The Miami Heat's Derrick Jones Jr. just showed why he's the reigning Slam Dunk champion. In the Heat's regular season finale against the Indiana Pacers — a playoff preview — the 23-year-old dunked all over 6-foot-11 Goga Bitadze.
And it wasn't just a dunk — it was an annihilation.
Derrick Jones Jr. POSTERIZES Goga Bitadze 😱 pic.twitter.com/hYXnm57fVM
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While the Heat will look to gain some momentum heading into the postseason, Friday's matchup with the Pacers means nothing. In a normal situation, both teams would be playing for home-court advantage. Miami is positioned as the No. 4 seed while Indiana is slotted at No. 5. Both teams have a 44-28 record, which would mean the winner would normally gain home-court advantage.
The problem is, all teams are playing on the same courts in Orlando — which means there is no home-court advantage in this year's playoffs.
The lack of meaning for both teams' regular season finale is reflected in both teams' starting lineups — Udonis Haslem, Alize Johnson, JaKarr Sampson and Edmon Sumner are all in the starting five for Pacers-Heat.
But at least we have Jones' dunk to watch over and over again. Jones brought the Heat for Miami.
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