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Hammer Time: Who is leading the league in dunks

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Hammer Time: Who is leading the league in dunks
Hammer Time: Who is leading the league in dunks

Sydney Kings guard Jayden Stone throws down the dunk of the NBL27 Blitz in Bendigo. Photo: Getty Images

The Dunk-O-Meter tracks every dunk of the NBL27 season and ranks the league's biggest finishers

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!"

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🏀 The NBL27 DUNK-O-METER

Rounds 1 to 2 · 31 players · by player
PlayerTotal DunksAlley-oop finishesClutch
1Josh Oduro MEL▲1701
2Tyrell Harrison BNE▼1501
3Sam Mennenga NZB▼2311
3Zylan Cheatham ADL▼2310
3Jacob Holt BNE▲5300
3Jo Lual-Acuil Jr PER▲10300
7Carlin Davison NZB▼3210
7Charles Bediako NZB▼3210
7Andrew Carr SYD▼2200
7Ben Gold TAS▲2200
7Jaylin Williams BNE▲2200
7Nick Marshall TASNEW200
7Nick Rakocevic ADL▲6200
14Jordan Hunter SEM▼5110
14Anzac Rissetto NZB▼5100
14Bryce Cotton ADLNEW100
14D'Shawn Schwartz SEMNEW100
14David Johnson TAS▼6100
14Dylan Windler PERNEW100
14Fabijan Krslovic MEL▼7100
14Kyrin Galloway CNS▼5100
14Lat Mayen BNE▼5100
14Luke Travers MEL▼5100
14Malith Machar MELNEW100
14Nate Hinton BNENEW100
14Sam Waardenburg MELNEW100
14Skylar Mays SEMNEW100
14Tanner Krebs SEM▼8100
14Taran Armstrong TAS▼8100
14Will Magnay TAS▼8100
14Yannis Morin SEM▼8100
Every figure is read from the NBL play-by-play for all 10 games in Rounds 1 to 2, not entered by hand. 5 of the 56 dunks were alley-oop finishes, which is what the second column counts - they are part of the dunk total, not an addition to it. An alley-oop that is not dunked is not counted at all. Counts are of made attempts. Rounds 1 to 2 also produced 6 missed dunks (Jonah Bolden, Nate Hinton, Tyrell Harrison, Sam Waardenburg, Tanner Krebs, Keanu Pinder), which are not counted here. A tip-in is not recorded as a dunk: the league feed does not say which tip-ins were dunked, and there is no dunk column anywhere in the official box scores, so the play-by-play is the only source.

🏀 The NBL27 DUNK-O-METER

Rounds 1 to 2 · 5 alley-oop combinations · who threw it
Alley-oopFinishes
Parker Jackson-Cartwright → Carlin Davison NZB1
Parker Jackson-Cartwright → Charles Bediako NZB1
Parker Jackson-Cartwright → Sam Mennenga NZB1
Flynn Cameron → Zylan Cheatham ADL1
Tanner Krebs → Jordan Hunter SEM1
A dunk is one player; an alley-oop is two. The passer is read from the assist the league records against each alley-oop dunk, so these pairings are the feed’s own, not ours. Alley-oops that were not dunked are not counted anywhere in this tracker.

🏀 The NBL27 DUNK-O-METER

Rounds 1 to 2 · 56 dunks, 5 of them alley-oop finishes · by club
Every figure is read from the NBL play-by-play for all 10 games in Rounds 1 to 2, not entered by hand. 5 of the 56 dunks were alley-oop finishes, which is what the second column counts - they are part of the dunk total, not an addition to it. An alley-oop that is not dunked is not counted at all. Counts are of made attempts. Rounds 1 to 2 also produced 6 missed dunks (Jonah Bolden, Nate Hinton, Tyrell Harrison, Sam Waardenburg, Tanner Krebs, Keanu Pinder), which are not counted here. A tip-in is not recorded as a dunk: the league feed does not say which tip-ins were dunked, and there is no dunk column anywhere in the official box scores, so the play-by-play is the only source.

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