Indy crowd rained down boos after Jaylen Brown dropped a special dunk with his star teammate in it. The Boston Celtics star brought his franchise superstar Jayson Tatum and YouTuber Kai Cenat for his second dunk. JB ran down the lane to jump past Cenat, who was sitting on a chair at the FT line, and slammed it after collecting the ball mid-air from Tatum.
Brown missed the dunk on his first attempt, but went all out on the second attempt. However, the crowd wasn’t pleased by the act, as they followed it up with boos. And, importantly, the LED court turned into an iconic TD Garden court following the dunk.
Jaylen Brown brought up Jayson Tatum and Kai Cenat for his second dunk attempt 🔥 pic.twitter.com/S6ysoxyw4A
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 18, 2024
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In response to the dunk, fans were all over the internet trolling the star. Here are some reactions.
Jaylen Brown dunked over a 4’10 Kai Cenat sitting down and got a 48 no way this isn’t rigged 💀
Let the crowd vote at this point bc what are these judges on
— nbadraftpoint (@draftpoint2024) February 18, 2024
They gave brown 48 for jumping over Kai cenat sitting down this shit rigged
— ♕ (@20Kylies) February 18, 2024
Toppin got robbed cause Brown did a basic ass dunk over a sitting down Kai cenat who is already only like 4’8 🙄🙄 this shit is rigged af #NBAAllStar
— Hoxenshattered (@YaboiHoxen) February 18, 2024
wait wait wait… so Jacquez Jr dunked OVER SHAQ WITH A WINDMILL and didn’t make the finals over Jaylen Brown who dunked over a 5’5 Kai Cenat SITTING DOWN. this shit is so rigged bruh
— wilo. (@justanotherwilo) February 18, 2024
People even went a step ahead, calling the contest “Rigged”.
Most rigged dunk contest ever
— Old NBA Tweets (@oldnbatweetz) February 18, 2024
When Jaylen Brown signed up for the dunk contest, it was a great relief, as an All-Star finally made his appearance at the contest after a long time. Even JB said, “I wish there were more top players and athletes that decided to compete in the dunk contest… hopefully that comes back around,” ahead of the All-Star week.
While the Celtics star was expected to be crowned at the event with a lot of cheers, he was showered in boos. Many in the social media commented that the dunk involving Kai Cenat was the lamest dunk of the contest. Despite the fans’ outcry on social media, he came second in the contest.
On the other hand, Mac McClung won the contest again with his impressive athleticism. Moreover, he became the fifth player in the history of league to win a back-to-back slam dunk contest.
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Let’s take a closer to the final event on Day 2 of the All-Star weekend.
McClung shines with back-to-back win
It wouldn’t be a surprise if Mac McClung gets a permanent spot in the NBA. The NBA G-league star turned up heat once again at the slam dunk contest, leaving the contestants stunned. He already made a good impression in the Rising Stars tournament last night, beating Victor Wembanyama & Co. to reach the Finals.
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MAC MCCLUNG OVER SHAQ.
50-PIECE. pic.twitter.com/VHvcOZdRCI
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 18, 2024
McClung and Jaylen Brown went against each other in the last round to decide the winner of the contest. Brown registered 49.2 points in the last round, after taking help from Donovan Mitchell. However, he was swept away cleanly as McClung took home a perfect 50 in his last dunk.
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