Blake Griffin - 2011 NBA Slam Dunk Contest (Champion)

Round 1
First Dunk (Score: 49): 0:00
Second Dunk (Score: 46): 1:53
Round 2 (68% of internet vote)
First Dunk: 4:46
Second Dunk: 6:02
February 19, 2011 - Blake Griffin edged his way into the final round of the 2011 NBA Slam Dunk Contest by earning one more point than third place finisher DeMar DeRozan. From there, Griffin's elbow dunk, combined with JaVale McGee's underwhelming final round attempts, led to a convincing fan vote victory.
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[@thesportmixer3157]

He jumpin too high that time, he jumpin too high that time, he jumped too high that time, he jumpin too high, he jumpin too high that time. Shut the building down, shut the building down, shut the building down, shut the building down, shut the building down, shut the building down, shut the building down, shut the building down, shut the building down, shut the building down. YES I COUNTED

[@madisonalversa6281]

Thesport mixer lmao😂😂

[@teinspringz]

Thanks for the transcript. Like lyrics to music I don't really care to hear 😁

[@tibbsdailyday2611]

@@teinspringz but you still listen to the song

[@N8veJay]

Damn

[@CharlesXavier8]

Lmao

[@ProKator]

That first miss was amazing 🤣

[@classicvideos2]

If he could've landed that first one, it would've been the dunk of the night!

[@TheOneKeyToLife]

That first missed dunk literally was the best dunk of the night 😂

[@NycZooYork]

Imagine the replay. Noone would be complaining

[@DragoonRyRs]

looked like a kids dunk dude, i have seen 15 year olds dunk better.

[@Mike-hy8cs]

Yeah and then they still gave him a 49 even though that wasnt the same dunk he was going for.

[@riggz5496]

The way he moved his body on the first 360 attempt was insane.

[@lnsatiate]

Damn 10 years flew by quick! I remember watchin this with my cousins like it was yesterday

[@caucasianboyz]

no doubt griffin's a great dunker but i bet lavine or gordon could jump over the whole damn car

[@mosescarter5980]

They could

[@adienlee8565]

Lol probably

[@DEMACVEV0]

+Mooch-E He could too

[@caucasianboyz]

Jay Onez i know lol

[@TheCakenukeism]

+Mooch-E and do a through the legs or behind the back

[@Mister.Patterson]

Lmao at Kenny smith repeating everything he says 25 times

[@wadetheflash03]

Ikr; Kenny's the best possible hypeman you could have

[@licht995]

So annoying

[@PlatinNr1]

thats the amount of attempts griffin needed.

[@kaibe5241]

Most annoying commentator ever.

[@kobejete2796]

It's a low iq thing

[@brandonmoskos9149]

Man I miss the young Blake Griffin. That dude was a beast.

[@AleCompton]

Bruh me too…time flies

[@dampcpungen]

That first attempt he missed is insane! If he would have made that, it would be one of the best dunks in dunk contest history. A two handed 360 windmill? Crazy

[@invisiblesets5157]

It's almost as if he did a revolution with the ball before he brought it up to the rim .The first attempt and the finish dunk were not the same

[@michaeljordan310]

@@invisiblesets5157 ik the first one was impressive

[@bointasalexandros6645]

Not a windmill tho

[@jaydnera]

8:45 my nigga couldnt even get his solo out was probably practicing for months

[@afrancis2014]

Exactly, they ain't want my dude to shine lol

[@meto7100]

well actually after his half-solo the 'moovee bitch' song ruined him more :D

[@jaystyles1215]

He probably got payed a lot for it tho

[@kenzieskye3053]

Trilla Jay I laughed out loud 😂

[@Bklyn988]

Trilla Jay 😂😂😂😂

[@cameronkearns6488]

Who’s here after Aaron Gordon got robbed in 2020

[@Diego-oy5uk]

Cameron Kearns this dick

[@PsychoCaki]

@@Diego-oy5uk this dick too

[@Justin33B]

This man was legendary in that candy red clippers jersey

[@ceilingfan1334]

Ur a dick

[@0v0Owl0v0]

That’s a 47

[@lafon02]

that was the shortest part of the car

[@bballstar1220]

Let's see you try to jump over it

[@becarefulwhatyoufish4764]

He's basically 7 feet tall. He would have no room if he jumped over the roof. Unless they had the car further back a bit.

[@crews-lj3ph]

+bballstar1220 no I wanna see u do it since u like it so much

[@JumboFPS]

+bballstar1220 its actually not hard. Anyone who has any spec of athleticism can clear that. You bend your legs and clear the car. Every contestant in this contest could have done it. Perhaps every contestant in the history of the dunk contest itself. Presentation means nothing. Its a dunk contest, not a choir contest.

[@ilovenickbutidontlikeyou2464]

+ItsStory Say it again man

[@tonganwarrior4883]

that elbow dunk was nasty.

[@ItssKappo]

If he did that over the car it would have been over. Ik u agree lol

[@mauriciocortez6198]

Did kenny smith win or was it blake

[@ItssKappo]

mauricio cortez Blake

[@samfrantz2181]

You got that right

[@tonganwarrior4883]

***** sure. your opinion

[@0Architectdude0]

I love how Kenny Smith repeats "He jumped to high that time!" and "Shut the building down!" about 10 times. We get the point.

[@lethalpulse8509]

Bro this guy is just amazing! One of the best NBA Dunkers in my opinion!

[@georgebarajas9383]

This just makes me appreciate EVEN more Aaron Gordon. Dude's dunks where on the first try...such a shame he got cheated out

[@idanoclo]

"once he learn how to play basketball he's going to be scary" haha

[@Ronniqua1234]

The choir messed up badly but it still made me laugh

[@varac5451]

Kenny is the best hype man ever lol “He’s not kidding! HES NOT KIDDING!” Get him with Jim Ross from the WWE and that will make my day 😂

[@lilpplays4319]

Blakes over the car dunk is the most overrated dunk in NBA Dunk Contest History

[@lilpplays4319]

@Wacky Larry im not saying that i can do it, im just saying that anyone in the league that are athletic ( iggy, westbrook, james, deandre, etc) can do that dunk. And he technically didn't jump over the car, what he did was jump and land on the hood to say that you jumped over a car you have to clear it and jump across and land on the other side

[@harrisoncrisp4511]

+LilpPlays all about the presentation g

[@crews-lj3ph]

+Wacky larry no I wanna see u do it sense u angry

[@2kflashgod]

+Melvin Crews no i wanna see you do it nigga

[@crews-lj3ph]

XxPs4gaming All dayxx no stupid

[@Anthonycheesman33]

Back when the the dunk contest was actually good I miss these days.

[@vojinbogdanovic5086]

This is not that contest

[@Xencryptous]

Javalle got robbed big time. Sucks that the best part of Blakes last dunk was the presentation. You see dunks like that in the NBA all the time. Now, if he would have jumped over the middle of the car, he would have deserved it.

[@Winner1985]

+Connell Glick (ConnellCorpse) shaqtin

[@teddyguerita]

yup thats wat I'm saying too..he just jumped over the hood

[@aaronmiles5561]

Hello, 911? Yeah javale mcgee got robbed, the man responsible is Blake Griffin, he stole his dunk contest championship.

[@Swove2204]

+Connell Glick (ConnellCorpse) With respect, as overrated as Griffin's performance may have been, McGee did very little in the final round to swing the contest in his direction. His first dunk of the final round was kind of a poor man's version of Larry Nance's first dunk in 1984 (Nance's: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2KXYp2uf7p5hpo). Nance made it look pretty sick and McGee's was alright but then again, if you're going to replicate a 27-year-old dunk, it's probably going to have be top notch. McGee's second dunk was a routine one-handed dunk off a backboard toss (aka the dunk high schoolers do when they first learn to dunk). Granted, that wasn't his first choice, but after he missed his first attempt, he changed gears and settled for the lowkey flush. Long story short, even if Griffin's off-the-backboard honey dip elbow dunk and sort-of-over-the-hood routine two-hander weren't groundbreaking, they still collectively brought more to the table than McGee's final two finishes... which is unfortunate because McGee's first round was outstanding.

[@thefredroplay]

+Ryan Van Dusen either way, Blake Griffin shouldn't have been in the Finals anyway as the judges totally snubbed DeRozan.

[@michael7151]

Absolutely incredible Each and every attempt And what ended up on the scorecards Bravo! @Oxford

[@Seethi_C]

He really fooled the judges on that first dunk, switching it up on the third try without them noticing.

[@chuchuchuchia]

Blake's first dunk made me think I was about to witness primetime history that night

[@Mike-hy8cs]

That attempt was crazy i thought he was gonna get it but he gave up trying to hit it

[@valentinknickerbocker7134]

compared to Aaron Gordan and Zach Lavine this is nothing special...

[@167kinggam]

So are all the other dunk contests that came before it. Why'd you have to go to this one specifically? Blake hater or something?

[@zacharylawless1530]

+King G Because so many people hype up this dunk and it really isn't that great

[@caleburrprod]

+Zachary Lawless of Blake would have jumped over the roof of the car i would be more impressed but he jumped over the hood which Zach and Aaron could do in their sleep

[@MikeeLord]

+King G I thought this was the shit when I first so it. I came back years later (after seing what gordon and lavine did) then I realized that this is nothing.

[@kingbenjamin8663]

+Valentin Knickerbocker FR man

[@187onasimp]

These dunk contest get crazier every year... a full on church choir? Jumping over a car? I'm waiting for a year for htem to have a tank full of great whites to jump over and a bomb they have to diffuse sitting on top of the rim.

[@quietatse]

lol that made me chuckle

[@adienlee8565]

LOL LMFAO

[@edlanfelixmarcaida4126]

defuse*

[@silvinajunkers]

wow .... creative

[@gabrielquimson7355]

K

[@mousitsoula]

If he had made that very first dunk, it would have been amazing!

[@leochan55699]

Actually the best dunk by Griffin in this year contest was the one he miss in the first attempt of his first dunk. He changed it to easier mode and made it after few attempts

[@camelcase9225]

Kenny...stop repeating every god damn thing you say!

[@courtcaseindacut]

Did he jump too high that time? Kenny: "HE JUMPED TOO HIGH THAT TIME"

[@jaobuenafe4336]

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[@jaobuenafe4336]

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[@Jakefromstatefarm989]

It is whY black people do fucking annoying

[@silvinajunkers]

shut up I'm white but thats racist

[@SoggySlopster]

If he would’ve made that first dunk it would be the best dunk of all time

[@taethehooper4678]

This was too LIT💪🤘

[@darrenleong1551]

Blake Griffin once said NBA force him to dunk over kia

[@JB-by1zl]

DLKX hell yea they did, Kia cuts the NBA that check...high paid slaves.

[@HomeVidEdd]

J B Very oxymoronic statement

[@Dimaz42]

all of these dunks were really impressive in 1950s

[@fightnews365]

Watching this when it aired in 2011. 🔥🤯

[@chuchuchuchia]

Blake and Dwight make you realize the impact of star power during the contest. Definitely can add a few points to your scoring lol.

[@thesheepgod5660]

Half of the comment section is hating on blake's "horrible" dunks when they can't even do it

[@saitoph312]

i know right

[@jorgeanta5291]

I bet alot of people can do a simple 360 dunk in this comment section

[@Dbzgoten22]

Yeah on a 6 foot rim

[@martinmolina8259]

+Jorge Anta a 360 is not easy

[@crews-lj3ph]

Cause it wack

[@Uchawibeatz]

3 attempts for a two hand 36, meanwhile PG, Oladipo or JR smith do that in the game with one attempt only. Too overrated

[@Swove2204]

+SuperMikeBeat With respect, a two-handed 360 off one-foot with a pump down to the waist (almost in a windmill motion) is worlds apart from a standard two-footed 360. Griffin adjusted his final product to something much more conservative (removed the pump down to the waist) and subsequently completed the dunk on his first attempt. Even then, that flush marked the first time a one-footed, two-handed 360 was completed in an NBA dunk competition and generally speaking, one-footed 360's tend to be quite a bit more difficult and unorthodox for most dunkers. That said, I always kind of believed Griffin was scored on that dunk as if he completed his first attempt (with the pump) as opposed to the one he finished (without the pump). I'm not sure many people realized he'd changed it up at the time.

[@nick7iverson]

+Ryan Van Dusen one and two footed make very much difference, and he would know if he ever jumped..

[@boredaura1064]

+Trey Deuce it really isn't that hard to clutch it back during a 360

[@boujanahsoulaimane3230]

+Ryan Van Dusen but cobi did it twice in the air :D

[@becarefulwhatyoufish4764]

Yeah but Blake did a late 360. He was already in mid air before he started the 360

[@peachesncreamy9653]

That was sick with BG elbow's in the rim. 👍

[@qasimbhutta6459]

Blake is one amazing dude.

[@luxon4]

i was like damn a car, then he just jumps over the hood lol even ive jumped over that... in high school

[@grand_order6250]

Its not how he jump but the way he glide over

[@oceanswav8028]

If Blake would’ve made that first tornado 360 that would’ve been a all time dunk I still have yet to see that dunk completed

[@betterthanyesterday3912]

Happy Gilmore accomplished that feat no more than an hour ago

[@justusgatewood7278]

Blake griffin is awesome at dunking and basketball

[@Herogames2022]

Men that Quality tho!!

[@slamchucky]

random come back here to watch this back. Still remembering how hype it was in 2011 for this man, but yes even in 2011, I wasnt impressed much with the car dunk coz we all saw those AND1 dude jump over the middle of a car. Blake said this car thing wasnt his idea at all in recent years interview. He said they gotta use that KIA sponsor car and u can tell those choir presentation isnt from a young man's idea LMFAO

[@boriswilcox8049]

That car dunk was so ovedhyped, he jumped over the lowest part of it, hell I could do that

[@dayzofreckoning3154]

*"Sometimes, it's real."* most amasin quote evur

[@peachesncreamy9653]

That was a great dunk over the car. 68% was very high. BG you did that. Congrats.

[@themaineventrj]

Lavine could dunk over a double decker bus

[@supermikegaminx826]

Ya Zach is the greatest dunker 2016 But michael jordan is the king dunker

[@sliip7785]

yeah on a trampoline

[@2kflashgod]

He could jump over the back of a blue whale

[@sliip7785]

That is not a bus

[@cyempire4894]

lmao.. haha

[@taethehooper4678]

Most of the people in the comments can't dunk😂 talking bout overrated

[@ghanaianqueen2247]

Tae The Hooper that's what I'm saying 😅 and half of them can't even play basketball 😂

[@skimasktheslumpgod7684]

Tae The Hooper does that make a difference we just sayin he shouldn’t have won the contest off a dunk that most people in the nba could probably do

[@gbgoscar7837]

Tae The Hooper fr

[@Jay-cw9ue]

Y’all niggas just hatin half of y’all can’t even play basketball

[@sundigest1121]

@@Jay-cw9ue just cause someone can't play basketball doesn't mean he can't criticize a basketball player

[@Set42]

Here because of how bad the 2022 dunk contest was

[@samuelsantosmoreira593]

Muito top ele fazendo a dunk pulando um carro 🚗 🥇🏅🎖🏆😄🏀😁😆.

[@petermarangu4526]

After all that, jumped over the nose of the car.

[@zachhorrocks6431]

the bumper

[@zachhorrocks6431]

barely

[@sarahlee3056]

+Zach Horrocks I know. This dunk was silly.

[@Crusher194]

I remember back then, everybody would go crazy about this dunk, now I am sitting here , watching Gordon, Derrick Jones Jr etc and am like : Really?😂😂

[@jkpwd]

Big Blake 💪🏆

[@graphicsociety1]

He didn’t jump over the car. It’s interesting how they lie into your face.

[@quoaitran1135]

He barely jumped over the hood lol

[@nathanrains1632]

he jump over the hood of the KIA

[@HoodPsychoP3dia]

Its really not want examples np Santa, Thou shall not kill yet troops get rewarded and medals etc, Pedos run the world 🌎 (allegedly), women birth US ALL yet HuMAN, HUMANITY, MANkind never tell HERstory.

[@MLGxHACKS]

why Blake griffin look like Diddy kong

[@era_emissary]

LeBrun Jemz 😆

[@phuckducky2610]

“Yes! He He’s not kidding, he’s not kidding, he’s not kidding, It’s bout to get crazy in here, it’s bout to get crazy in here, he jump to high I’m sorry, he jump too high that time, he jump too high that time, he jump too high that time,he jumpin to high that time, Shut it down, shut it down, shut the building down, shut the building down, shut the building down, shut the building down, shut the building down, shut the building down, shut the building down, shut the building down, down, down, down, shut the building down, shut it down. - Kenny fucking Smith

[@SteaksauceandRob]

The Basketball Dunk Contest jumped the shark with this moment.

[@agentsidhu]

spike lee with that wip 💥 best reaction

[@boredaura1064]

would've been 50x better if they raised the goal and if blake actually dunked over the roof of the car, because imo, any NBA player that can dunk can jump over the hood of that car.

[@zachh13]

agreed

[@becarefulwhatyoufish4764]

They should allow the players to have the hoop raised to as high as they can dunk. And I think the All Star game should be like a mini series. 2-3 games maybe. And have the hoop at different levels during the games. Like about 9-13 feet.

[@zyairweaver5102]

Dwight Howard can lol😂😂😂

[@joshuavelez9046]

Blake didn't wanna risk the fall on national TV, he jumped over the car in practice

[@lajankid8584]

SEANZDABOMB it is and danger to

[@carlbeaston324]

he didnt dunk it over the car he dunked it over the hood lol that's lame

[@kingswagga5796]

Yeah all he did was dunk it over the hood of the car not the top of the car so it wasn't that special

[@kyro1094]

Let's see you dunk over a car

[@ThePlaterism]

THM Prodigy How about you?

[@kyro1094]

ThePlaterism How about you?

[@QuiickKreations]

THM Prodigy How about you?

[@pussybakingescobar6407]

That dunk contest has 4 great players don't see that often now

[@everyone3144]

HE PUT THE SHOW!! JUST WHAT NBA AND NONETHELESS ALL-STAR DUNK!!!!

[@marcusparra2311]

Just imagine if Aaron Gordon took a seat in mid air over the car instead of his mascot :0

[@Daiin0]

lets go home

[@Earuto4]

+Marcus Parra The Mascot was taller so it was easily harder.

[@StraitCHRIS067]

+Edub but he's not as wide, you would have to get some are and some forward momentum too

[@joshuamartin8599]

Who else thinks this was rigged great dunk by Blake Griffin though

[@ldwill73]

OMG! That was some great dunks! #Griffintheking!

[@MrWebstar91]

His first round dunk was rated based off of his first 2 failed attempts...those were insane

[@dekabig7650]

05:56 They be lookin to their future as teammates

[@silverdc5]

this man had more tries than all the dunkers in the history of the contest combined

[@boycold4902]

the guy who kept talking him up is the epitome of a meat ridah 😂👌

[@chromeandprimer5361]

NBA to Blake: “You wanna win the dunk contest?”

[@hshshshshshshs8831]

Talk about overhyped

[@hatdestroyer9443]

hshshshshshshs boi I bet yo ass can’t even dunk

[@Chaggy1978]

Very overhyped well said.

[@cbederxyz9785]

You do it then

[@danreyes736]

That was the best miss dunk I’ve ever seen.

[@loicotia8654]

Thé big Griffin i love it wow!

[@NoName-sv5yl]

1:57 "no props" 10 minutes later comes out with the biggest prop anyone has ever used in the dunk contest even to this day

[@Wiglaf-vs5fe]

i love the clips..but blake is a powerfull ingame dunker..not a dunk contest dunker..

[@pauldm5222]

kenny smith the hypeman. can he just shut his mouth even for just a minute?

[@branwalk1467]

good job of keeping your own home and Garden of my friends! I'm glad

[@a.lahoucine9660]

Well this is so overstated

[@ziziizi2784]

totally ovverated, all his dunk are ,ot impressive

[@Antbeast23]

zizi izi u do them then

[@KoopaBower]

What a ridiculous dunk winner ...

[@emanueldavid1146]

If he would have landed both 360s on first and 2nd dunks this would have been legendary

[@panike]

Hyped

[@Yay7es]

Javale McGee got robbed

[@Y0Z3R]

Demar derozar actual he was. Better than Blake and McGee in the 2nd round wast good

[@MBAPresents]

The number of misses he had was legendary. Lavine and Gordon barely miss.

[@bakaenzoto2288]

this is his rookie year expect imperfection❤

[@yigitkaantatkan6764]

My Childhood hero

[@jacobmelanson3210]

If he made his first dunk attempt he would have been set. The only good dunk was the elbow lob. He shouldn't have even made it into the finals.

[@osnshat3625]

Do the car dunk, he jumped over the hood of a car which wasn't tall at all, and he did a basic dunk

[@Jennboi]

Savage Dimes Why don't you do that then ? Post it on your channel.

[@osnshat3625]

Aaron Tetsuya it was a typo it meant to say for instead of do

[@ulizwibuthelezi228]

Savage Dimes ur acting as if u could do better

[@oliverludwig4412]

AS a clippers fan, JAVALE MCGEE should of won

[@Marc_Is_Smart]

+King.L Gaming he doesn't play in the NBA for a living... you're acting like fans can't give criticism

[@18sevencl]

Bruh that’s some crazy ass creativity there no wonder he missed the first times

[@davidhugh2344]

That first dunk is out of this world

[@dunk23nc]

JaVale got robbed

[@TheKYRw]

Hell no, his last like dunk was a shitty dunk and he missed it like 7 times. Honestly serge or de are was more impressive than javale, he's like 7'2 and can probably dunk without standing up

[@sabsters2020]

Any pistons fans coming here to get hyped or just me?

[@naderachkar1231]

over the roof well be great !

[@sm323232]

2016 dunk contest is great

[@2gyi718]

3:13 Lohn Jegend

[@nicholascampbell9533]

Griffin jumped over the Hood of a car not the whole car

[@irmama86]

I like his spin move👌👌👌

[@antoniojohnson144]

Blake giffin was on fire