Blake Griffin's Dunks Drive NBA All-Star Game Tweets

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West Team's Blake Griffin, of the Los Angeles Clippers (32) heads to the hoop as East Team's LeBron James, of the Miami Heat (6) looks on during the NBA All Star basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in New Orleans. Griffin's dunks were among the most-tweeted moments from the game.

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By Jason Abbruzzese2014-02-18 15:57:07 UTC

Blake Griffin's armada of dunks launched 2.5 million tweets during Sunday's NBA All-Star Game.

Griffin, known as a prodigious dunker, and reigning NBA MVP LeBron James created Twitter's peak moment of the game — more than 46,000 tweets per minute — with back-to-back dunks.

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Kyrie Irving, who was named MVP of the game, was the most-tweeted-about player from the Eastern Conference followed by James and Carmelo Anthony.

Griffin garnered the most tweets of any player from the west, followed by Kevin Durant and Chris Paul.

Below, watch a highlight reel of Griffin's performance from Sunday. We recommend immediately scrubbing to 1:27 if you don't plan to watch the whole thing.

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