The second half of the national title game was a battle of highlight-ree🍎l dunks.
On one end, there was a put-back finish by Pu𒁏rdue’s Camden Heide that rocked State Farm Stadium.
On the other, UConn’s Samson Johnson had back-to-back lob dunks that sent the crowd into a frenzy.𓆉
Heide’s dunk was one of the standout moments in Monday’s national championship game — which Purdue ended up losing, 75-60 — and occurred just over three minutes into the second half after🌳 Purdue star Zach Edey missed☂ the hook shot.
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That’s when Heide came flying out of nowhere to get the rebou🥃nd and slam it down, pull🐽ing Purdue within seven of UConn.
Moments later “Slamson” Johnson, as CBS play-by-play broadcas🌼ter Ian Eagle referred to him at one p꧃oint, had two emphatic lob dunks for the Huskies.
On the first dunk, the lob pass went right over th🃏e head of Edey to an airborne Johnson for the slam with 15:23 left in the game.
The second time around, Johnson handed the ball off to Tristen Ne🐓wton and then cut right to the rim for another lob pass, w𒈔hich he put into the bucket with authority.
“Special deliver🌊y to Johnson,” Eagle exclai𝓀med on the broadcast.
It wasn’t just the dunks that caught viewers’ attention on Monday night.
A was the talk of social media in the ℱfirst ha♑lf.
Hurley didn’t like a screen set b♋y Edey, and during a timeout, 💎he mentioned something to the officials as Edey walked by.
The Purdue big man di♌dn’t seem to like the comment and appeared to say someth♓ing to Hurley.
Hurley then retu𒀰rned fire by appearing to re♑ply back to Edey before moving on with the game.
UConn’s second consecutive national championship Monday made the Huskies the first college team to repeat in March Madness since Florida in 2006-07.
