If they didn’t occur in the same game, Rui Hachimura, Daniel Gafford and Chandler Hutchinson each would have had the best dunk of the night. In Wednesday’s win over the Los Angeles Lakers, Hachimura posterized Anthony Davis. Gafford laid out Kyle Kuzma. And Hutchinson practically jumped over Talen Horton-Tucker.
But the dunk that arguably caused the most movement on the Wizards’ bench, the slam that prompted players to rush onto the court once timeout was called, was none other than Ish Smith, a 5-foot-11 point guard who leaped up and attacked the rim on a breakaway.
It was Smith’s first dunk since the 2017-18 season.