Before the start of the dunk contest in the Air Canada Centre last night, the Jumbotron flashed images of the best moments from its 31-year history. It ended on shots of Vince Carter, who, in 2000 as a Toronto Raptor, put on the best dunk contest performance in basketball history—and perhaps one of the most iconic, most remembered events in sports history. The crowd went nuts, and it felt safe to assume it was the loudest it'd likely get all night. Dunk contest since haven't even come close. Vince Carter killed the NBA All-Star slam dunk competition.

Or so we thought.

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The show Zach LaVine and Aaron Gordon put on last night was breathtaking in that drop-your-beer, food-falling-out-of-your-mouth way that sports moments always have the potential to be, but so rarely are. It felt like it did sixteen years ago, when I was a kid sitting cross-legged on my carpet, wide-eyed and wondering what kind of cereal Vince Carter ate for breakfast. It took two kids born in 1995—who both would have been four when Vince shocked the world—to get us back there. And goddam, are we glad they did. As part of Mountain Dew's Court Vision Virtual Reality Experience, GQ caught up with them separately the morning after their historic showdown.

Zach LaVine

You get any sleep last night?

If closing your eyes counts. I blinked a lot.

This one has to be sweeter than the first one.

Yeah I feel like it’s better cause I went up against probably the best competition I ever been in. I definitely think it was one for the ages. I felt like it was the Rocky and Apollo Creed scene, where they both punch each other at the same time. Somebody’s getting hit, but both of y’all are getting hit.

Have you watched it back yet?

Nah, I haven’t even watched it yet. I’ve just seen some of the highlights. I was looking at both of his dunks anyway, like, "How do you do that?"

Which one blew you away the most?

The two that were tripping me out were when we went under both his legs over the mascot and then over the mascot between the legs. Professional dunkers do that. He did it one time, one try. And he’s freakin’ 6’10” man, so for him to get up over a mascot on a little hoverboard? [laughs] That’s like 45 inches in the air plus vertical.