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In the first quarter of game two between the Bulls and Cavaliers playoff series, James caught the ball on the elbow, pivoted, squared up, and blew by Johnson. At this point Johnson is beat and has a choice: does he concede the dunk or still challenge James, even though his fate as a poster-job victim is all but sealed?

Johnson, to his credit, fought the good fight. And the result is viral fame or infamy.

Of course, Johnson could seek moral support from Andrei Kirilenko, who got, well, caught on a Baron Davis flush during the 2007 Western Conference Semi-Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Utah Jazz.

Casual fans don’t remember who won this series. They do, however, remember Davis’ dunk and Kirilenko being on the wrong end of it.

HoopsVibe believes the clip’s massive popularity was the reason AK-47 ditched his Vidal Sassoon flat-top for his current Euro-do. After all, wouldn’t it get tiresome having the general public refer to you as ‘the dude Jessica Alba’s NBA friend dunked on’?

You’ve watched both poster-job clips, so tell us who got it worse: Johnson or Kirilenko? Photo courtesy of jmoisesreyes.