Keshad Johnson of the Miami Heat dances his way to dunk title

Players don't officially get credit for post-dunk dancing, but it's clear that the judges were charmed by Johnson's post-dunk moves. Perhaps in a better-attended contest, that would have mattered less, but the Saturday afternoon led to a half-full arena and muted crowd reactions.

Carter Bryant lost the contest on his final dunk

As much as Johnson impressed an audience that may not have been familiar with a player who'd appeared in only 37 games and averaged 2.9 points in his career, Bryant had the contest in hand before his final dunk. His pass to himself followed by a windmill dunk got the highest score of the opening rounds, a 49.2.

Bryant notched a 50 in the final round, putting him in position to win if he could nail his final attempt.

The Spurs rookie seem destined to win. After all, his name contains two former dunk champions — Vince Carter and Kobe Bryant. The former got Bryant in trouble, talking to him before the final dunk attempt, which seemed to make the 20-year-old forward worry about running out of time. He couldn't complete the alley-oop to himself off the backboard which left Johnson's windmill the winner.

Johnson is still fighting for playing time and an NBA future with the Heat. But now he's joined Carter, Bryant and a legion of greats as an NBA Slam Dunk champion.