The hotly anticipated game between the Lakers and Clippers had barely gotten started on Wednesday night, when Griffin worked the Staples Center crowd -- and everyone on Twitter -- into frenzy with a high-flying putback slam over the Lakers' power forward.
Clippers guard Randy Foye was left wide open in the left corner as his teammate, Chris Paul, attacked the hoop from the right. Paul dished to Foye, who hoisted up the long jumper. Lurking outside of the paint when the shot went up, Griffin purposefully made his way into the lane as if he knew just how this was going to turn out. Foye's shot clanged high off the iron and Griffin soared after it. Leaping over Gasol, who had better position, Griffin caught the ball with two hands and threw it down with such authority that he might have just earned a seat in the Spanish parliament.
The dunk lifted everyone on the Clippers bench out of their seats and sent Gasol crashing down beneath the basket.
