The reaction on Toppin's face just summed up so much of what it's like to miss on a dunk in front of the entire world, and we shared in his pain watching this in slow motion. Oh, the agony!

Well, legend repeated itself 25 years later when Matt McClung took control of the AT&T Slam Dunk Contest on his very first attempt — soaring over a Kia — and never relinquished it.

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