Terrence Ross Dunk Contest Video: Raptors' Rookie Wins With Leap Over Ball Boy, Vince Carter Tribute

WATCH: This Is How Terrence Ross Won The Dunk Contest

Shaquille O'Neal might just remember his name now.

In a contest that may have contained more missed attempts than successful dunks by the competitors, Terrence Ross of the Toronto Raptors emerged victorious thanks to a pair of impressive efforts in the final round against defending champion Jeremy Evans.

The 22-year-old rookie opened up the final round of the 2013 Slam Dunk contest by donning a Vince Carter jersey and throwing down a beautiful 360, one-handed windmill after catching an ally oop pass bounced off the side of the backboard. On his final dunk of the night, Ross passed the ball between his legs after vaulting over a ball boy en route to another one-handed slam.

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"I'm going to go with that last guy. He went between the legs. I don't know his name," O'Neal said when asked for his pick as the fan vote was being tabulated. As his colleagues had a good laugh at his analysis, O'Neal added "Terrence Ross ... I knew that. I just wanted to make Chuck laugh."

Whether or not Shaq knew him, Ross figures to have a lot more fans after this win.

The pre-Contest favorites, James "Flight" White and Gerald Green failed to advance to the final round. These two joined Eric Bledsoe and Kenneth Faried on the sideline as Evans and Ross dunked it out.

Here are some of the other makes (and misses) from the 2013 NBA Slam Dunk Contest:

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HOUSTON — Toronto rookie Terrence Ross beat defending champion Jeremy Evans to win the slam-dunk contest during All-Star Saturday night.

The 6-foot-6 Ross jumped over a ball boy, whipped the ball between his legs and threw down a one-handed slam to clinch the victory. Earlier, Ross donned a Vince Carter jersey, took a lob from high-school teammate Terrence Jones off the edge of the backboard, spun in the air, and then slammed home another one-hander.

Evans jumped over a painted portrait of himself and hurdled Dallas Mavericks forward Dahntay Jones for a dunk in his final round.

Ross earned 58 percent of the fan vote in the championship round. The first round was judged by former Houston Rockets Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, Dikembe Mutombo, Rudy Tomjanovich and Yao Ming.

Kenneth Faried, James White, 2007 dunk champion Gerald Green and Eric Bledsoe also were in the field, while Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade were among the All-Stars taking in the show.

Green started if off by taking a lob from Indiana teammate Lance Stephenson off the side of the backboard and soaring in for a reverse slam. White played off his "Flight White" nickname when he split two columns of cheerleaders dressed as flight attendants for a powerful two-handed dunk.

Hardly outdone, Ross earned a perfect score on his first dunk, whipping the ball around his waist before smacking down a one-hander.

Evans, meanwhile, used former Jazz giant Mark Eaton as a prop on his dazzling first attempt. The 7-foot-4 Eaton held the ball above his head as he sat on a box and Evans swiped the ball and soared over his head.

Hall of Famers Bill Russell and Julius Erving, singer Alicia Keys, rapper Drake, director Spike Lee and comedian Chris Tucker were among those sitting courtside. Keys is performing at halftime of Sunday's All-Star game.

Earlier, Cleveland guard Kyrie Irving beat San Antonio's Matt Bonner to win the 3-point contest. Irving, who will play in his first All-Star game on Sunday, hit his first seven attempts and 20 of 25 overall in the final round to finish with 23 points, two shy of the record held by Craig Hodges and Jason Kapono. Bonner had 20 points in the final round.

Portland rookie Damian Lillard beat Philadelphia's Jrue Holiday to win the Skills Competition. Players navigated through a dribbling circuit, had to make a jumper from the top of the key and hit passing targets. Lillard finished the course in 29.8 seconds. Holiday's time was 35.6 seconds.

Houston point guard Jeremy Lin and defending champion Tony Parker also were in the field, but didn't come close to qualifying for the championship round.

In the first competition of the night, the trio of Miami's Chris Bosh, WNBA star Swin Cash and Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins won the Shooting Stars competition, beating a team of Oklahoma City guard Russell Westbrook, WNBA star Maya Moore and former Houston Rocket Robert Horry.

Each team had two minutes to make shots from six locations on the floor, including one from half-court. Wilkins sank a half-court shot for a team time of 1 minute, 29 seconds. Westbrook rimmed out several half-court tries and time ran out before he and his teammates could make one.

The NBA tweaked the scoring format for this year's All-Star skills exhibitions, with teams representing the East and West competing for charities. The Western Conference defeated the East 140-125.

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