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The Warriors passed up a dunk to take a 3-pointer

by Ricky O'Donnell
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Ricky O'Donnell
Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.

Ninety-nine out of 100 NBA players would have slammed home this alley-oop for two points, but Golden State has never been interested in baskets that are only worth two points. Thompson should have to run sprints at practice for ruining this perfect highlight.

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