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game between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Centenary Gentlemen .]] A slam dunk (or simply a '''dunk''') is a type of , 2007 . The slam dunk is one of the highest percentage field goals one can attempt in basketball as well as one of the most crowd-pleasing plays. Other terms for slam dunk include "jam", "stuff", "flush", "cram" or "throw down". Slam Dunk Contests are quite popular, and perhaps the most popular contest is the NBA Slam Dunk Contest held during the annual NBA All-Star Weekend . The first slam dunk contest was held during an American Basketball Association All Star Game. Dunking was banned in the , 2007 . NOTABLE DUNKS Michael Wilson , a former Harlem Globetrotter and University Of Memphis basketball player, holds the world record for the highest dunk. On April 1 2000 , Wilson dunked a basketball on a goal set at 3.65m (12 feet) from the floor. However, Wilt Chamberlain was also known to have performed the feat on an experimental basket set up by Phog Allen at the University Of Kansas in the 1950s.1 Chamberlain, unlike Wilson, did not have the advantage of being given an Alley Oop . Vince Carter leapt over 7-foot-2 (2.18 m) French center Frédéric Weis in the 2000 Summer Olympics . The French media dubbed it "le dunk de la mort" — the dunk of death. Jim Pollard , Wilt Chamberlain, Julius Erving , Michael Jordan , Scottie Pippen , and Brent Barry have each dunked while jumping from around the free throw line, which is 15 feet from the basket. Unlike the others, Chamberlain did not require a full running start, but instead began his movement from inside the top half of the free throw circle. Several notable and remarkable dunks have been performed by players at the annual , 2007 . Candace Parker in 2006 became the first woman to dunk in a women's NCAA Tournament game. Lisa Leslie was the first woman to dunk in a WNBA game. Georganne Wells of West Virginia was the first woman to dunk in an NCAA game in December 1984. Other well-known female dunkers include Cheryl Miller , Charlotte Smith and Michelle Snow (who did this in the 2006 WNBA All-Star Game ). USE IN POPULAR CULTURE The phrase "slam dunk" is often used outside of basketball, usually to signify success or something that is easily accomplished or that has a high probability of success. For example, one could say "that was a slam-dunk performance," though this is seen by many as being colloquial. According to , 2007 . George Tenet, in his book "At the Centre of the Storm", says his comment was distorted by Vice President Dick Cheney. Tenet claims he said that conclusive evidence that Iraq possessed WMD would be a "slam dunk" in promoting the case for war, i.e. a conditional statement, not an assertion. Slam dunk is also the name of a song by the California glammetal band Pretty Boy Floyd and was released in 2003 on the re-realease of Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz . THREE-POINT DUNK
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