Nets' Spencer Dinwiddie captures skills competition title
Spencer Dinwiddie
LOS ANGELES â Spencer Dinwiddie of the Brooklyn Nets won the skills challenge to kick off NBA All-Star Saturday.
 Spencer Dinwiddie . (Chris Pizzello/AP)
Eight players started the competition  with  Dinwiddie  and Markkanen advancing to the final.
Markkanen struggled passing the ball into the net  giving  Dinwiddie  a big lead.  Dinwiddie  dribbled down the floor and missed  his  first 3  but drained the next one to win.
LOS ANGELES â  [TGT]  of the Brooklyn Nets won the skills challenge to kick off NBA All-Star Saturday.
  [TGT]  . (Chris Pizzello/AP)
Eight players started the competition  with  Dinwiddie  and Markkanen advancing to the final.
Markkanen struggled passing the ball into the net  giving  Dinwiddie  a big lead.  Dinwiddie  dribbled down the floor and missed  his  first 3  but drained the next one to win.