Even if some old-timers still speak of “smash”, the word “dunk” has become established over the years in France to designate this gesture which for a player consists of “ to perform a tap to bring the ball into the circle without taking your hand off. » This is the definition of the word that can be found on the web.
What this definition does not say is that the “dunk” only concerns basketball, and it has even become a symbolic gesture, in the same way as dribbling or shooting.
How ? This is what we tell you today in Basketball Stories with the first dunk in history.
Text of this episode written by Fabrice Auclert.
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