If you’re ever not sure whether or not your hammer dunks are truly epic in nature, I’ve got a surefire way to figure it out. When James Harden — the likely NBA MVP — manages to posterize your big man with ruthless aggression and it’s only the third-best dunk of the game, you’ve done something special.
Such was the case for Utah Jazz guards Donovan Mitchell and Dante Exum on Wednesday night. Without question, they put double exclamation points on Utah’s 116-108 win over the Houston Rockets.
For context, here’s Harden’s abuse of Derrick Favors —
Pretty good, right?