5 One of the league’s best centre Marc Gasol of the Memphis Grizzlies delivered a ‘no-look’ alley-oop pass to the high-flying Tony Allen for a monster dunk last Monday.

4’Now you see me, now you don’t’ was the order of the day as Milwaukee Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings faked a pass to dismiss the challenge of Portland Trail Blazer Nicholas Batum before strolling in for the easy lay-up in their clash on Tuesday.

3In Saturday night’s Indiana Pacers/Chicago Bulls encounter, Carlos Boozer faked a pass before posterising Jamaican-born Indiana Pacer Roy Hibbert a with a left-handed dunk midway the third quarter.

2The Miami Heat’s frontcourt had Jason Terry in a daze in their encounter with the Boston Celtics as Mario Chambers, Norris Cole and LeBron James passed the ball around him before the ‘King’ rose up to literally ground the ‘Jet’ with a humiliating dunk.

1LeBron James and the Heat have managed to secure the top two spots this week, but leading the line is not a single act, but a series of events. In a testing week, the Heat erased double-digit deficits of 17 against the Celtics and 27 against the Cleveland Cavaliers in consecutive encounters to keep their winning streak alive. Safe to league, the league no longer looks upon LeBron as someone who shies away from the ‘rock’ in the closing stages of the game as he delivered the crucial shots down the stretch in both games.

—Devaro Bolton