NBA All-Star Game: All you need to know ahead of the Slam Dunk Contest

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Dwight Howard makes his first Slam Dunk Contest appearance in over a decade on Saturday, but he will wear a Superman costume again?

Howard famously won the contest with his"Superman" dunk in 2008, but it remains to be seen whether he'll don the cape again.

Gordon, who returns to the event for the first time since 2017, finished second to Zach Lavine in 2016, despite securing three consecutive perfect scores of 50. The last time Chicago hosted the All-Star Game, in 1988, Michael Jordan had the better of Atlanta Hawks' legend Dominique Wilkins in a Slam Dunk Contest that has gone down in history.

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