Aaron Gordon made history by postering Shamet with a magnificent slam dunk on Boxing Day
The last-minute play from the Nuggets’ 6 ft 8 Aaron Gordon arrived in form of a historically humiliating dunk on the eve of Boxing day.
Late in overtime, with the Nuggets topping by just half a point, Gordon led a two-on-one fast break with Nikola Jokic. Instead of passing the ball to the dominant Most Valuable Player, the sky-high athlete chose to take matters into his individual hands and did what he does foremost – Posterization.
Shamet attempted to build a tower for the sake of the last few playing moments the team can sacrifice for, He stood in to take a charge, in which he was traditionally victorious as the referee waved off the basket calling Gordon for an offensive foul call.
Nonetheless, after the officials went back to review whether or not Shamet was standing inside the restricted circle, they ruled that the Suns’ guard was not in a legal guarding position, awarding Gordon the poster and one free throw
The Nuggets continued by winning the game in overtime 128-125 props in substantial dimensions to Gordon’s roaring slam dunk. Interestingly global NBA fans around the world felt satisfied with one of the best in-game dunks this season based on the statistics of Youtube views per Seconds.