Welcome to the Vinsanity Scale! In honour of one of the greatest in-game dunkers in NBA history, the Vinsanity Scale rates dunks on a scale of 1-4. Similar to the Horry Scale, the dunk in question is graded on the game situation, difficulty and celebration to answer one question: Would it make Half Man, Half Amazing proud?
The dunk
🤯 RUSSELL WESTBROOK BRINGS THE BOOM 🤯
— NBA (@NBA) January 18, 2022
Throwing it DOWN on NBA TV! pic.twitter.com/LanNVmUZsF
Game situation
The Lakers were in front by eight points with just over two minutes remaining in the first half, before Westbrook detonated over the Utah Jazz, sending the fans at the Crypto.com Arena into a frenzy.
Difficulty
Very Hard. Posterizing anyone in the NBA is hard, let alone a three-time Defensive Player of the Year and one of the best shot blockers in the league.
The fact 6-foot-3 Westbrook attacked the rim with such ferocity and dunked it over 7-foot-1 Rudy Gobert gives this slam an extra bit of juice.
I mean, just look at this...
Gobert looks so mad that Russell Westbrook dunked on him pic.twitter.com/dimoGG2pMm
— SB Nation (@SBNation) January 18, 2022
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Reaction
Westbrook was hyped after the dunk, flexing on Gobert and letting him know all about it as the home crowd went nuts.
He was assessed a technical foul for taunting, but something tells me he's more than ok with it.
SLAM Magazine had the cover ready to rock.
FRAME IT. 📷: @goodlooksfamily pic.twitter.com/9QIktgXpfa
— SLAM (@SLAMonline) January 18, 2022
Just look at Dwight Howard's face!
Vinsanity Scale
Westbrook is no stranger to throwing down poster dunks over his career, but this is just his 10th jam of the 2021-22 season. The attack, the opponent and the degree of difficulty....I give it Four Vinsanitys.
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