‘Deron the Victor’ (Jesse Garrabrant - NBAE/getty Images)

The “Who is the better point guard – Deron Williams or Chris Paul?” question is supplanting Coke vs. Pepsi as the ultimate debate nowadays. On Saturday in the Playstation Skills Challenge the answer was Williams.

Utah’s third-year stud beat New Orleans’ Paul in the finals, setting a record in the process by completing the course in 25.5 seconds. His perfect round started off with a dunk (instead of the safe bet of a lay-up that most contestants usually go for) and ended with an even more impressive flush that eclipsed the previous best time of 26.4 seconds set by Dwyane Wade last year.

Paul clocked a final-round time of 31.2 seconds, making two key miscues when he had to attempt the first chest pass twice and the jump shot twice.

Paul and Williams made it to the finals after finishing the first round in 29.9 and 31.2, respectively.

“It’s a rivalry,” Williams said. “We like to go against each other.

“I’m a competitive guy, so I kind of did want the victory. Even though it’s about fun, I wanted to win so I’m happy about that.”

Dwyane Wade, the event’s reigning champion the last two years running, didn’t bother practicing the course beforehand, and it might have come back to haunt him.

Wade struggled to finish the course, taking 53.9 seconds and running into problems at every stage from losing his dribble out of bounds, to giving up on the jumper after four misses to even missing two layups before mercifully ending the round.

New Jersey’s Jason Kidd also competed, bowing out after finishing the course in 39.7 seconds in the first round.