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Utah Jazz: Relive Slam Dunk champ Donovan Mitchell’s epic jams

By Ryan Aston

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 17: Donovan Mitchell #45 of the Utah Jazz pose for a portrait with the trophy as the winner of the 2018 Verizon Slam Dunk during State Farm All-Star Saturday Night of the as part of NBA All-Star 2018 on February 17, 2017 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 17: Donovan Mitchell #45 of the Utah Jazz pose for a portrait with the trophy as the winner of the 2018 Verizon Slam Dunk during State Farm All-Star Saturday Night of the as part of NBA All-Star 2018 on February 17, 2017 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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Dr. Dunkenstein

What would the Dunk Contest be without a cameo from comedian Kevin Hart?

Whether this one was an actual audible  — his first attempt here was a Karl Malome-inspired dunk — or the change-up was just part of the show Mitchell was creating, the Rookie of the Year front-runner’s decision to call in his kid sister, Jordan, and Hart and Hart’s son to run interference helped him lock-up a perfect score.

Better yet, he did so in the duds of Jazz legend, Dunk contest participant and fellow Louisville Cardinal Darrell Griffith, a.k.a. Dr. Dunkenstein.

He gets bonus points for the alley-oop off the side of the board and the family element.

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