(1) They not only started the season with journeyman windmill dunk specialist Gerald Green on their roster – he was one of Phoenix's starters.
(2) And Chalmers alley-oop pass to LeBron who dunks it, the Heat are still here.
(3) If you raise the floor of a basketball court by just a few inches, you will see many more slam dunks."
(4) 3.02am BST Heat 38-42 Spurs, 5:20, second quarter And Ginobili steals on the next possession, hey here's something good, he gets the ball into Tony Parker's capable hands and the point guard hits a two-pointer, Lewis misses a jumper on the other end and Duncan turns a Diaw steal into a dunk and now it's Miami's turn to take a time out.
(5) They can’t be charged with obstructing official business, since (according to the prosecutor) they did indeed cooperate with the investigation an tell the truth during the formal investigation.” The “best bet” would be obstruction of justice, he said, based on their initial false statements, but “that only works if they made the false statement with the purpose of hindering the discovery of a crime.” “There is an argument that their initial statements were made with that purpose,” he said, “though I don’t think it’s a slam dunk.” Since the officers cooperated with the formal investigation, Simmons said it’s unlikely Deters would want to present an aggressive case to the grand jury, as “it is always difficult to get police officers to testify against their fellow officers and it looks like these two did tell the truth when it really mattered.” Meanwhile, it emerged on Friday that Tensing was seeking reinstatement on the UC police force through his union.
(6) The Slam Dunk Contest, sorry the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest disappointed for the second year in a row.
(7) As Motion's prologue makes clear, this is a "found poem" – the literary equivalent of the objet trouvé (did Damien Hirst "make" that sheep he dunked in formaldehyde?
(8) Meanwhile, the Rising Stars game somehow featured less defense than the All-Star Game, Usain Bolt, despite the pregame hype, faltered in the Celebrity All-Star Game after an early dunk and nobody cares, or ever will care, about Shooting Stars or the Skills Challenge, sorry the Taco Bell Skills Challenge, not even the winners.
(9) A fast break dunk by Iguodala with 5:12 left in the third extended the Warriors’ lead to 61-51.
(10) Then Tiago Spillter dunks and the Spurs bench applauds in response.
(11) 1.41am BST Indiana Pacers 12-6 Miami Heat - 7:05 remaining, 1st Quarter And David West makes um two straight dunks and that will quiet the Miami crowd real good, a good time for a Heat timeout which they take.
(12) 3.01am BST Spurs 58-34 Heat, 5:52 remaining, 2nd quarter Chris Bosh makes a dunk, I love Chris Bosh.
(13) • Oh and I suppose the Dunk of the Week should rightfully go to this year's Slam Dunk Contest winner Terrence Ross.
(14) Judging by the slapdash nature of the marking at that set piece, Hughton’s side were missing the customarily commanding presence of the suspended Lewis Dunk at the heart of their defence.
(15) Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos is supremely confident that reviving the sitcom Arrested Development, which was made available globally online last night in a single 15-episode junkie-pleasing hit, will be the latest "slam dunk" in the video streaming service's mission to revolutionise the TV industry.
(16) Denver's Wilson Chandler scored 17 points, Nate Robinson added 16, and Kenneth Faried had a key block and transition dunk with 33 seconds left to lift the Nuggets past the Washington Wizards 75-74.
(17) In addition to the prerequisite leaping ability, long-term success in "playing above the rim" requires experience, exceptional physical agility, and the mental discipline to anticipate and avoid slam-dunk opportunities with high risk for personal injury.
(18) On the contrary, if Obama doesn't deliver a "slam dunk" on Tuesday, we'll see another round of liberal hand-wringing and conservative victory laps.
(19) Mario Chalmers dunks, Duncan dunks and LeBron finally hits his first shot of the game, with a jumper.
(20) Paul George had the Dunk of the Year Facebook Twitter Pinterest No we're not going to argue about this, Indiana Pacers guard Paul George had the Dunk of the Year.
Tomahawk
Definition:
(n.) A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.
(v. t.) To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.
Example Sentences:
(1) Their manufacturer, Raytheon, describes the Tomahawk as a “modern, mature, powerful” weapon capable of “precise strikes on high-value targets with minimal collateral damage”.
(2) British Tomahawks, which are on submarines, are not yet within striking distance of targets in Iraq or Syria, official sources have suggested.
(3) Launched from ships or submarines and with a range of more than 1,000 miles, Tomahawk missiles have been at the heart of the US arsenal for more than two decades.
(4) They said America had "no real need to wait for Britain", and indicated the US would be able to undertake a limited campaign without the UK's proposed contribution – thought to consist of a small number of Tomahawk cruise missiles being launched from one of the Royal Navy's Trafalgar class submarines.
(5) As the Argentinian novelist César Aira wrote in 2001: “Any change is a change in the topic.” Trump has already proven head-spinningly adept at changing the subject, using everything from mad tweets to Tomahawk missiles.
(6) After indicating prior to that attack that Assad’s removal was no longer a priority, the US launched 59 Tomahawk missiles on the Syrian air base where the chemical attack was launched from.
(7) Modernising Tomahawk is quick and affordable way to provide warfighters with the capability they need to stay ahead of the threat.” 'The dead were wherever you looked': inside Syrian town after chemical attack Read more These sophisticated cruise missiles have been a critical part of US warfare since the Gulf war in 1991, when they were deployed in combat “with immense success”, according to the navy.
(8) Konashenkov claimed only 23 of the 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles reached the base, with the rest missing the target.
(9) The only European country that has Tomahawks is the UK — it’s paralyzed politically — so the next best thing is the French Scalp,” an airplane-fired cruise missile.
(10) Tomahawks were also instrumental in the Nato-led effort against the Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, and have gone on to be pivotal in the US fight against Islamic State in the Middle East.
(11) Because I was an only child these games were one-sided and usually involved either tomahawking the dog or trying to round him up with my string lasso.
(12) A British Trafalgar class submarine is also believed to be in the area, probably in the Gulf, equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles estimated to cost £500,000 each.
(13) Stanhope also admitted that the navy was having to buy more Tomahawk cruise missiles from the US to replace the ones it had already fired.
(14) Last week, Mr “America first” rained down Tomahawk missiles on a country whose relationship to the US’s vital interest is less than clear.
(15) Mayville said that the “preponderance” of strikes on Monday in Syria were conducted by American fighters, bombers, drones and Tomahawk missiles.
(16) Donald Trump launches 60 missiles in US strike after Syria chemical attack – live Read more More than 6.25 metres long (20ft) and weighing 1,590kg (3,500lb), the Tomahawk land-attack missile is billed by the US navy as “an all-weather, long range, subsonic cruise missile” able to be launched from either ships or submarines.
(17) Earlier that year the Obama administration had proposed halting Tomahawk production as part of cutting defence spending in 2014, when the navy had 4,000 missiles stockpiled.
(18) In reprisal for the Bashar al-Assad regime’s alleged use of chemical weapons earlier this week, the US launched 59 long-range Tomahawk missiles on the airbase from which it believes the Syrian warplanes launched the chemical attack.
(19) We’re not saying that we’re the ones to effect that change.” The aim of the Tomahawk missile strike on a Syrian airbase on Thursday, McMaster said, was to deter another use of chemical weapons after Assad’s forces killed dozens of civilians , including children, with a sarin attack on Tuesday.
(20) US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said US Navy destroyer USS Nitze launched the Tomahawk cruise missiles around 4am local time (0100 GMT).