Little Man Nate Robinson wins the NBA 2009 slam dunk contest. Knicks’ Robinson beats defending champ Howard for second title.
Nate Robinson tugged on Superman’s cape and won the NBA 2009 slam dunk.
The little man of New York Knicks 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, Robinson used Howard as a prop in the final round, springboarding over the 6-foot-11 center to jam.
“Dwight was a great sport letting me dunk over him,” said Robinson, who also won in 2006.
Robinson defies logic in the competition, being one of the games shortest players, standing at only 5′8″ (173cm).
Here’s Robinson being interviewed and making his last slam dunk in the 2009 NBA Slam Dunk Contest:
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