McClung, Lillard repeat as All-Star dunk, 3-point champions - ESPN

INDIANAPOLIS — Mac McClung became the fifth player in NBA history to win back-to-back dunk contests when he ended All-Star Saturday night with a contest-clinching 50-point dunk over Shaquille O'Neal.

McClung, who became a viral sensation in high school for his high-flying dunks, broke out his high school jersey when he won the contest a year ago. This time, he brought out a much larger jersey and handed it to O'Neal, who donned the jersey and held the ball above his head for McClung's fourth and final dunk.

The 6-foot-2 McClung cleared O'Neal and finished with a reverse slam for the only 50-point dunk of the night to defeat Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics in the finals.

Brown became the first player to compete in the dunk contest in his All-Star season since Victor Oladipo did it back in 2018. The last player to win the dunk contest in his All-Star season was John Wall in 2014.

McClung joins Zach LaVine (2015-16), Nate Robinson (2009-10), Jason Richardson (2002-03) and Michael Jordan (1987-88) as the only back-to-back dunk contest champions.

Brown made the final with a callback to dunk contest judge Dominique Wilkins with his first slam and then sealed the deal by jumping over YouTuber and social media sensation Kai Cenat with an assist from his teammate Jayson Tatum on the toss.

Of the seven multitime winners in NBA dunk contest history, Mac McClung had played 124 fewer games than any of them at the time of his second win:

With his first dunk in the final, McClung jumped over two people — one sitting on the other's shoulders — for a 48.8 score from the panel, just higher than Brown's 48.6. Brown donned a Brewster Academy (New Hampshire) jersey honoring Terrence Clarke, a Boston native who played a season at Kentucky