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Louisville Stopped The Bleeding With This Sexy Steal, Dish, & Dunk
It's halftime in New Orleans, and Kentucky leads Louisville 35-28. The Wildcats would be spanking the turnover-prone Cardinals even worse if it wasn't for this late Russ Smith steal, Chris Smith behind-the-back feed, and Gorgui Dieng dunk (which drew a foul from UK's Darius Miller). UL's got a wa...
J.J. Hickson Brought The Boomstick Down On DeAndre Jordan
J.J. Hickson didn't impress the Kings much this season, but he made his impact on Trail Blazers brass tonight with this thunderous slam on the Clippers' DeAndre Jordan. It was the kind of dunk Blake Griffin could appreciate, which made it convenient he was right there watching Hickson fly by. [ES...
Pint-Sized NAIA Guard Devastates College Dunk Contest
The college basketball dunk contest is one of those things that airs on ESPN or one of its affiliates some unusual day at some unusual hour. (Apparently it was last night, circa 8 p.m., and naturally we're late to it.) But it probably shouldn't be, given what five-foot-nine James Justice of NAIA M...
The Atlanta Hawks' Mascot Was "In Bad Shape" After Smashing His Beak On The Rim During A Dunk Stunt
Atlanta mascot Harry the Hawk Sky Hawk was feeling it in the beak after this stunt went wrong during last night's game against Utah. Reader James sent this in, noting that while the mascot appears to return to the floor to finish the routine, it's almost certainly a backup they keep for such circ...
Baylor's Quincy Acy Delivered The Highlight Of The NCAA Tournament Thus Far With An Inbound Dunk
After three and a half rounds without anything breathtaking, the payoff finally came tonight when Baylor's Quincy Acy slammed home this inbound pass and helped hold off a surging Xavier team that was down big early to the Bears. [CBS]...
Baylor's Brittney Griner Is The Second Woman To Ever Dunk In An NCAA Tournament Game
Brittney Griner's dunk early in the second half against Florida gave top-ranked Baylor a 13-point cushion, but it was only the second time a woman had dunked in a NCAA tournament game, after Tennessee's Candace Parker did it twice against Army back in the 2006 tourney. The throwdown was Griner's s...
Tristan Thompson Wanted No Part Of Being On Deron Williams's Poster
Is there anything Deron Williams can't do? (Other than promise with a straight face that he'll be with the Nets next year. Or beat the Cavs last night.)...
A Game-Winning Alley-Oop? Don't Mind If We Do
In our continuing effort to provide the best in all basketball-related madness, here's a nifty little alley-oop that beats the buzzer by mere seconds. According to the information provided by the YouTube user who uploaded the clip, the play came at the end of the Minnesota IAAA finals between Aust...
UConn's Season Encapsulated: Jeremy Lamb Blows A Dunk At The Buzzer With The Huskies Down 13
UConn operated with a certain air of jack-assery this season, and there's really no better example than how that season ended, as UConn stole the ball from Iowa State (which was just running out the clock in the accepted manner of sportsmanship) and Jeremy Lamb botched a windmill dunk. Your reigni...
Here's The Gerald Green Dunk Everybody's Talking About
This simple play is the genesis for a litany of questions. Among them: Gerald Green is still in the NBA? (Yes, on a ten-day contract with the Nets.) Where has he been? (In the D-League, mostly, but also playing in China and Russia.) Why has the NBA beaten the punch to would-be screencappers to upl...
Florida's Casey Prather Ruined Kentucky Forward Kyle Wiltjer's Day With This Massive Dunk
Florida's off to a quick start against Kentucky in their SEC tournament semifinal, and there's no better example than this posterizing dunk by Casey Prather over the Wildcats' Kyle Wiltjer. [ABC]...
The Nets Pulled Off A Perfect Double Alley-Oop
This one was executed so perfectly, it's almost as if the Nets drew up this double alley-oop in the first quarter of a win over the Mavericks. While it's not the first one we've seen this season, DeShawn Stevenson to MarShon Brooks to Kris Humphries certainly breaks the record for most capital let...
Lob City Anthem: All 91 Blake Griffin Dunks From The First Half Of The NBA Season In One Video
With a 20-12 record, the Los Angeles Clippers lead the division and with the addition of Chris Paul have finally established themselves as true NBA competitors. They've also earned the distinction of being must-see television for even casual basketball fans, and Blake Griffin is one big reason wh...
The Slam Dunk Contest Must Now Happen Without Jeremy Lin And A Couch
Jeremy Lin was all set to help Knicks teammate Iman Shumpert at Saturday's NBA slam dunk contest. But because Shumpert has missed the team's last two games with knee tendinitis, he had to bow out. Jeremy Evans of the Utah Jazz will take Shumpert's place. And now that he's out, Shumpert revealed to ...
Martell Webster Just Made The Most Boneheaded Play Of The NBA Season
Down three in overtime to Denver with 4.9 seconds left, Minnesota's Martell Webster answered Timberwolves fans' prayers and intercepted a Nuggets inbound pass—only to leave them cursing his name after driving to the hoop instead of attempting a three to force double-OT. The National Post's Bruce A...
There's Linsanity In The Garden After Jeremy Lin's Steal-And-Dunk
The Knicks came back from a 12-point deficit with the help of this Jeremy Lin steal-and dunk, capping a 9-0 New York run. [ABC]...
1990 Basement Basketball Highlight Reel Is A Thing Of Brilliance
This video is ancient, in internet years. But we hadn't seen it, and neither had Videogum, and they've seen everything. But it's making the rounds, so we'd be remiss in not brightening up a slow Friday....
Steal, Fast Break, Pass Off The Glass, Dunk. All By The Same Player.
That's Darrion Pellum of Hampton University last night against Maryland Eastern Shore. There's really nothing else to say, is there? [via]...
There's A White Guy In The Slam Dunk Contest
Fair warning: the lineup for the dunk contest at All-Star weekend is out, and it is uninspiring. You've got Indiana's Paul George, Minnesota's Derrick Williams, New York's Iman Shumpert (assisted by Jeremy Lin), and Houston's Chase Budinger. The superstars won't do these kinds of competitions any mo...
Jeremy Lin Will Be In The Slam Dunk Contest, Sort Of
What? You thought Linsanity wasn't going to be part of all-star weekend? David Stern knows a good thing when he sees it and, this morning, the NBA confirmed that Lin will participate in the Haier shooting stars competition, making the Knicks guard eligible to help out his teammate Iman Shumpert, who...