Originally published Feb. 7, 1988.
It’s an imperfect science, this slam-dunk scoring stuff that went on Saturday in the Chicago Stadium stands. The difference between awarding a 10 or a nine or an eight is all in the . . .
”Acrobatics,” declared Dominic Vivona, a 19-year-old Northwestern student as he readied his scoring card before the NBA slam-dunk championship, part of the warmup for today’s All-Star Game.
”Flying,” corrected seatmate Greg Spivey, 18. “If you aren’t clearly flying, you don’t get a 10.”
”Flying, that’s important,” agreed Alan Turvin, 20.