Tuesday night’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks was both the best of times and the worst of times for LeBron James, but it was a great night for Malcolm Brogdon. James put up 34 points and 12 rebounds, including the go-ahead three-pointer in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 114-108 win, but he also got emphatically dunked on by Brogdon.
Of course, that’s a pretty impressive overall performance from James, and it was notable to see him hit a three (not always his greatest strength) at a crucial moment. Here’s the video of that:
LeeeeBron Jamessss! #DefendTheLand
He puts up 34 points and 12 rebounds including the game winner! @cavs win 114-108 over the @bucks. pic.twitter.com/3hKIFgKAuS
— NBA (@NBA) December 21, 2016
However, LeBron’s night does come with an asterisk, as the relatively-anonymous Brogdon threw down on him in a big way:
MALCOLM BROGDON MIGHT HAVE THE DUNK OF THE YEAR! #NBAVine https://t.co/531hRvYRlQ
— NBA (@NBA) December 21, 2016
Brogdon is not only a rookie, but a second-round draft pick, as he was taken 37th overall out of Virginia this past year. That wasn’t even his only great dunk of the night, as he also put up an impressive drive-and-dunk against Kyrie Irving:
Sleep well, Kyrie https://t.co/pVvcR1p4yS
— Kevin Chouinard (@KLChouinard) December 21, 2016
As many Twitter users noted, he may have only finished with six points and five assists, but they were memorable points:
Malcolm Brogdon finished with 6 points and 5 assists in the Bucks loss tonite. 4 of his 6 points came on dunks over Lebron and Kyrie!
— Hoos In The NBA (@hoosinthenba) December 21, 2016
There may never be another 6-point performance that melts Twitter quite the way Malcolm did tonight https://t.co/KVP1njDPSs
— Damon Dillman (@DamonDillman) December 21, 2016
MALCOLM BROGDON JUST TOOK LEBRON'S SOUL https://t.co/S18GAlTghZ
— David 🐝 (@theperezwheel) December 21, 2016
Malcolm Brogdon is just dunking on everybody tonight. #cleartherunway #postersforsale
— Matt Sbarra (@mattsbarra311) December 21, 2016
Malcolm Brogdon commits some light regicide via /r/nba https://t.co/tX2xqzIph8
— /r/MemphisGrizzlies (@RedditGrizzlies) December 21, 2016
Malcolm Brogdon will be charged with the murder of Kyrie Irving and LeBron James in the same night.
— Karson Tager (@karsonwithak) December 21, 2016
But hey, Brogdon said afterwards he didn’t know who he was dunking on:
Malcolm Brogdon discusses @Bucks tight loss and his big dunk over LeBron.
"Had I known it was LeBron, I might not have even gone up" pic.twitter.com/FDs7fNjcW5— Bally Sports Wisconsin (@BallySportWI) December 21, 2016
It’s a good thing he did go up. James and the Cavaliers may have come away with the win, but Brogdon certainly got people talking with his ferocious dunks in this one.
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