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- The rise of dunking and the three-point shot http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/yin-yang-basketball/ 33 comments
- How much would a three-pointer thrunk be worth in the dunk contest? https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/5ljrqh/how_much_would_a_threepointer_thrunk_be_worth_in/ 3 comments nba
- [Schoon] So Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack all set career-highs in forced fumbles under Brandon Staley. JT Woods led college football in interceptions. Kyle Van Noy has seven forced fumbles the past three years. Oh, and then there’s J.C. Jackson. Slam-dunk moves, Chargers. https://twitter.com/tylerjschoon/status/1522262659277770752?s=21&t=mQvhGFrX5AIE99yUZwgj2g 12 comments nfl
- [Nightengale] Three #MLB owners say it’s a slam-dunk that they will approve the deal tonight in their vote at 6 p.m. ET. They need 23 of 30 votes to approve which appears to be no problem. https://twitter.com/bnightengale/status/1502032623295631377?s=21 28 comments baseball
- Boban posts up Sexton and dunks on three Cavs https://streamable.com/szb9b 31 comments nba
- Gerald Green Wants to be in Three-Point Contest, Not Dunk Contest. http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/articles/20140129phoenix-suns-miles-plumlee-left-off-sophomore-team-for-rising-stars.html#protected 16 comments nba
- Gordon Hayward with three powerful dunks https://instagram.com/p/bq7eiklaboj/ 19 comments nba
- Isaiah Thomas attempts a dunk and cans a three instead https://streamable.com/78rcc 30 comments nba
- Durant blows by Birdman and dunks, Birdman responds with a three pointer http://www.streamable.com/5ac 290 comments nba
- Skills challenge, three-point contest, and slam dunk competition preview. https://fansided.com/2018/02/16/2018-3-point-contest-simulation/ 31 comments nba
- [Highlight] Matisse Thybulle with a putback dunk of the missed three attempt https://streamable.com/fuiogu 58 comments nba
- [Highlight] Paschall drives and dunks on three Mavs players! https://streamable.com/db1q2 23 comments nba
- Paul George fakes the three and dunks it hard https://streamable.com/ffmyk 10 comments nba
- [Kalbrosky] Stephen Curry is as efficient on deep threes as the NBA average dunk https://hoopshype.com/2018/11/08/stephen-curry-is-as-efficient-on-deep-threes-as-the-nba-average-dunk/ 19 comments nba
- Kawhi misses a wide open dunk but Danny Green cleans it up with a deep three https://streamable.com/fb9pb 73 comments nba
- Russell Westbrook can't finish the dunk on three straight possessions. https://streamable.com/xpqgm 10 comments nba
- Sources: Lillard to partake in Dunk Contest, mulling Three-Point Contest http://www.csnnw.com/blazers/sources-lillard-partake-dunk-contest-mulling-three-point-contest 84 comments nba
- Luka Doncic overtakes Nikola Jokic based on EPM (Dunks on Three) https://www.dunksandthrees.com/epm 80 comments nba
- Landry Shamet's insane step back three after a missed dunk attempt https://streamable.com/kx3n2m 30 comments nba
- [Highlight] Wembanyama takes off from inside the three point line for the dunk https://streamable.com/o340e1 110 comments nba
- Myles Turner with the block, leading to a Collison three, Pacers steal pass leading to Turner dunk https://streamable.com/pciv1 11 comments nba
- Round 2, dunk 2: Glen Robinson III wins the 2017 Dunk Contest with a reverse dunk over three people https://streamable.com/c7ce4 22 comments nba
- [Garcia] Pop was asked if the Vassell three was the shot SA wanted on the final possession: "Yeah, sure." He added, "We'd rather throw it to the rim and go dunk it, but that's the shot we got." https://x.com/PaulGarciaNBA/status/1753631855943844126?s=20 18 comments nba
- [Highlight] Wembanyama blocks Lillard, ties the game with a clutch three, then Giannis responds with an and-one dunk (full sequence) https://streamable.com/5xfk0k 37 comments nba
- [Highlight] An Amen Thompson three pointer, a Fred VanVleet steal (his 3rd), and another Amen Thompson dunk force the Spurs to take a time out https://streamable.com/qxbpp4 21 comments nba
- Iconic Bulls sequence: Scottie Pippen steals Clyde Drexler, Michael Jordan putback dunk, Pippen blocks Drexler, Jordan hits a then record 6th three in a half in Game 1 of the 1992 Finals https://streamable.com/qq7617 170 comments nba
- Reggie Miller with a buzzer-beater turnaround three to force overtime, and then a dunk to force double-OT in the series-deciding Game 5 of 2002 Pacers-Nets https://streamable.com/amahvw 58 comments nba
- [Highlight] Fox hits the three then finds Len for the powerful dunk to cap off a 14-0 Kings run https://streamable.com/s6me4s 19 comments nba
- [Reynolds] Kelly Oubre to start this season, through three games: - 6 dunks - 1 putback that I think he wanted to dunk but it hit the front of the rim before going down - 0 for 33 on all other shots https://twitter.com/bytimreynolds/status/1343554099237806081?s=20 14 comments nba
- On Maguire. Fee high but OGS felt combination of ability on ball + leadership was what he needed. As recently as three weeks ago, Man Utd had other options but reached point where Maguire was only one + by middle of this week were confident. Leicester will presumably go for Dunk https://twitter.com/sistoney67/status/1157312439807086592?s=19 120 comments soccer
- Laurie Whitwell: FWIW told Adam Webster’s move does not impact Lewis Dunk, who is set to stay at Brighton whatever happens with Harry Maguire. Graham Potter looking at a back-three. https://twitter.com/lauriewhitwell/status/1157262380184821760 5 comments soccer
- North Korea plays basketball with different rules. Dunks are worth 3 points. Three-pointers that do not touch the rim are worth 4 points. Teams lose points when they miss their free throws. http://legacy.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/world/20061029-9999-1n29kim.html 30 comments nba
- North Korea has its own distinct basketball rules, such as three points for a dunk, four points for a three-pointer that does not touch the rim, minus one point for missing a free throw, and eight points for a basket scored in the final three seconds. http://rockydocky.website/north-korea-rewrites-basketball-rules/ 21 comments sports
- [ESPN] Zach LaVine lays down a dunk and then sinks a three to tie the game up with 40 seconds left. He's scored a season-high 32 points against his former team. https://streamable.com/97epd 75 comments nba
- Frank Kaminsky from the three-point line to Dwight Howard for the reverse alley-oop dunk https://streamable.com/v15da 14 comments nba
- If you shoot a three and your hand gets severed off (because of an uncalled dirty foul on Patrick Beverley) but remains on the ball and the shot goes in with your hand hitting the rim, is that a three or a dunk? https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/7844ty/if_you_shoot_a_three_and_your_hand_gets_severed/ 15 comments nba
- [Highkin] Wade on if he was sad he didn’t play in ASG: “Don’t nobody want to see fadeaways and floaters. They only want to see threes and dunks." https://twitter.com/highkin/status/834582550475657218 159 comments nba
- The NBA's greatest games re-scored with North Korean rules (dunks = 3 points; three-point swishes = 4 points; missed free throws = -1 point) http://deadspin.com/5989049/ 29 comments nba
- North Korea points scoring system: 3 pts for a dunk, 4 for a three pointer that doesn't touch the rim, and 8 for a basket scored in the final three seconds. A missed free throw means minus-one point. http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/02/28/the_kims_long_love_affair_with_basketball_north_korea_dennis_rodman 151 comments nba
- "Photographs convey the reality of things in a way that mere words cannot...They prove that this was about more than "dunking three terrorists into water."...That's precisely why the photographs are being suppressed: because of how much good they would do." http://feeds.salon.com/~r/salon/greenwald/~3/lfp4fqnvcfo/index.html 4 comments politics