San Antonio Spurs guard Marco Belinelli is not known as much of a dunker. The TKTKT entered Monday night with 34 made dunks in 448 career NBA games, with total dunk attempts registering as just 1.0 percent of his total field goals. If Belinelli were ever to dunk on someone, it would not register as a posterization, because the use of the term suggests that any manufacturer would create a poster of a player doing something he almost never does. I mean, Chris Paul has blocked 60 shots as a pro, but no one is going to put together a highlight reel of his top swats.
Of course, games involving the Philadelphia 76ers do not currently resemble normal NBA contests, which provided Belinelli with the opportunity for a rare dunk during the second quarter of Tuesday night's game at Wells Fargo Center. Big man Henry Sims tried to get in his way but was not especially successful:
Belinelli shot just 3-of-13 for the game as a whole, but the Spurs managed a 109-103 win despite sitting Tim Duncan and Tony Parker. Kawhi Leonard scored a game-high 26 points and added 10 rebounds, four assists, and two steals.
Meanwhile, the Sixers fell to 0-17, which puts them just one loss behind the 2009-10 New Jersey Nets for the worst start in NBA history. They have a reasonable chance of avoiding the mark on Wednesday when they travel to the 4-12 Minnesota Timberwolves. If Philly loses that game, they will have to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder (potentially with Kevin Durant) on Friday to stop short of sole possession of the record.
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Eric Freeman is a writer for Ball Don't Lie on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at efreeman_ysports@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter!
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