Hammer Time: Who is leading NBL27 in dunks

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Makuach Maluach ($134,500) had three dunks in the Sydney Kings' 110-99 win over South East Melbourne at Afterpay Arena on Sunday, November 8, doubling his NBL27 tally from three to six.

All three came in the second half and two came in the last 3:18. The second, off a pass from Kendric Davis ($436,000), put Sydney ahead 99-89 and the third made it 103-89 a minute later.

Xavier Cooks ($308,000) and Torrey Craig ($290,400) added one each, Cooks off another Davis pass to reach seven and Craig off a Cooks pass to reach five. Davis set up three of the Kings' five dunks. The Phoenix did not land one, with Dash Daniels ($115,000) blocked by Maluach on their only attempt. Harry Wessels ($100,000) also had a dunk blocked, by Yannis Morin ($277,000), so both of Sunday's missed dunks came in Sydney.

In Perth, Malique Lewis ($207,900) dunked off a Jonah Bolden ($133,600) pass with 2:36 left in the Cairns Taipans' 100-92 win over the Perth Wildcats at RAC Arena, putting Cairns up 89-82 and taking him to four. Kristian Doolittle ($317,500) had the Wildcats' only dunk, off a Dylan Windler ($271,100) pass in the second quarter, his second of the season.

The top of the table is where Saturday left it. Tyrell Harrison ($336,100) leads on 18, one clear of Josh Oduro ($277,000), who dunked on the Bullets three times in Melbourne United's 120-92 win over Brisbane. Nick Rakocevic ($188,400) is third on 14 after his two in the Adelaide 36ers' 106-78 win over Illawarra, with Charles Bediako ($277,000) and Carlin Davison ($121,600) sharing fourth on 13.

With Round 8 complete, the Dunk-O-Meter stands at 279 dunks from 59 games by 57 players, 30 of them alley-oop finishes. Sydney's five lifted the Kings from sixth to fourth on the club table with 30, past Adelaide on 28 and Tasmania on 26. United still lead on 50, seven clear of the Breakers on 43, with Brisbane third on 42.

History of 'Slam Dunk'

Legendary Los Angeles Lakers broadcaster Chick Hearn coined the phrase Slam Dunk, now one of the most common descriptions in world basketball.

Hearn, who died on August 5, 2002 aged 85, was at the microphone for 3,338 games, first as a radio broadcaster and then simulcast on both TV and the "wireless".

So, in honour of Chick, basketball.com.au is tracking every slam dunk of NBL27 by player and team until: "The game's in the refrigerator, the door's closed, the light's out, the eggs are cooling, the butter's getting hard and the jello's jiggling!"