{"id":271141,"date":"2025-02-16T00:11:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T00:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/16\/when-is-the-dunk-contest-2025-date-of-the-nba-event-hollywood-life\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:09:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:09:21","slug":"when-is-the-dunk-contest-2025-date-of-the-nba-event-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/16\/when-is-the-dunk-contest-2025-date-of-the-nba-event-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"When Is the Dunk Contest 2025? Date of the NBA Event \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-image\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--widescreen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2147891418_f3bdf3-e1739656570969.jpeg?resize=384%2C216\" class=\"attachment-hl-384x216-tc size-hl-384x216-tc wp-post-image\" alt=\"When Is the Dunk Contest 2025? Date of the NBA Event\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2147891418_f3bdf3-e1739656570969.jpeg?resize=384%2C216 384w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2147891418_f3bdf3-e1739656570969.jpeg?resize=768%2C432 768w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2147891418_f3bdf3-e1739656570969.jpeg?fit=1024%2C578&amp;resize=1536%2C864 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 670px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption id=\"lead-image-credit\">Image Credit: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- .entry-media --><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\">Now that <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/celebrities-super-bowl-2025-5367598\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">football season<\/a> is over, basketball is back in action, and the annual NBA Slam Dunk Contest is about to hit the court in San Francisco. As the title suggests, basketball players can show off their dunking skills in the contest. So, when is the 2025 Slam Dunk Contest, and how can sports fanatics watch it?<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">The competition was first introduced in 1976 during the ABA\u2019s All-Star game, but the event didn\u2019t last long due to the ABA and NBA merger. The NBA then created its own slam-dunking contest in 1984, and the tradition was born. The late <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/kobe-bryant\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>Kobe Bryant<\/strong> <\/a>became the youngest player in history to win the Slam Dunk Contest when he was 18 years old while playing for the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">Get all the details on the 2025 NBA Slam Dunk Contest, from when it takes place and how to watch it, below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The last time <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ATTSlamDunk?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\" rel=\"noopener\">#ATTSlamDunk<\/a> was in the Bay\u2026<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">Vinsanity happened.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">\ud83c\udf7f The full 2000 Slam Dunk Contest \ud83c\udf7f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/93SHF1MdVg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">pic.twitter.com\/93SHF1MdVg<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1889326233898401861?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\" rel=\"noopener\">February 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>What Is the NBA Slam Dunk Contest?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">Every year, the NBA holds the Slam Dunk Contest during its All-Star Weekend. The competition is two rounds. In the first round of the contest, players get two dunk attempts, and the two highest composite scores advance to the next round. Each finalist then completes two dunks over a 90-second round, or three attempts. The best score out of the two wins.<\/p>\n<h2>When Is the 2025 NBA Slam Dunk Contest?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">This year\u2019s Slam Dunk Contest is taking place on Saturday, February 15, at 8 p.m. ET in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<h2>What Players Are in the 2025 Slam Dunk Contest?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-11\">The four players in this year\u2019s Slam Dunk Contest are Mac McClung (the two-time defending champion of dunking), Matas Buzelis, Stephon Castle and Andre Jackson Jr.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-12\">McClung of the Osceola Magic won the Slam Dunk contest in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Can I Watch the Slam Dunk Contest?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-13\">Yes, viewers can watch the 2025 Slam Dunk Contest on either TNT or truTV.<\/p>\n<h2>How Much Money Does the Slam Dunk Winner Get?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-14\">The Slam Dunk Contest winner will take home $100,000, while the runner-up gets $50,000 and the other participants each receive $25,000.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2025\/02\/15\/when-is-dunk-contest-2025\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Image Credit: Getty Images Now that football season is over, basketball is back in action, and the annual NBA Slam Dunk Contest is about<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":271142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}