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NBA All-Star 2016 Saturday night: Dunk contest wows Toronto

Saturday night's dunk contest could very well be the highlight of the entire 2016 NBA All-Star weekend in Toronto.

Zach Lavine, Aaron Gordon battle in epic dunk contest

Zach LaVine, of the Minnesota Timberwolves, won his second-straight slam dunk contest in dramatic fashion on Saturday night. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE/Getty)

Saturday night's dunk contest could very well be the highlight of the entire 2016 NBA All-Star weekend in Toronto.

The NBA's top talent put on a show at the Air Canada Centre, but on this night, the skills and three-point shooting just served as a warm-up for one of the most incredible dunk contests the league has ever seen.

Just, wow.

Aaron Gordon flies over his team's mascot, Stuff, for a ridiculous dunk. (Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE/Getty)

Four dunkers entered the contest: Denver's Will Barton, Detroit's Andre Drummond, Orlando's Aaron Gordon and the defending champion, Minnesota's Zach Lavine.

Lavine won again. Because this:

Hangtime. (Joe Murphy/NBAE/Getty)

But not before Gordon did this:

What do you think, Drake?

Yeah, Drake, our minds are blown, too. (John Rieti/CBC)

Speaking of celebrities, Drake sat next to Spike Lee. Jon Stewart, who introduced the slam dunk contest judges including crowd favourite Magic Johnson sat courtside with celebrity game standoutJason Sudeikis,Olivia Wilde and Steve Nash.

Nash actually came out to lend a soccer-style assist to Drummond during the dunk contest, which sadly didn't work out for the big man.

But don't blame Nash. EvenDrummondwatched the dunk contest finish in a state of disbelief.

Barton, however,gets the win for best entrance for his Thrillerimpression, complete with zombie cheerleaders.

Will 'The Thrill' indeed. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty)

In the other contests, two Golden State Warriors battled for the three-point shooting title, with Klay Thompson beating defending champ StephCurry. And the big rookie Karl-Anthony Towns won the skills competition, to the delight of his teammate Andrew Wiggins, who watched from the sideline.

Toronto Raptor Kyle Lowrycompeted in the three-point contest but didn't make it out of the first round. But, he'll start in Sunday'sAll-Star game while his teammate, DeMar DeRozan comes off the bench.

Here's hoping Sunday's games will have some more highlight reel dunks.

Karl-Anthony Towns, of the Timberwolves, celebrates after winning the skills contest on Saturday night. (John Rieti/CBC)