Wilson Chandler dunks all over Tyson Chandler (no relation)
When a player dunks on another, the play often gains relevance or amazingness due to some special context. For instance, when a rookie Blake Griffin Mozgov’d then-Knicks center Timofey Mozgov, it mattered because the all-time great dunker-brutalizer Amar’e Stoudemire acknowledged Griffin afterwards. It was like a passing of the torch, if said torch were the ability to cram on and embarrass dudes.
Other times, though, the connection between involved players is utterly meaningless but superficially notable. Like, say, when Denver Nuggets wing Wilson Chandler detonated on Dallas Mavericks center Tyson Chandler in the first quarter of Friday’s game at American Airlines Center:
Despite the last name, these two aren’t related. Yet it’s very easy to imagine some alternate universe where this dunk causes big issues at all major Chandler family holiday gatherings. Instead it’s just another very amazing highlight in a league full of them.
While this was clearly the play of the game, the Nuggets struggled overall in this one, falling to the Mavs 97-89. Tyson Chandler was arguably the game’s best player with 11 points on 4-of-4 shooting and 16 boards.
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