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Posterized is North American slang,{{Cite news |title=NBA: Season of the Brick |newspaper=The Washington Times |date=November 22, 1996 }} derived from an action in the game of basketball in which the offensive player performs a slam dunk over a defending player, in a play that is spectacular and athletic enough to warrant reproduction in a printed poster.{{Cite news |title=Washingtonpost.com: Great Shot! Jordan's Best Amazingly Goes One Better |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/nba/longterm/jordan/articles/layup91.htm |access-date=2023-04-24 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} The term was originated from Julius Erving, whose high-flying style of play inspired the term. Posterized is also used infrequently to describe similar events in other sports,"Jaguars, Brunell Stand on Wobbly Foundation", Chicago Tribune, Jan 3, 1999 and it has made its way into business writing."Team Lucent Tries To 'Be Like Mike'," Communications Today, August 11, 1999

One of the most famous examples of a player being "posterized" occurred during the 2000 Summer Olympics. 6-foot-6 Vince Carter, playing for Team USA, dunked over 7-foot-2 Frédéric Weis of France. The play was dubbed the "dunk of death".{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/13713188/after-15-years-saw-vince-carter-leap-frederic-weis-sydney-believe-witnessed |title=In a Single Bound |first1=Michael |last1=Wallace |first2=Rob |last2=Peterson |work=ESPN.com |date=25 September 2015 |access-date=25 September 2015 }}

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