Big Mike

Awesome, that was a great show by Dwight.

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The Solution

The superman dunk wasn't even a dunk, he threw the ball in, the dunk shouldn't count then. Rules say you need to DUNK the ball and he gets a 50 by throwing it in...




Dwight however did win but it was much closer than people are saying, Green's birthday cake dunk was sweet. Also the pass that McCants did was horrible so I would of given the between the legs dunk a better score. The last between the legs dunk sucked, even without the shoes...

JNice

It would have been much better had it been cleaner but you have to take into account the showmanship and also the athleticism to even do what he did. If you want to get strict on the rules ok but it was entertaining to watch ... which is really the whole point.

Green's dunks were nice but lacked any pizzazz and the showmanship that Dwight's whole night did.

As Dr J said, I think Dwight won it on the first dunk.

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TheATLien

WOW.. that was an amazing performance from Dwight. Green shouldn't have advanced to the next round, IMO. Moon's first dunk was ridiculous, but he messed his his second one and that cost him. I would have liked to see what else he had planned.

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"A slam dunk (or simply a dunk) is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air and manually powers the ball through the basket with one or both of his hands, then often grabs the rim shortly after the ball passes through the hoop (a dunk is still being performed if the rim is not grabbed, as long as the athlete powers the ball through the hoop manually). This is a standard field goal worth two points"

Technically, it was a dunk.

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Dictionary.com:

dunk
–verb (used with object) 1. to dip (a doughnut, cake, etc.) into coffee, milk, or the like, before eating.
2. to submerge in a liquid: She dunked the curtains in the dye.
3. Basketball. to attempt to thrust (a ball) through the basket using a dunk shot.
–verb (used without object) 4. to dip or submerge something, oneself, etc., in a liquid: She thinks it's vulgar to dunk. Let's dunk in the pool before dinner.
5. Basketball. to execute or attempt a dunk shot.
–noun 6. any flavorful sauce, dip, gravy, etc., into which portions of food are dipped before eating.
7. Basketball. dunk shot.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dunk


dunk shot
–noun Basketball. a shot in which a player near the basket jumps with the ball and attempts to thrust it through the basket with one hand or both hands held above the rim.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dunk%20shot




Here's another one
Merriam-Websters Dictionary:

Dunk
transitive verb
1 : to dip (as a piece of bread) into a beverage while eating
2 : to dip or submerge temporarily in liquid
3 : to throw (a basketball) into the basket from above the rim
intransitive verb
1 : to submerge oneself in water
2 : to make a dunk shot in basketball

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dunk



Dunk Shot

: a shot in basketball made by jumping high into the air and throwing the ball down through the basket
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dunk+shot






It most definitly qualifies as a dunk.

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Idunkonyou

LOL at the haters. Howard owned the night. His showmanship and his dunks were like a breath of fresh air into the contest. He should be back to back dunk champion since he was obviously robbed last year.

Idunkonyou

Look at Kidd's son in the background. Kind of sums it up.

MickyEyez

not much to say that the judges didn't...



absolutely awesome performance by dwight.



that superman that ohhhhhhhhhh

NewAgeBaller

I don't really care what the technical definition of a dunk is, y'all know what people mean when we say that Dwight's 2nd wasn't a dunk.

That said, I'd still give it 50 and I found it very impressive, but it would have been better if he dunked it, and I'd prefer if contestants completed an actual typical dunk, not some loop-hole in its technical definition..

But again, I'd give it 50 anyway, that was an amazing performance. JNice knows whats up too.

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Jammin

Not hating on Dwight becuase his 3 dunks were nasty, but the Superman dunk shouldn't have counted. One of Moons dunks was thrown through the net on a missed attempt and it didn't count for him, so why should Dwights?

I'm not mad Dwight won becuase I love the guy, but IMO it would have been better if it was Moon vs. Dwight in the finals. Green had nothing prepared for the 2nd round. Moon had tons of dunks prepared, including the 720 and a double-ball 360.

And for the record: they take points off for Moon going over the tape (BTW, he jumped from EXACTLY the same spot as MJ), yet they commend Dwight for going over the tape, and not even completing the dunk?

In normal speed, Dwights dunnk looked INSANNNEE, but in slo-mo he kinda ripped the judges off by throwing it down and acting like he dunked it.

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