{"id":38851,"date":"2026-01-25T01:24:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T06:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/01\/25\/dominic-malonga-electrifies-unrival-league-with-his-seasons-first-dunk\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T01:24:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T06:24:06","slug":"dominic-malonga-electrifies-unrival-league-with-his-seasons-first-dunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/01\/25\/dominic-malonga-electrifies-unrival-league-with-his-seasons-first-dunk\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominic Malonga Electrifies Unrival League with His Season\u2019s First Dunk!"},"content":{"rendered":"

MIAMI (AP) \u2014 Dominic Malonga scored her first dunk of the season during an Unrivaled 3-on-3 league game on Saturday night. <\/p>\n

The French player received a pass from her Brees BC teammate Rikea Jackson in the first quarter against the Lunar Owls and easily slammed the ball in with her right hand. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels great. I\u2019ve been working on it a lot,\u201d Malonga said. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to just dunk in practice\u2014I wanted to do it during a game. I\u2019m really happy about that. It was even better because I felt the support from the entire arena. Everyone was so hyped, and it was an amazing moment.\u201d <\/p>\n

Standing 6-foot-6, Malonga was the No. 2 overall pick by the Seattle Storm in last year\u2019s WNBA Draft and became only the second player to dunk since Unrivaled started two years ago, following Brittney Griner\u2019s first dunk last season. <\/p>\n

At just 20 years old, Malonga finished the game with 21 points and eight rebounds. <\/p>\n

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AP WNBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/wnba-basketball<\/a> <\/p>\n

Fan Take:<\/strong> Dominic Malonga\u2019s dunk is a landmark moment that highlights the increasing athleticism and excitement in women\u2019s basketball. Moments like this not only energize fans but also help elevate the sport\u2019s visibility and inspire the next generation of players to push their limits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MIAMI (AP) \u2014 Dominic Malonga scored her first dunk of the season during an Unrivaled 3-on-3 league game on Saturday night. The French player received a pass from her Brees BC teammate Rikea Jackson in the first quarter against the Lunar Owls and easily slammed the ball in with her right hand. \u201cIt feels great. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[491],"tags":[39,64],"class_list":{"0":"post-38851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}