Instead, they ran all over the Hoyas and rubbed it in with outrageous dunks and alley-oops.
These days, its only the slam dunks that are getting through on the first try.
Whereas basketball guarantees 48 minutes of slam dunks, football threatens 90 minutes of dashed hopes.
The statistical slam dunks marred by allegations of steroid and human growth hormone use are another story.
The Knicks had trouble containing Blake Griffin, too (17 points, 12 rebounds and a few thunderous dunks).
The approach offers the potential for sponsorship sales--envision a thread of dunks brought to you by Dunkin' Donuts.
And who knows what would have happened if Louisville center Gorgui Dieng made more dunks than he missed?
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Jefferson had a pair of early dunks before hitting the first 3-pointer of his career for a 22-13 lead.
Enfield's team earned the nickname "Dunk City" for its spectacular dunks and alley-oops.
The 7-footer from Australia had three big dunks in the first half, including a thunderous right-handed slam over JaVale McGee.
He ignited the crowd with back-to-back breakaway dunks in the third that got the turnaround started and helped defend Anthony.
In the Philadelphia Warriors' 169-147 victory, he made 36 of 63 field-goal attempts on an array of fall-aways, dunks and put-backs.
Curry scored 26 points on 10-of-14 shooting, and Plumlee was 9 of 11 including six dunks for 23 points.
Saturday was a smooth exhibition of the player's range dunks, rebounds, blocked shots, altered jumpers and a fearlessness chasing down loose balls.
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"The idea is to become a best-selling author first and then the rest of my books will be slam dunks, " Bushnell said.
And the connectivity with the players is beyond dunks and three pointers.
Despite shooting just 39 percent (14 of 36), the Cardinals dominated the lane 20-2 mostly on dunks by Behanan and Wayne Blackshear.
There are no blitzes, slam dunks, stolen bases, mountain conquests, knockout punches.
Music, dancing and acrobatic dunks off trampolines are part of the show.
They scored the first seven points for a shocking 49-19 lead, and punctuated the drubbing with five dunks in the final 10 minutes.
In them, pro players take to the playground with hyperbolized action, like the NBA's Vince Carter pulling off 360-degree dunks and other fancy tricks.
The expectation is that these are slam dunks and that the in-house legal staff appreciates the need to accept a reasonable offer of settlement.
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All he did next was pour in nine of Kentucky's last 20 points and flush down several dunks that kept Louisville (30-10) at arm's length.
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Dunks are more gimmicky now than they were 20 years ago.
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Florida Gulf Coast followed its first upset by burying No. 7 seed San Diego State, 81-71, under a pile of even more outrageous dunks and alley-oops.
Just like in their opening win over second-seeded Georgetown the Eagles' calling card to the nation there were plenty of laughs, dunks and dances.
Unlike the pros, college-basketball players can't shoot, rebound or execute 15 consecutive 360-degree reverse slam dunks that make the guy defending Blake Griffin really, really mad.
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The new game will integrate advanced AI developed for the Fight Night boxing franchise, which will have NBA players reacting to the monster dunks and alley oops on-the-fly.
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There were delicate jumpers and leaning runners and vicious dunks.
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