Magic's Jase Richardson suffers scary fall during dunk contest

Orlando Magic defender Jase Richardson took portion successful the NBA Slam Dunk Contest connected Saturday night, and helium near fans successful Southern California stunned successful a scary incidental connected the court.

Richardson began his effort from the country connected the close broadside of the basket. He had a person with the hoops connected the close wing. The person ran and bounced the shot disconnected the broadside of the backboard with Richardson trailing down him.

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Jase Richardson of the Orlando Magic falls successful the 2nd circular during the Slam Dunk contention during NBA All-Star Saturday astatine Intuit Dome successful Inglewood, California, connected Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)

Richardson tried to marque a ridiculous spinning dunk but couldn’t get the shot astir the broadside of the backboard. He got caught and fell onto his backmost connected the court.

"I’m good," helium said afterward, via the Orlando Sentinel. "I tried to spell bash a small 360 disconnected the broadside of the glass, (but) my limb got caught connected the broadside of the backboard."

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Orlando Magic defender Jase Richardson (11) competes successful the slam dunk contention during the 2026 NBA All Star Saturday Night astatine Intuit Dome connected Feb. 14, 2026. (William Liang/Imagn Images)

He was capable to implicit the 2nd dunk effort aft the fall. He earned a full people of 88.8 and it wasn’t bully capable to get him into the finals. He and Los Angeles Lakers halfway Jaxson Hayes didn’t marque it to the adjacent round.

The Miami Heat’s Keshad Johnson won the contention implicit San Antonio Spurs rookie Carter Bryant. Johnson started his dunk down the scorers’ array and took disconnected from the escaped propulsion line. He threw down a one-handed windmill dunk.

Bryant had a between-the-legs dunk connected his archetypal attempt, which got him cleanable scores, but his 2nd dunk took excessively galore tries to complete, which yet outgo him the win.

Miami Heat guardant Keshad Johnson holds the winner's trophy aft winning the slam dunk contention astatine the NBA hoops All-Star play festivities Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, successful Inglewood, California. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill))

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"All the kids retired there, support dreaming, thing tin happen," Johnson said. "I conscionable came retired present and showed people."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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