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reverse dunk
noun
A dunk in which the player's back is to the basket when the ball is dunked.
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The Nets' official scorebook reads: 3'FB Reverse Dunk.
The reverse dunk to end the break, the flexing and mugging for the bench.
His reverse dunk seemed like just another sign that the Nets could be hitting their stride.
But Carter won it with a reverse dunk on an inbounds pass from Bobby Simmons with 2.1 seconds left.
Bobby Hurley watched the 1986 team at the Meadowlands, saw Dawkins throw down a two-handed reverse dunk against Navy.
Wilson Chandler had 14, highlighted by an explosive reverse dunk that brought the crowd to its feet in the second quarter.
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I see him taking reverse dunks.
The rookie forward Richard Jefferson scored a career-high 21 points, nearly half on reverse dunks.
Bryant was scorching in the first half (19 points), throwing down two reverse dunks and generally scoring at will.
He edits the highlights — crossover dribbles, reverse dunks — to hip-hop beats and posts the stylish videos, "Yay Area's Finest," to YouTube.
Two years ago in Philadelphia, McGrady left the audience and his competitors astounded by throwing the ball off the backboard, catching it and reverse dunking it over a few defenders.
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