Sports briefs 2/21/05

Basketball

* Josh Smith scored a 50 on his first dunk of the finals wearing the jersey of former Atlanta star Dominique Wilkins, then had another perfect score on his second dunk in his own Hawks jersey to beat Phoenix's Amare Stoudemire to win the NBA's dunk contest Saturday in Denver.

Phoenix's Quentin Richardson won the 3-point shooting contest, making his final nine shots of the finals after opening with an airball to edge Philadelphia's Kyle Korver by a point.

Phoenix's Steve Nash won the skills challenge, completing the final dribbling, passing and shooting course nearly 12 seconds faster than Denver's Earl Boykins.

Shawn Marion, Diana Taurasi and Dan Majerle made it 3-for-3 for Phoenix by winning the shooting stars competition, making shots from six spots in just 28 seconds.

Boxing

* Bernard Hopkins reached another milestone, and won another fight. At the age of 40, Hopkins successfully defended his middleweight title for the 20th time Saturday night with a unanimous 12-round decision over Howard Eastman.

Tennis

* Top-seeded Amelie Mauresmo beat Venus Williams 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 Sunday to win the Diamond Games in Antwerp, Belgium, for her first victory of the year.

* Top-ranked Roger Federer of Switzerland rallied from a set down to beat Ivan Ljubicic 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (5) and win the ABN Amro indoor tournament Sunday in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

* Unseeded Kenneth Carlsen used a steady serve in upsetting eighth-seeded Max Mirnyi 7-5, 7-5 Sunday for the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships title in Memphis, Tenn., his third ATP championship overall and first since 2002.

--From wire reports