Bismack Biyombo dominates Amar’e Stoudemire (Video)
By John Buhler
Toronto Raptors center Bismack Biyombo unleashes all sorts of fury on his and-one dunk on Miami Heat center Amar’e Stoudemire in Game 4 of their series.
Very early in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals between the No. 2 seeded Toronto Raptors and the No. 3 seeded Miami Heat, Raptors center Bismack Biyombo not only was in the right place at the right time, but absolutely soul crushes Heat center Amar’e Stoudemire on this put back, and-one jam.
Just inside of nine minutes remaining in the first quarter of Game 4 being played at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Raptors All-Star point guard Kyle Lowry penetrates in the lane trying to eat at the Raptors’ slight deficit with a layup attempt.
Lowry doesn’t expect Stoudemire to pick up on him near the basket as the Heat’s primary rim protector on the floor. Lowry surprisingly loses the basketball, as it drifts towards the middle of the lane.
Both Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade and Heat point guard Goran Dragic attempt to gather the loose ball, but once Biyombo picked up that basketball, there was no chance that the Heat were going to stop him on his quest for a highlight reel dunk early in Game 4.
To be fair, Stoudemire was out of position thanks to some lackluster defense by Wade and especially by Dragic on that Raptors possession. Biyombo will have to continue to play big minutes for the Raptors for the rest of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, as normal starting Toronto center Jonas Valanciunas is out for the series with a sprained right ankle.
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