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Tim Capurso

EXPLAINED: Bulls guard coby white posterized victor wembanyama and nba fans loved it | Vintage Vibes

Chicago Bulls guard Coby White dunks the ball as San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama attempts to defend at th United Center on January 7, 2025. | Screengrab Twitter @chicagobulls

With the Chicago Bulls clinging to a one-point lead late in Monday night's game against the San Antonio Spurs, guard Coby White took matters into his own hands. Moments after making a clutch layup to give the Bulls the lead, White, with 15.2 seconds left in the game, drove into the lane and slammed down a dunk with authority as 7'4" Spurs big man Victor Wembanyama arrived a hair too late to contest the dunk.

While some fans squabbled on social media as to whether or not White's dunk was actually a poster slam, others marveled at the fact that he was able to finish in the lane with Wembanyama, who had blocked a whopping eight shots in the game, in the vicinity.

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