Richardson wins dunk at All-Star competition

ATLANTA -- Jason Richardson's bounce pass off Carlos Boozer's forehead was the highlight of the afternoon. His final throw-down in the dunk contest was the perfect ending to the night.

Richardson had the most dynamic day of any of the participants in All-Star Saturday -- even if one of his opponents in the Rookie Challenge wasn't all that happy about it.

Richardson led all scorers with 31 points in the rookie game, ending it by hitting a 3-pointer after he bounced a pass to himself off Boozer.

The second-year Golden State Warriors guard then became the first repeat winner of the dunk contest since Michael Jordan did it 15 years earlier.

Richardson finished things off with a spectacular dunk, coming in along the baseline, catching his lob pass, putting the ball between his legs and switching it from his right hand to his left before slamming it through.

Richardson raised his arms in triumph as Jordan, one of five judges, gave him a perfect score of 10. The other judges gave him the same score, giving Richardson perfect scores of 50 on three of his four dunks in the contest.

Peja Stojakovic of Sacramento also was a repeat winner, taking the 3-point shootout for the second straight year by defeating the same player he beat in the final round of last year's shootout, Wesley Person.

The big difference this time was that Stojakovic was awarded a do-over in the final round after a buzzer inadvertently went off as he was midway through shooting his five racks of balls.

Also, Jason Kidd of New Jersey won a new event, a sort of obstacle course involving dribbling, passing and shooting called the Skills Challenge.

And a team comprised of Magic Johnson, Lisa Leslie of the WNBA Los Angeles Sparks, Marko Jaric of the Los Angeles Clippers and celebrity Ashton Kutcher rallied in the Hoop It Up contest to beat a team led by former Hawks superstar Dominique Wilkins.