At 6-foot-7, Kyle Korver is certainly capable of dunking a basketball. Yet as we've seen throughout his career, he's not exactly a dunking machine, preferring instead to hunt 3-pointers, which he's very good at making.
During the first half of Game 3 on Wednesday night, however, Korver decided to switch things up. As LeBron James dribbled towards him in the corner, Korver cut backdoor along the baseline, and LeBron hit him with a bounce pass.
Gathering the ball, Korver powered up off of two legs and just barely got up high enough to slam it home.
Korver Dunk Kounter:
— Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) June 8, 2017
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The extremely rare play was a surprise to most people, including many of his old Atlanta Hawks teammates, who couldn't believe what they had just seen.
Back door Kyle Korver dunk 💪 !!! Something is off in the universe tonight. Cav's might defend home court!
— Kris Humphries (@KrisHumphries) June 8, 2017
WHATTTTTT @KyleKorver I SEE YOU BOYYY!!!!
— Tim Hardaway Jr (@T_HardJR) June 8, 2017
Say what ? My Boy K takin 2da Hole ⛹️ https://t.co/FTj7PbJbxl
— Dwight Howard (@DwightHoward) June 8, 2017
Who knows, with Korver near the end of his career, that could be the last time we ever see him slam in an NBA game. And if it was, that's certainly a good way to go out.