O... M... G...

This... was the best showing at a dunk contest in the history of dunk contests. Dwight Howard, was ROBBED last year by the judges, and its a shame because afterward, there was a YouTube video that surfaced with him doing some of the most amazing dunks you have ever seen, like the "kiss the rim" dunk where he not only makes the kissing motion, but he kisses it! Then another one where he hits his head on the rim! So this year I was so happy to see he was going to get redemption. It was a good contest, and Gerald Green had a good first dunk, where he blew out a candle utop the rim mid dunk that he called the "birthday cake jam" or something like that. Dwights first dunk however was just insane. He started from behind the backboard, and jammed it while his head was looking through the backside of the backboard! CRAZY. So then dunk #2 I saw Dwight put some tape down, about a foot ahead of the free throw line. I was actually thinking it might not be enough to get him into the second round because what could he possibly do from that distance that would top the birthday cake dunk? And to make matters worse, this was Dwights dunk where he had to use a teammate's assistance, so I was saying, this isn't any of the YouTube amazing dunks, and from that distance he cant do much in terms of flash and creativity. SO at this point the anxiety and drama and anticipation is through the roof, like what is he going to do. Then his teammate brings out this red thing, sheet. I said whats he going to do, whats wrapped up in that??? SO then his teammate unravels is and its a Superman cape. The crowd at this point is laughing and into it. THEN Dwight starts rustling his jersey, and at this point everyone assumes that he has something underneath, but it doesn't sink in until he rips his jersey off to reveal the cut off giant S on his chest. As soon as its officially unleashed, the crowd goes NUTS... it was fantastic! Everyone in the arena jumped out of their seats basically going "YEAHHH BOYYY" and Dikembe Mutumbo was lovin every moment, which made everything even better! So now I am pumped because now just wearing a cape and superman costume is good enough to get into the second round, so all he had to do was connect. The drum roll was on, and he backs up.... starts his take off, and Jameer Nelson, his teammate bounces the ball for the ally-oop... The camera is behind Dwight traveling with him... and he takes off... LITERALLY, he goes OFF THE SCREEN... with one of the most THUNDEROUS DUNKS EVER... you know what, it IS THE MOST THUNDEROUS DUNK EVER. The crowd had lost it, I lost it, my fiance lost it... it was one of those fantastic rare moments where you had to just hold yourself and the people behind you back, because what you were seeing was DANGEROUS! The reactions were classic... The look on Magic Johnson's(one of the judges) face could be described as a mixture of 2 different things : that was the SICKEST dunk I have ever seen, and disgust. Like how could a man have the audacity to do such a stupendous thing! Dominique Wilkens, arguably the best dunker ever, threw his score cards down on the table in equal disgust. How dare Dwight do such a good dunk. When they started showing different angles, you see that Dwights head was EASILY above the rim, and it LITERALLY looked like he was flying! You hear people say dunkers look like they are flying, like MJ for example, but never has it literally been true. He was so high that he threw the ball through the hoop! For any other dunk, ever, I would have said that was no good, it wasn't a dunk... he missed it... BUT this was a once in a life time chance. It looked like superman when he is throwing an asteroid! THATS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE!

It was the best dunk ... it cant be topped... and it was a once in a life time experience. If he would have not threw it though and missed it on the first attempted, it wouldn't have worked out. But it did, it was history, and it was amazing. Watching it live is the only way to have watched it, because watching the recap doesn't bring back all the emotions of drama and anticipation that we were treated to last night. I will remember it forever and it was fantastic in every way.

As the NBA says, "I love this game."