The second half of the national title game was a battle of highlight-reel dunks.
On one end, there was a put-back finish by Purdue’s Camden Heide that rocked State Farm Stadium.
On the opposite, UConn’s Samson Johnson had back-to-back lob dunks that sent the gang right into a frenzy.
Heide’s dunk was one among 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 got here flying out of nowhere to get the rebound and slam it down, pulling Purdue inside seven of UConn.
Moments later “Slamson” Johnson, as CBS play-by-play broadcaster Ian Eagle referred to him at one point, had two emphatic lob dunks for the Huskies.
On the primary dunk, the lob pass went right over the pinnacle of Edey to an airborne Johnson for the slam with 15:23 left in the sport.
The second time around, Johnson handed the ball off to Tristen Newton after which cut right to the rim for one more lob pass, which he put into the bucket with authority.
“Special delivery to Johnson,” Eagle exclaimed on the published.
It wasn’t just the dunks that caught viewers’ attention on Monday night.
A temporary exchange between UConn coach Dan Hurley and Edey was the talk of social media in the primary half.
Hurley didn’t like a screen set by Edey, and through a timeout, he mentioned something to the officials as Edey walked by.
The Purdue big man didn’t appear to just like the comment and appeared to say something to Hurley.
Hurley then returned fire by appearing to answer back to Edey before moving on with the sport.
UConn’s second consecutive national championship Monday made the Huskies the primary college team to repeat in March Madness since Florida in 2006-07.
