All-Star Saturday!

Oh man. The festivities today were amazing. Shooting, dunking, Derrick Rose, passing, dribbling, Kevin Rudolf, Dwight Howard, speed, running, Daequan Cook, Rudy Fernandez, Jason Kapono, more shooting... the whole night was simply crazy.

Started at 5:30 in Phoenix, Arizona. Friday night, Terrel Owens took home the MVP yet again for the celebrity game, but the game itself was so much more than that. Coached by Dr. J and Magic Johnson, the two squads showed so much hilarity it was insane. Michael Rapaport, an actor best known as Donald Self in Prison Break, accumulated 8 fouls, which has to be some kind of record. Lisa Leslie and Nancy Lieberman, two WNBA greats, were fooling around out on the court. But the guys who really took the show, were Wildkat Edgerson, Handles Franklin, Special K Daley, and Scooter Christiansen.

Also known as the Harlem Globetrotters.

At one point, Daley was called for a foul, and then grabbed a bucket, chased after the refree, and threw the contents of the bucket at the announcer's table where the referee, Mike Breen, usually sits to announce the games. Jon Barry, who was sitting there currently, fell out of his seat backwards trying to avoid getting doused by the inevitable water in the bucket. It wasn't water. It was confetti.

In the end though, it was Terrel Owens's game. He scored 17 points and finished two alley-oops to lead his team to victory. He took home his second MVP award and was the life of the party out there.

Oh yeah, then there was real basketball.

Kevin Durant electrified the crowd with 46 points, a rookie challenge record, as the Sophomores beat the Rookies, 122-116. At one point he nailed 3 threes in a row, then grabbed a defensive board, turned around, threw a long pass to teammate Rodney Stuckey, who easily made the layup. Michael Beasley lead all rookies with 29 points, as the Sophomores would win again.

Saturday night is the night everyone wanted to watch. The Haier Shooting Challenge, the Sony Skills Challenge, the Foot Locker 3-Point Shootout and the Sprite Slam Dunk Competition are the main events that everyone wants to see.

Team Detroit upset the hometown Team Phoenix in the Haier Shooting Challenge, despite Team Phoenix starting off on a red-hot 5/5. They had 30 seconds to make a half-court shot and defeat Team Detroit, but couldn't pull it off, finishing with a time of 1:16 to Detroit's 58.3.

Then came Devin Harris, Mo Williams, Derrick Rose, and Tony Parker to prove who has the most "skills" out of the point guards of today. Harris got off to a fast start, setting the bar at 36 seconds. Mo Williams fell behind with a time of 37.2, still respectable. Derrick Rose led all with a time of 33.3, and Tony Parker was horrible, with a time of 50.8. Rose would be the victor, finishing with a time of 35 to Harris's 39.

In the 3-point shootout, Rashard Lewis, Mike Bibby, Daequan Cook, Danny Granger, Roger Mason Jr., and Jason Kapono squared off to see who would be this year's best 3-point shooter. Kapono, had he won tonight, would've been the third player ever (behind Bird and Hodges) to win three years in a row. Lewis, Cook, and Kapono easily made it to the final round, but Lewis would only make 7 in the tiebreaker and Cook sank 19 for the easy victory. Daequan Cook upset the competition.

Time for the big event of the night, the Slam Dunk competition. I know some people think this year's dunk contest was weak, but I strongly disagree. J.R. Smith started it off, catching the ball off of a double-bounce (that is incredibly hard to do) then windmilling it for the finish. His second dunk was weak, and he finished out of the finals. Rudy Fernandez came out with some sick stuff, behind the back pass off the back board, and then grabbing it with one-hand to throw it down. He then grabbed a ball thrown off the back of the backboard, and reverse jammed on the other side. Nate Robinson started off the first round by lobbing it to himself, then fully extending on his windmill, something that seems impossible for a 5'9" guy to do. He then jumped on top of Wilson Chandler and dunked it, which was so funny. I was dyinggggg. Dwight Howard showed his incredible hops by reverse windmilling it off a lob, and then going into an actual phone booth, changing into his Superman outfit, raising the rim to 12 feet, and dunking it off a lob, and made it look easy. He dunked on a 12 foot rim!!! That's insane.

Superman, however, would be defeated by Krypto-Nate in the second round, as Nate came out in a green jersey with neon green shoes to match. He started with a lob to himself, to a reverse tomahawk that brough the crowd to its feet. Dwight followed up with lob off the side of the backboard, cocking his hand back to at least 6 feet away from the rim, and then jamming it home. Krypto-Nate then jumped OVER Superman Dwight Howard, all 6'10" of him, and dunked it. That won it right there, and even Dwight Howard seemed to acknowledge that, as he tried to dunk from the free throw line, with a less-than impressive dunk.

NATE ROBINSON, A 5'9" GUY, DUNKED OVER DWIGHT HOWARD, A 6'10" CENTER. Krypto-Nate, dunked over Superman. Game over.

Bold prediction for tomorrow: West defeats East, 117-102.

Click here to watch Krypto-Nate's amazing final round.