"If the contest wasn't in Chicago, I might not have won" - Michael Jordan admitted he would've lost to Dominique Wilkins in the 1988 dunk contest had it happened anywhere else originally appeared on ...

CHICAGO — Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins have never talked to one another about the 1988 dunk contest. They might be the only ones. It is still the dunk contest by which all other dunk contests ...

By 1988, Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins had already established themselves as the premier dunkers in the NBA. Wilkins had already won the 1985 contest, defeating Jordan in the final round.

The 1988 NBA Slam Dunk Contest will be forever remembered as the one when Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins went toe-to-toe and battled to the last dunk to determine who would go home as the ...

Thirty years ago today, Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins dueled in the famous 1988 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest. To this day, a lot of people still believe that Wilkins should have won, and ...

The five-judge panel had just given Jordan an inexplicable 47 out of 50 for a two-handed cradle dunk, a decision that infuriated the crowd and opened the door for Wilkins to put away the contest ...

(Originally published by the Daily News on Sunday, Feb. 7, 1988; written by Fred Kerber) CHICAGO – As Michael Jordan lined up for his final chance in the Slam-Dunk Championship yesterday, Atl… ...

Chicago Bull Michael Jordan dunks during the 1988 NBA All-Star slam Dunk competition in Chicago Stadium, February 6, 1988. Jordan won the contest and Atlanta Hawks Dominique Wilkins was the runner up.

“I thought LaVine and (Magic forward Aaron) Gordon brought the dunk contest back in Toronto” in 2016, said Wilkins, a co-star with Michael Jordan in 1988 in what is regarded as ...

By Ben Eagle. Twenty-five years ago, a young Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins went head-to-head in the greatest dunk contest of all time.The contest, held on Feb. 6, 1988, at Chicago Stadium ...

In this Feb. 6, 1988, file photo, Michael Jordan dunks during the NBA Slam Dunk contest at Chicago Stadium in Chicago. The Bulls guard won the contest, but Dominique Wilkins, who was with the ...

Sports; NBA; Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins reflect on memorable 1988 dunk contest battle Feb. 14, 2020 Updated Fri., Feb. 14, 2020 at 7:01 p.m. Michael Jordan dunks during the slam-dunk ...