Wednesday night in the NBA seemed like the dunk contest. Houston Rockets big man Alperen Sengun threw down a dunk over Jazz veteran Kevin Love while drawing contact and getting the and-one. But that dunk was topped during the Miami Heat ’s preseason game against the San Antonio Spurs when Jaime Jaquez Jr . did the unthinkable and soared over Victor Wembanyama .

The dunk happened when Jaime Jaquez cut down the middle as Heat rookie guard Kasparas Jakucionis came across the lane, saw the cutting Jaquez, hit him with a pass and watched him climb the Victor Wembanyama mountain with a tomahawk. It was a very impressive dunk considering the situation, and served as a reminder as to why Jaquez was a participant in the NBA’s dunk contest as a rookie.

But the dunk aside, this is shaping

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