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P.J. Tucker's Dunked-on Reaction refers to a shot of Milwaukee Bucks basketball player P.J. Tucker looking at a referee in disbelief after getting dunked on by Phoenix Suns player Cam Johnson and getting called for a foul during the 2021 NBA Finals.

Origin

On July 11th, 2021, the Phoenix Suns played the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. In the 3rd quarter, Cameron Johnson of the Suns dunked over P.J. Tucker, who was called for a blocking foul. Tucker looked in disbelief at the call, believing he had gotten into a position to take a charging foul (shown below).

The still image of Tucker in disbelief quickly made its way around Twitter following the call^[1] (shown below).

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Shortly after the moment aired, Twitter users began using the image of Tucker as a reaction image. Many users made jokes about Tucker's collection of sneakers. Users @cjzero^[2] and @seancunningham^[3] both made jokes regarding Tucker's sneaker collection (shown below).

Other users made jokes with the image by describing situations that would surprise and outrage, a la Suprised Pikachu. For example, user @brookeolzendam^[4] posted the image with the caption "When they charge for ranch," gaining over 330 likes (shown below, left). User @ZackBlatt^[5] tweeted the picture with, "when taco bell got rid of the mexican pizza," gaining over 30 likes (shown below, right).

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