Los Angeles Times
01 January, 1993
During a basketball game, Leon Watson's 'slam dunk' is executed with such force that the backboard shattered and came crashing down on him - he had to go to hospital for stitches. The game between two high-school teams, the Crenshaw Cougars and the Faith Baptists, had to be abandoned.
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