USH CSKA will host Gatorade Slam Dunk Contest on Friday, March 19, just after the third place game of Russian Cup Final Four. The participants are the best dunkers from every Fianl Four team plus special guest – the only NBA Slam Dunk Contest winner playing in our country.
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The Final Fur teams delegated the participants to the contest.
The contest will feature:
Gerald Green (Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar), F, 203 cm
2005 McDonald's All-American Slam Dunk Contest Champion, 2007 NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion, 2008 NBA Slam Dunk Contest runner-up
Viatcheslav Zaitsev (BC Khimki), G, 191 cm
Pops Mensah-Bonsu (CSKA Moscow), F, 206 cm
2008 ACB Slam Dunk Contest runner-up
Igor Tkachenko (UNICS Kazan), F, 204 cm
The winner of numerous streetbasket slam dunk contests, 2007 International Slam Dunk Contest in Venice runner-up
James ‘Flight 75’ White (Spartak St. Petersburg), G/F, 201 cm
2001 McDonald's High School Slam Dunk Contest runner-up, 2006 NCAA College Slam Dunk Contest runner-up
The players will make two dunks each. They have 60 seconds to perform on each dunk. The referees show their marks (max 10). Two best players go to the final round where they make two more dunks. If the score is even, they perform the third shot.
Final Four schedule
March 18, semifinals
- 18:00 - UNICS – Khimki
- 20:00 – Opening Ceremony
- 20:30 - CSKA – Spartak
March 19
- 18:00 - third place game
- 19:30 - Gatorade Slam Dunk Contest
- 20:30 – final
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