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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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Donovan does Vinsanity

This was the clincher; a throwback piece to Half-Man, Half-Amazing himself, Vince Carter.

After Nance executed a double alley-oop off the glass that caught everyone except those with the most keen of eyes off guard, he garnered a perfect 50 from the judges. Mitchell needed 47 to hold off the Cavs big man, so he needed something big.

More specifically, he needed a little Vinsanity.

Mitchell quickly shed his Jazz City Edition jersey to reveal a Raptors throwback in Mr. Carter’s No. 15 and went on to emulate the future Hall of Famer’s famed reverse, 360 windmill jam. Afterword he posed and mugged for the cameras just as Carter did in the 2000 Dunk Contest.

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Just like Carter, he had locked up the dunk title with an epic throwdown.

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