New York’s Jericho Sims gave himself a 50 on his second dunk, where he attached an envelope to the net, pulled it down after the dunk and displayed “50″ to the world. McClung was nearly perfect on his second dunk as well four judges gave him a perfect 50, Lisa Leslie gave him a 49 as the only dissenter, but it didn’t matter - he was already assured a spot in the final round against Murphy. Riding the momentum of that perfect dunk, he wound up hoisting the trophy that was newly renamed for dunking legend - and former 76ers star - Julius “Dr. McClung set the tone for the night with a dunk that had NBA superstars in disbelief - he leaped over two people, took the ball out of the hands of one of them, tapped it on the backboard and then threw down a reverse slam. “Give this man his flowers, man,” TNT commentator Kenny Smith said. A guy with more dunks than actual NBA field goals might have saved the dunk contest. He played in one game last season for the Chicago Bulls, one other game for the Los Angeles Lakers. Philadelphia would become his third NBA team, and he hasn’t even played for the 76ers yet. “Proving others right instead of others wrong brings a little more satisfaction.” “Ever since the beginning, I was the underdog,” said McClung, who put on a Gate City jersey - his high school and hometown in Virginia, population 1,600 - for the final dunk. He was signed by Golden State last year but never played in a regular-season game for the Warriors, and spent a little time on USA Basketball’s World Cup qualifying team last year as well. He was undrafted in 2021 after spending three college seasons at Georgetown and Texas Tech. His is an unbelievable story: McClung has played mostly in the G League, where he ranks 36th in scoring this season at 19 points per game. The final score, not that it mattered, was McClung 100.0, Murphy 98.0. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor
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