This is crazy!
New Photo of Johnny Furphy's Poster Dunk in Summer League Breaks the Internet—'Poor Young Man' originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
The Indiana Pacers lost their Summer League game against the Chicago Bulls on Monday; however, they undoubtedly had the best play of the contest, thanks to second-year forward Johnny Furphy.
Furphy, who was taken No. 35 overall in the 2024 NBA Draft, finished with 15 points, six rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks in the Pacers' 114-105 loss to the Bulls at the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Late in the second quarter of the game, Furphy delivered a poster slam that had the whole NBA world in awe and disbelief. The 20-year-old used his crafty ball-handling to create space against a couple of Bulls defenders and proceeded to soar to the rim for a vicious dunk.
Bulls rookie Noa Essengue, however, made the mistake of trying to stop Furphy at the rim, leading to an epic poster moment.
JOHNNY FURPHY MY GOODNESS 🤯🤯 pic.twitter.com/jjQYQJ4gLP
— NBA (@NBA) July 14, 2025
The Pacers, for their part, added insult to injury by posting a photo of Johnny Furphy's dunk over Noa Essengue. Taken from a low, front angle, the photo showed Essengue's hilarious facial expression as Furphy slammed the ball over him.
Indiana's post quickly went viral, generating nearly 2 million views in just three hours after it was posted. It also drew plenty of hilarious reactions.
— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) July 14, 2025
"That poor young man," a commenter wrote. Another one said, "noa will never live this picture down."
A viewer added, "This is going to be hard to recover from."
"Nasty work! That young man has a family," a social media user shared.
A poster remarked, "oh nah did bro so dirty."
"That man gotta hang it up. Aint no way they captured his facial expression like that," a sixth follower stated.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 15, 2025, where it first appeared.
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