This Just In: Blake Griffin Dunks Well

by Jeff Clark on Jan 31, 2012 5:56 AM EST in Boston Celtics News & Links

Normally I wouldn't bother sharing highlight dunks with you (though maybe I should) but this one kind of grabs your attention. And it also involves an old friend so...

Daily Dime - ESPN

So forget about the Clippers beating the top two teams in the Western Conference (Oklahoma City and Denver) on back-to-back nights. Or their barrage of four 3-pointers in a 51-second span in the second quarter. Or Chris Paul's sublime 26-point, 14-assist night. It's what happened after Paul's pass to Griffin just more than three minutes into the third quarter that everyone will remember much longer than the 112-100 Clipper victory. The official play by play innocuously described it as "Griffin 3' Driving Slam Dunk (Paul)" at the 8:52 mark. It's kind of like classifying the Taj Majal as a "building."

Kendrick Perkins on Blake Griffin dunk: "It happens." | ProBasketballTalk

"It happens," Perkins said in the corner of the Thunder locker room. "A the end of the day if you’re a shot blocker, you’re going to get dunked on. It was a great play that he made. Obviously I wish I wasn’t in it, but it was a great play that he made."

VIDEO: Blake Griffin Dunks On, Possibly Annihilates Kendrick Perkins - From Our Editors - SBNation.com

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Does anyone think Perkins will bounce back. I thought he would have started to play well by now. He just sort of seems like a non factor out there. His defense isn’t what it used to be and even his usual low numbers are even lower.

by Whetzell on Jan 31, 2012 6:11 AM EST reply actions

RIP Perk

"The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot."

- Bill Russell

by Marjun Raposon on Jan 31, 2012 6:25 AM EST reply actions

lol

by KWW on Jan 31, 2012 9:24 AM EST up reply actions

That's one nasty dunk! Perks was at the wrong place

by getthat18now on Jan 31, 2012 7:39 AM EST reply actions

Hi Griffin sack

I would like to introduce you to Perkins mouth.

Wow, nasty dunk!

by tmarine17 on Jan 31, 2012 8:13 AM EST reply actions

lol

if this comment doesn’t get a warning from the editors, that will be even funnier!

by vgarcia890 on Jan 31, 2012 12:06 PM EST up reply actions

Not a dunk

by rickyfan3.0... on Jan 31, 2012 8:23 AM EST reply actions

Enough with him already

He is very overrated. Shannon Brown is better.
And besides, no one will be ever match the old Vince Carter

I don't follow rules, I let the rules follow me.

by relja111 on Jan 31, 2012 8:29 AM EST reply actions

So your not impressed with this?

by Little ticket on Jan 31, 2012 11:29 AM EST up reply actions

Perk without

a true pointguard will not score a lot.

by kheldar52077 on Jan 31, 2012 8:31 AM EST reply actions

Clippers are condenders

Who’d have thunk it? But they’re for real.

by JR99 on Jan 31, 2012 9:06 AM EST reply actions

Contenders of what? Playoffs yes, title no.

by KWW on Jan 31, 2012 9:23 AM EST up reply actions

They’re as much as a championship contender as the Celtics are: everything needs to go perfectly. From matchups to injuries or lack thereof to a simple lucky tip in, everything needs to be perfect.

They have the talent and the best PG in the league (Rose is great, but he’s a clear 1b although that can change at any moment). They’re flawed, but they’re about as good as the Mavericks were last year.

by muckduck on Jan 31, 2012 10:26 AM EST up reply actions

They’re not title contenders. Their bench has no depth to carry them deep into the western conference playoffs.

by C'sFanfrmNy on Jan 31, 2012 10:32 AM EST up reply actions

Did he not see that play coming?

Did Perkins think Griffin was gonna layup the ball? Perk switched late on the rotation, but he should of let Blake get the easy 2 instead of trying to block. And now with ESPN and Tweeter, Perk will never hear the end of this. lol

by KWW on Jan 31, 2012 9:27 AM EST reply actions