Who knew that Chris Paul could still throw it down?
Apparently not a lot of people.
Social media went insane on Sunday night when Paul showed he could still get up at age 34, throwing down an alley-oop off a pass from Russell Westbrook and finishing with a two-hand jam.
Honestly, with how high he got up, Paul looked like he could’ve competed in Saturday night’s dunk contest.
The play came with 7:37 left in the second quarter and Team LeBron trailing Team Giannis 12-10. He even got a little extra hang time on the rim.
The dunk was met by a standing ovation from his teammates on the bench.
😱 WHAT JUST HAPPENED? 😱@CP3 on the receiving end of an alley-oop dunk ‼️ pic.twitter.com/n7acfACevH
— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) February 17, 2020
The fact that Paul could still dunk was shocking to a lot of the media members that regularly cover the NBA.
I really didn't know Chris Paul could still dunk. His last one in a game was in 2015-16, per @bball_ref. And he threw it down with two hands easy!
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) February 17, 2020
Although Tim MacMahon sighted Basketball Reference saying the dunk as Paul’s first since the 2015-16 season when he was with the Clippers, Twitter users were fast to point out that Paul threw down a dunk in game four against the Utah Jazz last year.
Chris Paul dunk! pic.twitter.com/Z7CTZxnQlo
— Dime (@DimeUPROXX) April 23, 2019
Paul has thrown some beautiful lobs of his own during Sunday’s game, including one in the first quarter to Ben Simmons who finished with a monster slam.