Watch Dwyane Wade and Zach LaVine Throw Down Earth-Shattering Alley Oops

Yang-Yi Goh January 5, 2016

You feel those tremors last night? The slight reverberations trembling the ground beneath your feet? Don’t worry, it wasn’t an earthquake; The Rock won’t be circling your home in a helicopter any time soon. No, that was just the aftershock of two thunderous, explosive, rim-rattling alley oops slammed home by a pair of the NBA’s finest.

First up, in Philadelphia, high-flying Timberwolves sophomore Zach LaVine — the league’s reigning Slam Dunk Champion — casually picked up a three-quarter-court pass from Andre Miller and dropped this violent two-handed hammer all over the floundering Sixers.

But the night’s long-range bombs didn’t end there. As if he felt a disturbance in the force, some young padawan trying to show up a grizzled master, Dwyane Wade somehow mustered enough oomph in his creaky 33-year-old legs to turn back time and smash down a half-court pass with balletic authority during the Heat’s home matchup with the Pacers.

So which of these bangers was better? Based on athleticism, degree of difficulty and re-watchability alone they’re hard to separate. But in context, given that LaVine’s T-Wolves somehow lost to the 4-33 Sixers while the Heat outlasted the Pacers in an epic overtime victory, we’re gonna give the edge to Obi Wan Wade. Take a bow, Old Man.