In any other year putting a cupcake with a lit candle on top of the rim, then blowing it out before dunking would have gotten an easy 50. Then taking your shoes off before doing a through the legs throwdown with only socks on would have gotten you the dunk contest title. In any other year, Gerald Green would have gone home with another dunk contest title.

Not this year however, as Dwight Howard took the contest to a whole new level, with a mix of creativity and and out of this world hops. He started off by hitting the ball off of the back of the backboard before windmilling it while his head was still out of bounds. He followed that up with an epic Superman throwdown, both of his first round dunks got a perfect score of 50. On his third dunk he threw the ball off of the backboard with his left hand before throwing it down with his right, then he finished it all off by grabbing a basketball laying on a small hoop attached to the backboard and throwing down a windmill.

After it was all said and done all five judges agreed that Dwight Howard was the clear winner, and the fans agreed giving the 6-11 center from Orlando the nod with 78% of the votes.

The Cleveland Cavaliers won 113-106 in 2OT against the Charlotte Bobcats on Friday, then 132-124 in OT against Memphis on Tuesday. Then tonight, in a finals rematch from the previous year, they were inches away from going into their fourth overtime in just three games.

Fortunately for them, Manu Ginobili who short great all night long (10-15 from the field, 4-6 from three point range, and 7-8 from the free throw line) missed the game tying shots in the final seconds, and the Cavs came away with a win. LeBron James led the Cavs scoring 27 points on 9-24 shooting and was helped out by Zydrunas Ilgauskas who had a strong performance with 17 points.