Jordan won the coin toss and opted to defer, letting his opponent go first, and they matched perfect scores of 50 with their first attempts. It came down to Jordan and Wilkins in the third and final round. And there were three successful foul line dunks - one by Drexler and two by Jordan, including the winner right after he missed one. There was a collage of windmills and reverses and 360s. And the display that unfolded was simply spectacular. The field included high-flying Hall of Famer Clyde Drexler. There were seven contestants in the league’s fifth slam dunk competition, with Jordan looking to repeat and Wilkins and the five-foot-seven Spudd Webb also trying to become the first two-time champions. “Michael, I’m sure was a favourite,” he said. Goodrich, however, insisted there was no thumb on the scale favouring Jordan, no pressure from the league. TBS broadcasters Bob Neal, Rick Barry and Steve Jones questioned the judging at the end, with a laughing Jones even half-joking: “Note was passed on to the judges.” Whether he deserved the crown is another issue. Not only did he score 40 points to lead the East over the West in the game, he took home the top prize in a slam dunk showdown that arguably remains the standard, edging Wilkins in the competition. The return of the all-star festivities to the Windy City for the first time since 1988 is stirring all sorts of memories of Jordan’s dazzling performances at the old Chicago Stadium. I thought that Michael performed just a little bit ahead of Dominique. “It was very, very close,” Goodrich said of the competition. His Airness soared to a slightly higher level than the Human Highlight Reel, there was no pressure to crown Jordan the slam dunk king on his home court and the judges were not in cahoots.
One of five judges for the competition, the former Los Angeles Lakers’ great is, however, certain of a few things: CHICAGO-More than three decades later, some details of the classic slam dunk contest showdown between Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins are a bit fuzzy to Hall of Famer Gail Goodrich.
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