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Dunk of the Year? WATCH Coby White posterizes Wembanyama with an EMPHATIC Slam

LaVine's defensive plays helped Coby White in the final minutes.

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Coby White stole the show during the Chicago Bulls’ 114-110 win over the San Antonio Spurs. The 24-year-old guard dropped a powerful game-icing slam over Victor Wembanyama to set a win for the Bulls.

Coby White’s poster dunk came when the Spurs had a one-point lead with 30 seconds remaining in the game. The 6-foot-4 guard lowered his head and charged the rim with a ‘dunk of the year.’ It became more special because he dunked over Wembanyama, who leads the league in blocks (116) and averaging 3.9 blocks per game.

COBY CAUGHT WEMBY.@CHSN__ | @CobyWhite pic.twitter.com/9s7tgzgRgk
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) January 7, 2025

Victor Wembanyama tied for a career-high eight blocks on Monday night. He blocked three of Coby’s shots before the final minute. It’s not possible to attack the rim if Victor Wembanyama is lurking around but 6’4 Coby White put 7’4 Wembanyama on a poster with 16 seconds left.

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After sinking into a 15-point deficit at halftime, the Bulls had an 11-0 run in the third. Spurs head to the fourth quarter with a 95-82 lead. Zach LaVine led the Bulls in the fourth quarter with 14 points and Chicago had an 8-0 run in the final three minutes to take a 111-110 lead.

Zach LaVine was PIVOTAL for the Bulls in their comeback victory at home!

🏀 35 PTS
🏀 10 REB
🏀 8 AST
🏀 3 3PM pic.twitter.com/SKkfwTK1EA
— NBA (@NBA) January 7, 2025

LaVine’s defensive plays helped Coby White in the final minutes. Before making a poster-perfect shot over Wembanyama, he made a driving layup to break the one-point deficit. For this season, Copy White’s poster dunk gives tough competition to Tre Mann’s insane slam over Noah Clowney on Nov 19. These two are the best dunks of the season 2024-25.

“I just told myself the next time I was gonna go, I was gonna try to dunk it,” White said. “I knew when I was driving, if I was going to lay it in, finger roll it, anything, he was gonna block it. So I just was like — I got to dunk it. I just wanted to make sure that I got the basket.”

Zach LaVine was the top performer for the Bulls with 35 points and 10 rebounds. Coby White added 23 points while shooting 9-for-18. Victor Wembanyama paced the Spurs with 23 points, and 14 rebounds and tied for a career-high 8 blocks. Chicago Bulls won their second straight game and Spurs dropped first game in their four-game road trip.

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A native of Jaipur, Rajasthan, journalist, and a complete soccer and basketball fan, he found the huge interest with basketball by watching videos of Allen Iverson and Tony Parker, but fell head over heels in love with the sport during the Warriors’ championship era (2015-2018). A sports game addict since his late PS1, he’s also passionate about the Eagles, Inter Miami and the Fever. He’s fortunate to have seen all his favorite teams win championships. He also has a special love for cricket and football (soccer), where he is a fan of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Barcelona.