VIDEO: Miami Heat Star Bam Adebayo Defeats Domantas Sabonis to Win NBA Skills Challenge
By Jack Murphy
Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo is the 2019 winner of the NBA Skills Challenge, after defeating the Indiana Pacers' Domantas Sabonis in the final round. Yes, the Big Man reigns once again!
Bam Adebayo takes home the Skills Challenge title ? pic.twitter.com/fHidtrhJdI
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Adebayo defeated Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie in the first round, and went up against Raptors breakout star Pascal Siakam in the semi-finals of the event.
After Dwyane Wade called out Adebayo for being unsure whether he could make the 3-point shot, Adebayo won the event without much struggle in that department.
Bam Adebayo beats Spencer Dinwiddie in the first round of the Skills Challenge with a SMOOTH three #NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/iHMGvcSCBf
— Dan (@statsbydan) February 16, 2020
Adebayo and Sabonis were neck-and-neck in the final round, and the winner came down to who would sink in their 3-point shot first. Adebayo was the first representative of the Miami Heat to win the NBA Skills Challenge since D-Wade himself in 2007.