Derrick Jones Jr. claimed the Slam Dunk Contest title, out-dueling Aaron Gordon in a thrilling double-tiebreaker dunk-off. Jones’ final slam received a score of 48 to barely beat out Gordon’s ...

With nearly 6.5 million viewers tuned in to an epic dunk-off between Aaron Gordon and Derrick Jones Jr., the 2020 slam dunk contest helped launch each player not only to new heights on the ...

CHICAGO — All-Star Saturday’s main event lived up to the awfully high standards it faced this year. In what will go down as one of the best Dunk Contests of all time, Miami Heat forward ...

Most of Derrick Jones Jr.’s dunks have something in common ... Jones Jr. said his favorite dunk ever was Carter’s famous dunk in the 2000 Olympics when he jumped clear over Frederic Weis ...

Fans both at home and at the United Center may not have been happy about it, but Miami Heat forward Derrick Jones Jr ... final dunk of the night, which was a nod to Michael Jordan’s famous ...

Suns rookie Derrick Jones Jr. is about to dunk on the world stage, one of four in Saturday's Verizon Dunk Contest, and one thing he'll have is the element of surprise. "Honestly, I have no idea ...

When Heat forward Derrick Jones. Jr. goes up for a dunk, it’s usually special. But the alley-oop Jones completed with 2:52 to play in Sunday’s 125-104 loss to the Raptors was on another level.

Derrick Jones Jr. deserves a bit of leeway when it comes to dunks. He's a Slam Dunk Contest ... come with a high degree of difficulty. In the famous words of Michael Scott (via Wayne Gretzky ...

Dallas Mavericks forward Derrick Jones Jr. threw down a vicious first-half slam dunk during Tuesday's Game 1 second-round playoff showdown against the OKC Thunder. With the Mavericks trailing 56 ...

CHICAGO -- Miami Heat forward Derrick Jones Jr. outlasted Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon in a memorable slam dunk contest on Saturday that required two tiebreaker jams. But the final result ...

CHICAGO -- Miami Heat forward Derrick Jones Jr. outlasted Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon in a memorable slam dunk contest on Saturday that required two tiebreaker jams. But the final result ...