Bear Mascot, Utah Jazz Dunk Team Impress With ‘Dunk From Home Challenge’ Performance
Mar 28, 2020, 4:43 PM
The Utah Jazz mascot, Jazz Bear, performs during a NBA game at Vivint Smart Home Arena on October 19, 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr./Getty Images)
(Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr./Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The Jazz Bear mascot along with the Utah Jazz Dunk Team shared a video featuring their “#DunkFromHome” challenge performance.
The dunkers shared the video via Instagram on Saturday, March 28.
Bear, along with the rest of the dunk team, compiled a series of dunk clips together in a single video to complete a dunk routine during quarantine due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The dunk routine was capped off with a slam dunk by Bear, who slid down a staircase towards a basket.
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Bear and the Utah Jazz dunk team haven’t been able to perform in a live game setting in more than two weeks due to the NBA suspension of the 2019-20 season.
The league’s suspension of play came shortly after it postponed a game between the Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder after Jazzman Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, March 11.
Breaking News: The NBA has suspended the season. Details below pic.twitter.com/6lAcBT0VQV
— Jeremiah Jensen (@JJSportsBeat) March 12, 2020
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