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A slam dunk, also simply known as a dunk, is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air, controls the ball above the horizontal plane of the rim, and scores by shoving the ball directly through the basket with one or both hands. [1] It is a type of field goal that is worth two points.
Twelve years later, Vince Carter of the Toronto Raptors stunned fans with arguably the league's best slam dunk performance that included a 360-degree windmill and an "elbow-in-the-rim" dunk.
The NBA Slam Dunk Contest (officially known as the AT&T Slam Dunk) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) competition held during the NBA All-Star Weekend. [1] Sports Illustrated wrote "the dunk contest was the best halftime invention since the bathroom."
The G League star and dunk maven put on a remarkable show at NBA All-Star Saturday night by recording perfect scores of 50 on all four of his jaw-dropping, creative dunks to become the first ...
The section "Tomahawk" starts with Due to the undemanding body mechanics involved in execution, the tomahawk is employed by players of all sizes and jumping abilities. and then goes on not explaining what a tomahawk dunk is, except mentioning that both hands are used. Could somebody please add a sentence desribing what a tomahwk dunk is?
Dalen Terry made a 3-pointer and a layup before Matas Buzelis drove inside for a dunk after Aaron Gordon fell down, making it 108-96 with 8:51 left. Terry finished with 13 points on 5-for-6 shooting.
Stansbury played three seasons (1984–1987) in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the Indiana Pacers and Seattle SuperSonics.He finished with 1,200 points in his career, and was a three-time participant in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, where he won three straight third-place positions in a row, from 1985 to 1987, before leaving the NBA.
Turner scored 13 points on 4 of 8 shooting including a tomahawk dunk and a 3-pointer. Siakam posted eight points and seven rebounds, leading all players on the glass. Nesmith scored four points ...