Blake Griffin Dunk Over Kendrick Perkins Recalls His Slam Over Timofey Mozgov (VIDEO)

Blake Griffin did it again. In fact, he somehow did it fiercer, stronger and with less mercy. During the third quarter of the Clippers-Thunder game on Monday night, reigning NBA Slam Dunk champion Blake Griffin rose up and Mozgov'd Kendrick Perkins.

Griffin's powerful slam over the surly starting center for the Thunder was so instantly reminiscent of Griffin's most famous in-game dunk over then-Knicks center Timofey Mozgov that Clippers announcer Michael Smith asked his broadcast partner Ralph Lawler, "Is it possible to top what he did last year?"

Lawler gushed in response, "[It's] almost a Mozgov!"

"It's better than a Mozgov! I didn't think it was possible to top him," shouted Smith.

Griffin quite literally did "top" Perkins, just as he did Mozgov. After setting a screen for Chris Paul and then taking a pass as he rolled to the rack, Griffin rose up. Seemingly too far from the rim to ever get there, he rose up and drew enough contact for the foul and then, somehow, managed to keep pushing toward the hoops and throw the ball through the rim for two points.

After Blake did what Blake does all over the previously intimidating Perkins, Twitter went and did what it does. Perhaps the most impressive thing about this insta-frenzy was the amount of athletes who were tweeting their amazement alongside fans, journalists and the hoops twitterati. Players from the NBA as well as MLB and NFL athletes were wowed by Griffin. Even LeBron James had to concede this posterization bested the mercenary, leap-frogging he'd committed against John Lucas.

WATCH: Slow-Motion Dunk

Comments

[gtp]

02:12 PM on 02/08/2012

The only way to not get dunked on is to not play defense. When the whole nation ridicules a guy for getting dunked on instead of focusing only on the dunker, two things will result. Guys not contesting dunks and guys trying to injure people dunking on them. It's like getting blocked in football. It hurts, it's embarassing, it happens. You can't avoid contact though.

[Quotidien]

01:10 PM on 02/02/2012

Dunk heard round the world.

[MildenHall]

11:18 PM on 02/01/2012

That was just pure filth!

[Catothemuchyounger]

10:54 PM on 02/01/2012

Not sure what the big deal is. It is two points, same as any other shot.

[Quotidien]

01:11 PM on 02/02/2012

It demoralizes the other team. The mental aspect of the game has value.

[Catothemuchyounger]

09:32 PM on 02/02/2012

It only demoralizes the other team if they are mentally soft to begin with.

[suburban lawnjockey]

10:28 PM on 02/01/2012

Haters. They're become a frig.gin cancer. This play was awesome, end of story. The human race is doomed with negativity.

[ms.understood]

09:13 PM on 02/01/2012

blake is nasty with the dunks. no one today can hold a candle to him.

[darrienramp]

07:23 PM on 02/01/2012

I threw up when i saw this, and im being serious, i threw up.. i think it might have been the hot peppers i had during the game

[M Smoove]

03:47 PM on 02/01/2012

Not at all a Kendrick Perkins fan, so its going to feel good seeing that look on his face that saids {{{{{DAMN!!!}}}}} on the bottom of the poster when it comes out.

[pleasantlyny]

02:48 PM on 02/01/2012

this reminds me of the time Jordan dunked in Ewings face, similar to the jordan dunk on sam perkins but better than the time jordan did it over kelly tripuka (sp).

[sandc411]

01:30 PM on 02/01/2012

pardon me while i whip this in...

[M Smoove]

12:38 PM on 02/01/2012

There's no doubt it looked damn pretty good and impressive in regular speed... But I would have like to see him actually grab the rim with the dunk, rather than almost throwing it in. But again, it definitely was impressive!!!

[pleasantlyny]

02:42 PM on 02/01/2012

About 2 or 3 people on this planet can do that in a nba game and you want to see him grab the rim... high standards

[M Smoove]

03:02 PM on 02/01/2012

I'm sorry, but if you think that only 2 or 3 people on this planet can do that exact dunk, obviously you must have never been in Rucker Park in New York in the summertime when the serious ballers come out. For as good as it looked, they is definitely brothas out there with serious hops who can do that same dunk.

[Aramaki]

09:05 AM on 02/01/2012

With no regard for human life.......

That was just Na.sty!!!!

Sooo much blood everywhere....

[triplettam]

01:58 AM on 02/01/2012

Dunking. I remember when they used to have to shoot.

[stjoshy]

02:39 AM on 02/01/2012

many grammatical mistakes do not outweigh the point the cookie monster was makin. good day

[triplettam]

02:56 PM on 02/01/2012

Are you on the right thread?

[MacManLB]

02:09 PM on 02/01/2012

Yep, back in the 1950's.

[Smooth1212]

01:57 AM on 02/01/2012

Really? Used the guy as leverage first of all. I'm 5'10 and can dunk a volleyball(small hands, can't grip a basketball) and I'm white. The guy is like 6'10" and has long ass arms, not too impressive if you look at his stature and rim height! People are soooo impressed, wow, but if you realize that TV makes it look like such a feat. If I had that dudes size, could do the same. He's a product of breeding for money so not so sure why everyone is so in awe about his dunk!!!! He threw the ball through the rim, and???? when he crouched to get his momentum he was still like 6' 4", yikes, the world is losing it's wow factor!!!

[TheN8tureBoy]

12:19 PM on 02/01/2012

He has the agility of someone much shorter. This is very impressive. He dunked OVER a guy who is 6'10" and was fouled very hard. Dunking a volleyball is a lot easier due to its size and weight.

[pleasantlyny]

02:44 PM on 02/01/2012

lol@dunk a volleyball.....

why did you bring race into it? ohhhh my bad, i forget i was on HP. home of the racially obsessed.

[RattKutty]

01:20 AM on 02/01/2012

Blake Griffin Dunk Over the Head of Kendrick Perkins Video and Interview Here

http://i5.cc/Blake-Griffin-Dunk-Video

[IndependentAndProud]

03:29 AM on 02/01/2012

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[sharlevoix]

08:25 AM on 02/01/2012

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