Hoverboards, windmills and mascots. There was one hell of a dunk contest last night

Its All-Star weekend in the NBA across the pond, and that means its was time for the 2016 version of the Dunk contest.

Minnesota's Zach LaVine came out on top for a second year running in what is being heralded as the greatest dunk contest to have taken place following an incredible showdown. 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/ZachLaVine">@ZachLaVine</a> 😮 <a href="https://t.co/SSj9rmmAQE">https://t.co/SSj9rmmAQE</a></p>&mdash; NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/698704668483063810">February 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Orlando's Aaron Gordon can consider very unlucky not to have dethroned LaVine, pushing him to the very limit, resulting in a record six consecutive perfect scores. 

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The night was full of memorable highlights, including this from Denver Nuggets Will Barton. 

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But it was Gordon and LaVine who stole the show. 

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And with a great contest comes great Twitter reaction. 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When you watch last night&#39;s dunk contest highlights <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NBAAllStarTO?src=hash">#NBAAllStarTO</a> <a href="https://t.co/hd6QFtvdbw">https://t.co/hd6QFtvdbw</a></p>&mdash; DraftKings (@DraftKings) <a href="https://twitter.com/DraftKings/status/698879269766828032">February 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">No matter how old school you are, this ranks as one of the greatest in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NBA?src=hash">#NBA</a> Dunk Contest history. <a href="https://t.co/m99RrZT3uK">pic.twitter.com/m99RrZT3uK</a></p>&mdash; Damon Amendolara (@DAonCBS) <a href="https://twitter.com/DAonCBS/status/698878267952988160">February 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Greatest Dunk in the History of the NBA Dunk Contest! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NotEvenClose?src=hash">#NotEvenClose</a> <a href="https://t.co/BEvSE9BXCX">pic.twitter.com/BEvSE9BXCX</a></p>&mdash; Chris Mack (@CoachChrisMack) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachChrisMack/status/698871358617423872">February 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I believe I can FLYYYYYYY !!!!! 🎧 🚀 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gordon?src=hash">#Gordon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA">@NBA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DunkContest?src=hash">#DunkContest</a> <a href="https://t.co/5Q9NeVPpRR">pic.twitter.com/5Q9NeVPpRR</a></p>&mdash; Antoine Griezmann (@AntoGriezmann) <a href="https://twitter.com/AntoGriezmann/status/698835826088796160">February 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The dunk contest dropped the pageantry and got back to athleticism.</p>&mdash; Anders Holm (@ders808) <a href="https://twitter.com/ders808/status/698752960503754752">February 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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