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High Schooler Shatters Backboard on Game-Ending Dunk

Feb. 14, 2011 8:03am Jonathon M. Seidl

This is West Salem High School (Oregon) Sophomore Alex Ross. He can dunk. Very hard.

Near the end of his team’s Friday night loss to North Salem High School, Ross decided to put an exclamation point on the game. While North Salem was trying to run out the clock, one of Ross’s teammates stole the ball and tried to score a last-second layup. When that didn’t work, Ross took the rebound and slammed it through the hoop, shattering the backboard and causing glass to rain down on the players:

(H/T: SportsGrid)

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TexOkie
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 9:48pm
Like we have not seen a backboard shatter before. And the crowd goes wild.

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Lutheran
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 5:18pm
Boring

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benrumsley
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 3:50pm
Speak Your Mind Huh? 2 posts, no profanity, veiled innuendo’s, words spaced to sneak by a censor and still never posted. Sure, Speak Your Mind. Bah.

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benrumsley
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 3:48pm
That will go great on his resume. He has a 1.98 GPA and can shatter backboards in a single bound, what employer would turn that down.

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PunditPawn
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 3:15pm
Why don’t they raise the rim height beyond reach so people with skill get rewarded for shooting and people who are born tall have mere advantage instead of guaranteed dominance?

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Goodgriefgeezlouise
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 2:44pm
This is nothing more than a manfacturerers defect..I have dunked on these rims thousands of times and have seen 280 pounders hang on them all night with waaaay more vicious slams than that..These rims are supposed to withstand a huge amount of pressure..The only thing I can think of that might have led to this is that the kid that made the dunk was very close to the support bracket and might have hung on that a bit..Still this should not happen..That was a mild dunk..Nothing special..Could be that the school installed it improperly also..But it wasn’t anything the kid di..He was making a play..A nice one at that..jmo

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Cabo King
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 2:21pm
he will most likley get arrested for distroying school property, and trying to kill the other players with shards of glass!!! isnt that the way it works now days

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temple62
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 1:46pm
This is the way to “Get er done”!

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HOCKEYHAWK216
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:04pm
Basketball is like HOCKEY without a goal-tender; put a goalie in the game and see how dramatically it would chenge!

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swoods08
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:54am
That thing looked old anyway, time to upgrade!

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Axeman4
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:12am
Send it in white boy!

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spreadcommonsensenot pc
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:09am
Destroying school property is never OK, these hoodlums should be arrested/sued for this act of terrorism.
not!

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bkeely
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 9:49am
Did the poin count?
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TEXASQUINN
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 9:41am
I believe it was in the opponents gym as well…now thats funny!

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Ialmostforgot
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 9:21am
There needs to be a new rule that no player may touch the rim or backboard or the shot doesn’t count.

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GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 9:13am
I’ve been of the opinion since at least the mid 1980′s that they really need to raise the baskets used in the game a good 3 feet higher. Just my opinion, nobody else agrees with it.

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- randy
  Posted on February 14, 2011 at 9:29am
  I Agree with you Ghostofjefferson,
  I’ve never been impressed with Dunking. It has nothing to do with talent, just someones height.
  New rule? Shatter the backboard = Team heads back to the dressing room, they pack up and hop on the bus because you they just lost the game.
  
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- sissykatz
  Posted on February 14, 2011 at 9:33am
  Ghost I played basketball in all levels at school. I have told my friends if I were over 7ft tall and couldn’t “score” I would certainly be embarassed. So I may agree with you that if the players are as tall as the goal it may need to be raised.
  
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- mrlogan3
  Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:12am
  @Randy: It’s not all about height, there are a lot of 6 foot guys who can’t dunk and a bunch of 5 foot guys who can. There is definitely an element of athleticism in dunking.
  
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- sWampy
  Posted on February 14, 2011 at 2:48pm
  There are very few 5 foot guys that can dunk, especially in a game.
  
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Fox
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:47am
I’m going to take a moment to just say that was awesome.

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Lion420
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:47am
WHO won the game?

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stanleythemanly
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:45am
I did the same thing on my kids basketball hoop …… well yes the hoop was 3 foot tall ….. ok then … the plastic was frozen ….. but I still shattered a backboard! :-)

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- Freedom Tiger
  Posted on February 14, 2011 at 7:46pm
  My mom was on her high school basketball team when they got their first glass backboard (late ’70s). One of the boy varsity stars dunked the ball and shattered it almost immediately.
  
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GUT_CHECK
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:41am
job-security for janitors, back board manufacturers and installers.
and perhaps for future detention officers and parole officers too.

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- middleclassprophet
  Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:14am
  -GUT_CHECK-
  
  Maybe your screen name should be “head” check. That is one idiotic statement.
  
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poverty.sucks
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:29am
Unnecessary exuberance costs the school thousands of dollars. Coaches need to teach the kids restraint and focus on points that helps the team. Not jumping into fame. NCAA Div II mens basketball team West Liberty University leads the nation in scoring as a team effort. Rarely will they dunk the ball, they also lead the nation in assists. Even though they are all white, they’re very capable of the dunk, it’s not in the game plan. When the opposing team dunks the ball, that’s one player unable to transition to defense which usually leads to a quick score by West Liberty.

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- DRSAVAGE24
  Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:37am
  I’ve seen more emphatic dunks than that one where the backboard didn’t shatter. It also was the right shot to take since he was rebounding the ball at its highest point. It was the most high percentage shot available. There is a lot of showboating in basketball that I’d agree with you on, but this was not it. And a bunch of high school students are bound to get jacked up about a shattered backboard when it happens so that’s not surprising either. Kids being kids.
  
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- poverty.sucks
  Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:44am
  Agreed, kids being kids with ineffective coaching.
  
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- forestnomad
  Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:04am
  LOL! Did you just refer to it as ‘The Dunk’?!?
  
  Clearly you are just talking out of your a$$: “When the opposing team dunks the ball, that’s one player unable to transition to defense”
  
  That statement literally makes zero sense, a dunk is a high-percentage shot, same as a layup. In addition, with a dunk you are able to halt momentum drop and turn, whereas with a layup you have released the ball and have continuing momentum past the backboard and cannot get in front of the inbound pass. In both cases the player will be able to at least track, if not beat, the inbounding player from the other team.
  
  By the way, what is your preferred strategy in that session? Drop your rebounders back, concede the board, and focus on transition defense? Get the board, come down and take a set shot?
  
  Horrible analysis POVERTY.SUCKS. Just horrible. Displays a complete lack of understanding about how to play, or coach, basketball at any level above fourth grade.
  
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- poverty.sucks
  Posted on February 14, 2011 at 4:18pm
  Enjoy what you want to see.
  
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katzenbacker73
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:15am
That is some quality high school basketball!

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robinraleigh
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:15am
Whoop, Whoop! “Yeah, Dats how we do it, Yo!” What’s with all the chest-thumping and fist-pumping? I hope it was accidental but the fans sure seemed happy that public school property was destroyed.

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HillBillySam1
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:12am
“Hooray!!!! We lost!!!”……sounds like he is destined for a job in Obammy’s State Dept……..

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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:06am
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If the Backboard was Made in America, this kinda of crap would not happen………..

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- Cemoto78
  Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:13am
  maybe it was made in the USA, Union Made!
  
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- grandmaof5
  Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:16am
  Impressive! Nothing like putting an exclamation mark on the game. No one will remember the loss, just the dunk.
  
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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:47am
  @Grandmaof5
  
  Good morning, and indeed that puts the exclamation point to the whole game; hope the lad who made the shot does not get sent the cost for replacing the backboard.
  
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- The Monster
  Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:50am
  It doesn’t matter where it’s made. Without the spring-loaded rim designed to give way when someone puts too much weight on it, a glass backboard is going to break. That’s one of the reasons it used to be offensive goaltending (penalty: basket doesn’t count) to dunk the ball, and a technical foul (two shots plus possesion of the ball to the other team) to grab the rim. Now it’s usually only a T if you hang on the rim with all of your weight, and even then if there’s a player on the floor below you, it’s excused under the theory you’re trying to protect him.
  
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- grandmaof5
  Posted on February 14, 2011 at 9:34am
  Back ‘atcha, Snow. I doubt they will charge the player the cost of the backboard, they are probably just happy no one was injured and a law suit will not follow – afterall, that’s the name of the game (no pun intended) now a days.
  Had another freeze this morning but should be a bit warmer tonight. Beautiful day today and already up to 70 degrees. Have a terrific day!
  
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- Sinista Mace
  Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:31am
  Who said white man can’t jump?
  
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- MAULEMALL
  Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:49am
  getto white peeps is different…
  
  You learn to jump so later in life you can get over the fence quick like.
  
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- MAULEMALL
  Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:50am
  Oh yea… Im gonna pray for that back board…
  
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- middleclassprophet
  Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:13am
  -MAULEMALL-
  
  Spoken like a true racist.
  
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- MAULEMALL
  Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:31pm
  More like a ghettocist
  
  But hey if it bothers you maybe you see yourself in the video..
  
  Liberals seem to always play the racist card..
  
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- MAULEMALL
  Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:33pm
  oh yea bright liberal guy…. The crowd is 90% white
  
  Bwaaa haaa haaaa..
  
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- clipper
  Posted on February 14, 2011 at 2:10pm
  Funny you say that because i’m surprised the liberals running our schools haven’t made “Made in America” part of the agenda when it comes to building schools.
  
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