PHOENIX (AP)—Call him Krypto-Nate.
Nate Robinson tugged on Superman’s cape—and won.
The diminutive New York Knicks guard beat defending champion Dwight Howard of Orlando in an electrifying slam dunk contest on Saturday night, winning 52 percent of fans’ votes.
Clad in an all-green Knicks uniform with green shoes, the 5-foot-9 Robinson springboarded over the 6-foot-11 Howard to jam.
“Dwight was a great sport letting me dunk over him,” said Robinson, who also won in 2006.
Robinson pitched the idea to Orlando’s big man on Friday.
“I asked him yesterday in the elevator,” Robinson said. “He was like, ‘Hey, I’ll do it.’ I thought he was joking.”
Howard said he was happy to help him out.
Nate Robinson tugged on Superman’s cape—and won.
The diminutive New York Knicks guard beat defending champion Dwight Howard of Orlando in an electrifying slam dunk contest on Saturday night, winning 52 percent of fans’ votes.
Clad in an all-green Knicks uniform with green shoes, the 5-foot-9 Robinson springboarded over the 6-foot-11 Howard to jam.
“Dwight was a great sport letting me dunk over him,” said Robinson, who also won in 2006.
Robinson pitched the idea to Orlando’s big man on Friday.
“I asked him yesterday in the elevator,” Robinson said. “He was like, ‘Hey, I’ll do it.’ I thought he was joking.”
Howard said he was happy to help him out.
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