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Utah Jazz: Ranking the team’s best-ever All-Star Weekend moments

By Ryan Aston

CLEVELAND - FEBRUARY 9: Karl Malone #32 and John Stockton #12 of the Utah Jazz stand for the National Anthem during the 1997 NBA All-Star Game played on February 9, 1997 at Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Copyright 1997 NBAE (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)
CLEVELAND - FEBRUARY 9: Karl Malone #32 and John Stockton #12 of the Utah Jazz stand for the National Anthem during the 1997 NBA All-Star Game played on February 9, 1997 at Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Copyright 1997 NBAE (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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NEW ORLEANS – FEBRUARY 16: (L-R) Deron Williams of the Utah Jazz, Jason Kidd of the New Jersey Nets, Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat and Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets are the participants of the 2008 Playstation Skills Challenge and they pose for a portrait during All-Star Saturday Night on February 16, 2008 at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. Copyright 2008 NBAE (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images). /

9) Deron Williams wins the Skills Challenge; February 16, 2008

Although he wouldn’t play in his first All-Star Game until 2010, Deron Williams made a splash as a Jazzman in the Skills Challenge during NBA All-Star Weekend 2008 in New Orleans.

Facing a veritable who’s-who of backcourt stars from the late 2000s, D-Will bested a field including Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul and Jason Kidd to take the title. Not only that — he did it by completing the greatest final round the challenge had ever seen.

After clocking a strong time of 31.2 seconds in the opening round without really extending himself physically, Williams went into attack mode for the finals. As a result, he killed every station, didn’t miss a single shot throughout his run and ultimately logged a winning time of 25.5 seconds.

That was the fastest-ever final run and just 0.1 seconds off Steve Nash’s event record set during Round 1 of the 2005 contest.

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