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  2. Slam dunk - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. List of sports idioms - Wikipedia

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    slam dunk, slam-dunk Basketball: A forceful, dramatic move, especially against someone. In basketball, it is a forceful shot in which the player jumps to the basket and slams the ball in. OED only cites the basketball definition, and that to 1976; [73] AHDI cites a figurative usage from "about 1980 on". [74]

  4. Slam Dunk Contest - Wikipedia

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    One of his most exciting dunks was a high-flying dunk over former Slam Dunk Contest winner, 5'7" Spud Webb. The 2006 Slam Dunk Contest was also the first Dunk Contest in history to have a "Dunk Off", the equivalent to a Dunk Contest overtime, between Knicks point guard Nate Robinson and shooting guard Andre Iguodala of the Philadelphia 76ers ...

  5. Mac McClung makes Slam Dunk contest history during All-Star ...

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    Osceola Magic guard Mac McClung made All-Star history by becoming the first person to win the Slam Dunk contest three years in a row. Not only did McClung secure the win but he won the contest ...

  6. The heady history of the slam dunk (and how street style ...

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    The NCAA even banned the dunk from 1967 to 1976, which, when you think about it, is remarkably stupid: Hey, let’s eliminate the most kinetic part of the game, the play that makes fans stand and ...

  7. Mac McClung wins dunk contest for 3rd straight time - AOL

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    Mac McClung continued his annual tradition of stealing the NBA spotlight for a day, as the G League standout won his third consecutive NBA slam-dunk title during All-Star Saturday in San Francisco ...

  8. Basketball moves - Wikipedia

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    Common layup strategies are to create space, releasing the ball from different spots or using an alternate hand. A player tall enough (or with sufficient leaping ability) to reach over the rim might choose to perform a more spectacular and higher percentage slam dunk (dropping or throwing the ball through the basket from above the rim) instead.

  9. A slam dunk: Educational basketball program teaches Kuss ...

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