It might not have been the winning dunk of the 2020 NBA Dunk Contest, but we all know it should have been.
The greatest in-game dunk of all time was on a man who stood three inches shorter than Boston Celtics big man Tacko Fall, and while the slam may have been staged for maximum impact, at 7-foot-5, it’s literally almost impossible to find a taller human being to dunk over.
But Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon did precisely that Saturday evening, drawing all the attention such an epic feat should. The judges, however, did not agree, and awarded the win to the Miami Heat’s Derrick Jones Jr.
For his part, Gordon doesn’t plan on participating again, feeling robbed for the second year in a row after earning four straight 50-point dunks, the maximum allowed, without a win.
Given the man jumped over one of the tallest human beings on the planet for one of them, it’s pretty hard to argue against his point.
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