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Diallo impressive in preseason finale against Bucks

Related Topics: Hamidou Diallo, Coach Billy, Season

It was too easy for Hamidou Diallo.

If you want to get a pass over the hyper-athletic 20-year-old with the 44 ½-inch vertical jump, the safe play would be throwing it to the rafters. In the second quarter, the Bucks' inbounder did not take that into consideration.

Standing on the baseline, he tossed the ball toward a man he thought was open around midcourt, but Diallo snatched the long heave like a free safety catching a Hail Mary. Diallo sped past a helpless defender and threw down a right-handed hammer dunk.

The play was in the middle of a turnaround quarter for the Thunder, which beat the Bucks 119-115 in overtime to close the preseason.