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on september 11, beijing time, league legend "dr. j" - julius irving accepted a media interview, during which he compared his free throw line dunks with michael jordan's.

"since i did it early on, only one person can be the first in something, so i'm the first person to do it in the dunk contest," julius erving said.

"dr. j" acknowledged and praised jordan's free throw line dunk, knowing that it was an improved version and more difficult than what he had done in the late 1970s. but there is one thing jordan can't take away from "dr. j", that is, julius erving is the first person to complete a free throw line dunk.

julius erving completed the first free throw line dunk in the 1976 slam dunk contest, and jordan's iconic free throw line dunk in the 1988 slam dunk contest also became one of the classic scenes in his career.

(nba official website)