Nets' Dinwiddie captures skills challenge
Brooklyn Nets’ Spencer Dinwiddie holds up his trophy after winning the NBA All-Star basketball Skills Challenge, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018, in Los Angeles (Sunday in Manila). | AP Photo/Chris Pizzello
Spencer Dinwiddie of the Brooklyn Nets won the skills challenge to kick off NBA All-Star Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
Dinwiddie, who played at Taft High in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, beat Lauri Markkanen of the Chicago Bulls in the final round.
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The skills competition consisted of two players going head to head. They dribbled around pylons, passed the ball into a net, dribbled to the other end of the floor for a layup and then dribbled back to the other end to take a pull-up 3-pointer.
Eight players started the competition, with Dinwiddie and Markkanen advancing to the final.
Markkanen struggled passing the ball into the net, giving Dinwiddie a big lead. Dinwiddie dribbled down the floor and missed his first 3, but drained the next one to win.
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