In the Lakers’ 93-91 win over the Spurs on Thursday night, Larry Nance Jr. showed why he belongs in the dunk contest.

The 25-year-old forward got way up — and reached way back — to throw down one of the best alley-oop dunks you’ll see in the NBA this season.

He followed that up with an awesome block a minute later (and included here are replays of his insane dunk):

As those highlights would indicate, Nance had a terrific all-around performance for the Lakers, with 14 points and 10 rebounds off the bench.

[TNT]

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