Celtics guard Jason Terry became the latest “dunk victim” when he was posterized by LeBron James on Monday night.
During the second quarter of the game between Miami and Boston , with the Heat trailing 48 to 35 at the time, Dwyane Wade picked Terry’s pocket in the backcourt, setting up a 3-on-1 fast break opportunity.
After the steal, Wade tossed the ball to teammate Mario Chalmers, who pushed it ahead to Norris Cole. Cole then threw up a lob to reigning MVP LeBron James, who took off from the middle of the paint and proceeded to throw down a vicious one-handed slam that sent Terry spiraling to the hardwood.
Adding insult to injury, Terry was whistled for a foul on the play. James picked up a technical for standing over Terry’s body after the dunk.
Following the throwdown, several hoops fans quickly took to Twitter, comparing the slam to DeAndre Jordan’s vicious dunk on Brandon Knigh t a week earlier.
Marc J. Spears from Yahoo! Sports asked:
“Most brutal to the little man? LeBron James over Jason Terry or DeAndre Jordan over Brandon Knight?”
ESPN’s Skip Bayless added:
“Apparently, LeBron still hasn’t gotten over the way Jason Terry trash-talked him into freezing up in the NBA Finals loss to Dallas.”
DeAndre Jordan eventually chimed in on LeBron’s dunk, writing:
hmmm touché sir…touché. lol
— DeAndre Jordan (@deandrejordan) March 19, 2013
When asked after the game if he regretted his decision to stop LeBron’s dunk, Terry said:
“No, I love it. I wish he could have taken him down before he got to the dunk. And I said the same thing about Brandon Knight. Listen, you should have fun, it was a great dunk.”
Check out each of LeBron and DeAndre’s dunks below and let us know which one you think is better in the comment section:
Jordan’s dunk on Knight:
James’ dunk on Jason Terry: