FEB

17

"We gotta check in that cape and see if there's some helium in there." Dwight Howard's Superman routine stole the show at the NBA Slam Dunk contest. Magic Johnson loved it. Kenny Smith loved it. The whole crowd loved it. But it probably wasn't even his best dunk, and technically it wasn't even a dunk because he never touched the rim. That didn't matter, though, because the judges loved it, too. Dwight Howard is the 2008 slam-dunk champion. Just like Charles Barkley predicted. Howard defeated defending champion Gerald Green in the finals. Rudy Gay and Jamario Moon both got knocked out in the first round. Green had one of the night's best moments, which was overshadowed by Howard but still worth mentioning. He placed a cupcake with a lit candle on it on the back of the rim, and he blew out the candle while dunking the basketball. Embedded here is Howard's Superman dunk.

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