In Kobe Bryant’s fourth game back from an injured achilles, the Los Angeles Lakers played against the Charlotte Bobcats on the road in the Time Warner Arena and escaped with an 88-85 win—their first since his return. The win will, perhaps, allow Pau Gasol to continue their road trip with his pride intact. At least, that might be the impression you’d get from Golden State Warriors center Festus Ezeli’s reaction to a Josh McRoberts dunk Saturday night. [Read more…]
It appears the big man can still get up there, well technically. Maybe not as smooth as he use to be, Rasheed Wallace and Detroit Pistons forward Tony Mitchell squared off in a thrilling drunk competition at the end of the Pistons practice today. A little dunk contest after practice between sheed and tony mich https://t.co/Zi3MiN8Ge6 — Andre Drummond (@DRE_DRUMMOND_) November 16, 2013 Wallace, now an assistant coach with Detroit, use to get up there with the best of the big men and hammer
Blake Griffin, the human highlight film 2.0, is no longer with Team USA due to his knee injury. This means other amazing athletes on the team will have to step up their dunking games for our pleasure, and LeBron James provided a glimpse of it during Saturday’s scrimmage. We’ve seen James steal the ball, give it up to Dwyane Wade in transition, who then throws it back to James for an alley-oop a countless number of times. Now, we get to
Remember how Tim Duncan turned back the clock in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals and served a facial dunk on Serge Ibaka? Well, Ibaka decided a little payback was in order, and did more or less the same dunk against Duncan in Game 4, with a little more flair as he cuffed the ball before throwing it down: (via youtube user 1jzo) The shot-blocking artist was more than just a defender in this game, shooting a flawless 11-of-11 from the field