A few minutes later, Pippen ignited the crowd with a vicious dunk in Oliver Miller's face.

Then, a few minutes later, Mason threw down a vicious dunk that Barkley was too late to block.

He even threw down a vicious backward dunk in the second half.

Then, with the Pistons' Tayshaun Prince getting out of the way, he soared to throw down a vicious dunk that gave the Cavaliers an 89-88 lead.

The rest - mobility, shot blocking and the occasional hook shot or vicious dunk - came as advertised.

He was not making vicious dunks, but he came out firing, scoring 9 points in the first quarter.

His journey ended with a vicious dunk, a flexed body and a menacing scowl.

In the first quarter, O'Neal tested the structure of the backboard with a vicious dunk.

O'Neal threw down a vicious dunk, and the Lakers took their first lead, 64-63, when Robert Horry dropped in a 3-pointer with 1:32 to play in the quarter.

Jones did manage 7 in the overtime, but 4 were after the Knights had seized a 100-93 lead on a vicious dunk by Turner with 1:39 left.