The 25 Best Facial Dunks in NBA History

The best kind of poster.

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The 2012-13 NBA season is in full swing (yes a full 82 games, none of that 66-game B.S.), which means, new poster material. Any athletic baller can pull off a sick solo dunk on the break, but laying the hammer down on a defender in full flight is in a whole different atmosphere. The stare downs, the mean mugs, the eventual meme of the day after; there's nothing like dunking on somebody and the ensuing reaction. 

Starks on Jordan, Pippen on Ewing, Carter on Mourning, are some of those classic NBA moments that we're still talking about years later. Check out who else made the list of the 25 Best Facial Dunks in NBA History. 

*As implied in the title, all of these dunks occurred during NBA games. So, unfortunately Vince Carter's "Dunk of Death" from the 2000 Olympics was not included.

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25. Amar'e Emasculates Jeff Foster

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24. Harrison Barnes Takes Nikola Pekovic's Soul

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23. Taj Gibson Shows D-Wade How It Feels to Be on a Poster

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22. LeBron Makes Damon Jones a Human Step Stool

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21. Shaq Hits The Admiral with the All-Star Facial

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20. T-Mac Doesn't Like Shawn Bradley's Face

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19. Shawn Kemp Stunts on Chris Gatling

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18. Shaq Attacks Kelvin Cato

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17. Baron Davis Throws It Down on AK-47

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16. Kobe Gives Superman the Kryptonite

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15. Kevin Durant Puts the Hurt on Brendan Haywood

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14. Kurt Rambis Proves White Men Can Jump...on Occasion

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13. Shawn Kemp Sons Alton Lister

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12. Dwyane Wade Says "I'll Show You to do this Son"

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11. Blake Griffin Welcomes Timofey Mozgov to the NBA

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10. Julius Erving Cuffs and Stuffs Over Michael Cooper

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9. Blake Griffin "Mozgovs" Kendrick Perkins

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8. Corey Brewer Kicks Derek Fisher to the Curb

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7. Kevin Johnson Posterizes The Dream

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6. Charles Barkley Takes It In the Face Three Times

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5. Dr. J Takes It Coast to Coast and Finishes Over Bill Walton

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4. Vince Carter Makes Zo Look Small

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3. Michael Jordan Shows Why He's Called "His Airness"

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2. Patrick Ewing Loses His Manhood

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1. John Starks Becomes KONY

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