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LaVine exits All-Star stage for Kobe and the NBA’s best

Minnesota Timberwolves' Zach LaVine hoists the trophy after winning the  basketball slam dunk contest during the NBA All-Star weekend in Toronto, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
Minnesota Timberwolves' Zach LaVine hoists the trophy after winning the basketball slam dunk contest during the NBA All-Star weekend in Toronto, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT Minnesota Timberwolves' Zach LaVine hoists the trophy after winning the basketball slam dunk contest during the NBA All-Star weekend in Toronto, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

TORONTO (AP) – Zach LaVine called it the best dunk contest ever, a showdown with Aaron Gordon that rivaled what Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins did.

Maybe they will come back next year and do it again.

“In Charlotte, yeah, if they want me to come back, I probably will,” Gordon said.

For now, it’s time to turn the attention at All-Star weekend back where it started: Kobe Bryant and the rest of the NBA’s best.

The All-Star Game tips off Sunday night, when the crowd might still be buzzing over the performances LaVine and Gordon put on to cap off All-Star Saturday.