The forward of the Heat Derrick Jones Jr. surpassed the power forward of the Magic, Aaron Gordon, and became the new champion of the All Star math contest. The title was decided with a good dose of suspense and controversy, after that several draws followed at 50 (the highest possible score of the five judges) led to two additional attempts. The discreet 47 points in the decisive matte of Gordon, after a tremendous jump over the giant Tacko Fall, decanted the victory on the side of Derrick Jones Jr. to the disbelief of many, including Gordon himself.

Jones Jr. and Gordon scored a perfect 50 in their two mates of the final. Then they signed two more perfect scores on their first tiebreaker. The Heat player completed his third mate with a movement within the personnel line and rose decisively to a windmill action and with the left hand place the ball inside the basket, a matte that the five judges They scored with 48 points.

After a brief discussion with the legendary Shaquille O'Neal , Gordon asked for help from the rookie Celtics center, Senegalese Tacko Fall , and placed it near the basket. Gordon took the ball from Fall's hands on his way to a powerful mate through the center of the basket. The fans who filled the United Center cheered their action while the NBA stars, present in the field, began to celebrate.

But the judges gave him only 47 points and let Jones Jr. become the new math champion, 32 years after, also in Chicago, the legendary Michael Jordan also achieved the title with a historic mate that has been patented as the symbol in the history of the NBA contest.

While Gordon again had to lose the title in another contest of mates in the final after in 2016 he was overcome by the escort Zach LaVine , current player of the Bulls. The impression among NBA fans and celebrities was that Gordon was completely "stolen."

Wade pointed

The final mate he did also deserved the same score and, as happened in 2016 against LaVine , now the judges did not do justice with his mate. "I don't know how to look good, or look for justifications," Gordon said when asked if he wanted to win a math contest before retiring. "I feel like I should have two trophies. My participation in this contest is over. My next goal is to try to win the three-point contest."

Gordon's improvised mate about Fall was really spectacular and the one that had the most difficulty, hence the incomprehensibility of the judges' score. The stars of the NBA admitted that it was the one that had more courage and difficulty, in addition to being the one that best honored the historic achieved by Jordan in 1988 at the missing Chicago Stadium.

While now he will be remembered for becoming the biggest heist that has occurred in the history of a Star Weekend. The former Heat escort, Dwyane Wade , who was part of the jury, has been pointed out through social networks as the true architect that made Jones Jr.'s victory over Gordon possible.

Before the final in the first round the players Pat Connaughton , of the Bucks, and veteran center Dwight Howard of Los Angeles Lakers, who put the Superman cape with number 24 on the shirt and a ball were eliminated also with the same number in tribute to Kobe Bryant.

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