Sentences with phrase «winning dunk»

He consistently dunks with authority, and that power should help energize the crowd — perhaps the most important aspect of winning the dunk contest.

Nance Jr. did wear a shirt with an illustration of his father winning the Dunk Contest to a game earlier in the month, so maaaybe that's a hint?

Eight days later against Notre Dame, junior guard Ashanti Cook pushed the ball the length of the court and found freshman center Roy Hibbert for a game - winning dunk just before the final horn.

No surprise that Derrick would win the dunk contest, and go on to win co-MVP of the Mary Kline Classic.

The Lob City star might be a long shot to win the Dunk contest, but do not let that overshadow his portfolio of rim - shattering slams.

I think of Gerald Wallace, Spud Webb, DeMarcus Cousins (angry dunks) and De'Aaron Fox (game winning dunks).

With +600 odds to win the 3 - point competition, +300 odds to win the skills challenge and +450 odds to win the dunk competition, parlaying Lillard to sweep the evening's events would pay out $ 15,300 on a $ 100 bet.

In doing so, he became the second youngest player to win the dunk contest (trailing only Kobe Bryant in 1997).

Not exact matches

Out of Context: This verse has nothing to do with dunking a basketball, hitting a game - winning homerun, bench - pressing a bus, winning the lottery or closing a business deal.

Deliciousness aside, chicories are alsoa win visually — an Instagram - age slam dunk.

In the first sevenminutes of the win at Utah, for instance, Howard hit a baseline drive overAndrei Kirilenko, slashed to the middle for a layup and an eventual three - pointplay, hit a standstill 20 - foot jumper, made a nice crossover dribble to getinto the lane for a dunk and swished a 13 - foot jumper.

Photoshop of Adam Silver dunking on Donald Sterling: Tom Izzo sent out an entertaining video to Time Miles after he won Big Ten Coach of the Year last year:

6» 4» Duke commit Grayson Allen won the McDonald's All - American Dunk Contest on Monday with this sweet dunk, jumping over fellow BluDunk Contest on Monday with this sweet dunk, jumping over fellow Bludunk, jumping over fellow Blue...

Photoshop of Adam Silver dunking on Donald Sterling: Tom Izzo sent out an entertaining video to Time Miles after he won...

As you can see, oddsmakers think it's a slam dunk that Russell Westbrook will win the MVP Award, Eric Gordon will win the Sixth Man Award and Mike D'Antoni will win the Coach of the Year Award.

Willie's dunk punctuated an 80 - 63 home win over a ranked Alabama team in the 81 - 82 season.

However, while the Hawks have been winning of late, only one of those wins has been against a good team (Memphis), as SLC Dunk, SB Nation's Jazz blog, writes.

After the Terps fell behind early and appeared to be caving in, Smith got the ball in front of the Hoya bench, took three dribbles and dunked over the startled Harrington, igniting a comeback that resulted in an 84 - 83 Maryland win in overtime.

As always with upset blowouts, it's not simply that the winning team dunked all over the losing team, it's how they did it.

The Indiana Pacers» Glenn Robinson III won the NBA Dunk Contest on Saturday in New Orleans, sealing the dunk contest with a reverse slam over several peoDunk Contest on Saturday in New Orleans, sealing the dunk contest with a reverse slam over several peodunk contest with a reverse slam over several people.

Unfortunately, a dunk like this can't immediately win the game like catching the golden snitch.

OKC is coming off a thrilling triple - overtime win over Philadelphia Friday night, 119 - 117 and Russell Westbrook put in another monster effort, including this dunk over Dario Saric.

Arsenal are currently small road favorites with a game total of 2.5, so this isn't exactly a slam dunk like last year against Aston Villa (winning 5 - 0 on Super Bowl Sunday).

Wichita State's Cleanthony Early didn't win last night's college basketball dunk contest with this attempt (Eastern Kentucky's Marcus Lewis won).

Who do you think will win the Slam Dunk contest?

It's no surprise that Gordon, one of the 2016 Slam Dunk contest finalists, is the favorite to win the 2017 competition.

Two relatively unsurprising but nonetheless awesome things conspired to get the Bulls another win: a botched Magic inbounds play and a game - winning Zach LaVine dunk.

LaVine won his second consecutive Dunk trophy, but announced he would not participate this year before suffering a torn ACL.

An all - around athlete and high school All - American in both basketball and football, he would end up winning the McDonald's All - American slam dunk contest, throwing 28 touchdown passes for North Carolina, and catching 193 passes in six seasons with the Oakland Raiders.

A win would be the ultimate statement that the Nances are the greatest dunking family ever.

Maybe he wins the competition this year, maybe not but I don't know if he is a slam dunk better option than Schweitzer at this point.

And Brady did his part in it, dinking, dunking, darting, picking, and plucking against the Seattle defense, never completing a pass longer than 23 yards while winning his fourth Super Bowl and third MVP award.

But they did survive, and now they face a schedule with, basically, three slam - dunk wins (at UNLV, Wyoming, New Mexico) and two games that are at least semi-interesting.

This De'Aaron Fox putback dunk game - winner to give the Kangz their first win in Miami in 16 years is just incredible.

With this astounding dunk over Paul George, Pacers mascot Boomer and an Indiana dancer, Glenn Robinson III earned a perfect 50 and clinched the 2017 Slam Dunk Contest win over Derrick Jones, dunk over Paul George, Pacers mascot Boomer and an Indiana dancer, Glenn Robinson III earned a perfect 50 and clinched the 2017 Slam Dunk Contest win over Derrick Jones, Dunk Contest win over Derrick Jones, Jr..

Benjamin Mendy was already in Guardiola's bad books after posting «Bullet header» in reference to Lewis Dunk's own goal against Manchester City after their 2 - 0 win over Brighton on the opening day of the season.

Bridges, Villanova's lottery - bound redshirt junior wing, must not have realized what he was signing up for midway through the second half of the Wildcats» Sweet 16 win over West Virginia when he decided to rumble into the lane on a fast break, rise up and hammer home a one - handed dunk on Konate, the Mountaineers» sophomore shot - swatting ace.

That includes Brighton trio Glenn Murray, Lewis Dunk and Shane Duffy who were pivotal in the impressive 3 - 0 win over West Ham, while the same could be said of Tommy Smith and Aaron Mooy who produced excellent displays in Huddersfield's win over Manchester United.

Allen won the McDonald's dunk contest by putting on a Jay Williams jersey and jumping over Jahlil Okafor.

Adam «Just Dunk It» Bernkopf scored 29 and Sam «fairly respectful with the ref on wednesday night, nice work» Harmelech added 24 of his own in the win.

Slam dunks and fancy moves add glitter to the NBA scene, but it's hard work that wins the championships

6» 4» Duke commit Grayson Allen won the McDonald's All - American Dunk Contest on Monday with this sweet dunk, jumping over fellow Blue Devil commit and # 1 recruit in the nation Jahlil Okafor while wearing a retro Jay Williams jerDunk Contest on Monday with this sweet dunk, jumping over fellow Blue Devil commit and # 1 recruit in the nation Jahlil Okafor while wearing a retro Jay Williams jerdunk, jumping over fellow Blue Devil commit and # 1 recruit in the nation Jahlil Okafor while wearing a retro Jay Williams jersey.

Half a lifetime ago, a young Michael Jordan took the All - Star slam dunk title with a performance that finally won over his rivals.

Jordan McRae dunked like another Jordan on Friday during the first half of Tennessee's 86 - 67 blowout second round win over UMass...

They could always pass the ball back to the goalkeeper, but Petr Cech isn't all that great with his feet and his long balls forward were easy for Brighton to win in the air — Lewis Dunk dominating.

It wasn't too long ago that Oreo won the internet with their now famous «dunk in the dark» that got a lot of movement during the Superbowl Blackout.

Trump said he was interested and could certainly win (polls showed it was less than a slam dunk), but would only run if he had a clear field — that is, if Astorino yielded.

Candace Parker, the first woman to dunk in the NCAA, and first player to win the WNBA MVP and Rookie of the Year award, in the same season, takes her job on and off the court very seriously.

Reach new heights with this inspiring image capturing the thrill of slam dunking and scoring for the winning team.

«The Shape of Water's» Golden Lion win isn't as much of a slam dunk prognosticator as the TIFF Audience Award, but del Toro's fairy tale does join «Somewhere,» «The Wrestler,» and Brokeback Mountain» as recent American productions to win top honors at Venice.