his back and turn at the last moment to end head on.

In the final, Castle tried something original since a partner put a basket under the ring and Castle had to take the ball in the air, pass it under the legs and turn it over. He needed several attempts but finally succeeded for a fabulous 49.6.

The third McClung overturning was as difficult to make.

Under the ring a partner was placed with a ball and turning on himself with a ‘hoverboard’. Next to the basket, another partner got on a ladder with another ball. Everything made sense when McClung went to the hoop, grabbed the ‘Hoverboard’ ball and the other with his left hand to put both at the same time. Again, another 50.

Castle did not deserve to leave without a perfect score and reached 50 in his last challenge with a tremendous overturned by passing the ball from the back to hand while turning.

But McClung certified his triplet with a last dump, again spectacular, in which he jumped over Evan Mobley (Cleveland Cavaliers) and touched the ball with the hoop before burying it on the net.

Kevin Garnett, Baron Davis, Jason Richardson and Tracy Mcgrary were the four members of the jury while the fifth corresponded to the votes of the fans online.

In addition, a tribute to Vince Carter, whose memorable Volinated Contest in Oakland, just on the other side of the San Francisco Bay, 25 years old.

Herro left Lillard without a crown in the triples

As for the triple contest, Tyler Herro (Miami Heat) was proclaimed champion and left Damian Lillard (Milwaukee Bucks), which had won the last two editions.

Only two players got three titles in a row: Larry Bird (1986-1988) and Craig Hodges (1990-1992).

Buddy Hield (Golden State Warriors) and Darius Garland (Cleveland Cavaliers) were the other two finalists with Herro.

In the final, Herro hit 24 points first and Garland competed below but was not as fine as in the first round and ended with 19.

Finally, Hield, very supported by the public of the San Francisco Chase Center as a local representative in the contest, began very badly failing the first seven attempts and recovered until a great comeback was touching but could only end with 23 and Herro stayed with the victory.

Lillard, Jalen Brunson (New York Knicks), Cade Cunningham (Detroit Pistons), Cam Johnson (Brooklyn Nets) and Norman Powell (Los Angeles Clippers) had been eliminated in the first round.

Mitchell and Mobley, the best in skills

Finally, Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley (Cleveland Cavaliers) conquered a skill contest in which Victor Wembanyama and Chris Paul (San Antonio Spurs) tried to force the rules and ended up disqualified between boos of the public.

This contest consists of a circuit of passes and shots with four starting equipment.

Since the criteria to qualify for the final is the time, ‘Wemby’ and Paul did not make any effort to score their shots and simply threw the ball anywhere, regardless of whether it fell away from the hoop, to advance as quickly as possible.

However, ‘Wemby’ and Paul were disqualified following the rules for not having “attempts at valid shots.”

In recent years, NBA’s All-Star drags competitiveness problems and decreasing interest because, among other aspects, players do not often seem to take the event seriously.

The NBA tried to revitalize the All-Star in many ways with limited success. For example, this year Sunday’s game will be an ‘Final Four’ style tournament.

For all that, it was especially harmful to the image of the All-Star and demoralizing for the NBA that ‘Wemby’ and Paul, the first couple to compete in the skill career, will try to dodge the rules perverting the spirit of the contest.

“They played to win (…), but they definitely cheated,” Mitchell summed up the contest with Mobley.

The finalists were Draymond Green and Moses Moody (Golden State Warriors), very applauded by followers as local San Francisco representatives, while the other team that fell in the first round was formed by Zaccharie Risacher (Atlanta Hawks) and Alex Sar (Washington Wizards).