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Word: dunks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Junior Mike Gilmore, who finished with 10 points and three rebounds, ignited the decisive run with a baseline move that produced a powerful dunk in traffic...

Author: By Peter K. Han, | Title: M. Basketball Finally Triumphs, 80-63 | 3/4/1995 | See Source »

...only January, but I can hear Dicky V in the background now. "It's a Big East-Atlantic 10 final in the Kingdome! UConn and UMass, baby! Slam dunk for Dr. Naismith! Can you believe it, baby...

Author: By Shira A. Springer, | Title: New England Regains College Hoops Stardom | 1/11/1995 | See Source »

Although he routinely dunked in practice, Asa had tried to dunk twice before in a game and had been unsuccessful. Against Burlington during our sophomore year in a game that I am sure Harvard baseball's Denny Doble remembers, Asa found himself alone under the basket with Belmont desperately trying to make a comeback. Asa tried to dunk but missed, smashing the ball off the back...

Author: By Matt Howitt, | Title: Memories of a High School Basketball Power | 12/16/1994 | See Source »

...tried to dunk a second time, against Wakefield, early in our junior season. On a turnaround post move, Asa found himself staring right at the basket with no one guarding him. Seeing a rare opportunity, Asa went up for the jam. The ball rattled around the rim for what seemed like an eternity before dropping through the cylinder...

Author: By Matt Howitt, | Title: Memories of a High School Basketball Power | 12/16/1994 | See Source »

...names from the team is removed, long after the trophics are removed from the trophy case, long after I forget that we even won a state championship, I will remember the lasting friends I made on that team. I will the remember little moments--Asa's first dunk, for example--that have special significance...

Author: By Matt Howitt, | Title: Memories of a High School Basketball Power | 12/16/1994 | See Source »

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