The adrenaline flowed seemingly as high as when Larry Nance Jr. leaps and dunks.
The Lakers just secured a 117-97 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Friday at Staples Center. The Lakers emulated Golden State’s normal mastery of teamwork and sharp shooting far better than the Warriors did at least for one night. And well, Nance defied gravity once again by throwing down a one-handed dunk while palming the back of David West’s head for support.
All of which left Nance soaking in the win by scrolling through Twitter and Instagram posts. That included admiring his own poster.
“That was one of my favorite ones I’ve had,” Nance said, smiling.
There’s plenty that Nance had. He soared past former Golden State center Festus Ezeli. Nance threw down over Detroit center Andre Drummond. Nance boxed out Memphis forward and former NBA dunk contest champion Vince Carter and converted off of a tip-in dunk. In only Nance’s second NBA season, the Lakers’ forward has dunked enough to warrant a Youtube video providing a top-10 rankings of his slams.
Where would Nance rate his latest jam?
“Oh jeez. I don’t know,” Nance said. “I haven’t even thought about it. Hopefully there’s a whole other top 10 after this year. In terms of Golden State, that’s probably No. 2 for me.”
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