{"id":12496,"date":"2012-04-22T07:52:07","date_gmt":"2012-04-22T07:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=12496"},"modified":"2021-06-22T12:26:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T19:26:32","slug":"16-year-old-breaks-backboard-cliff-alexander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/16-year-old-breaks-backboard-cliff-alexander\/","title":{"rendered":"6'8 16y\/o Cliff Alexander's monster dunk shatters backboard in game a la Shaq! Glass everywhere!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This clip was featured on ESPN Sportcenter's top plays of the day!<br \/>\nThis isn't the first backboard 6'8 2014 star Cliff Alexander has broken.<br \/>\nHe brought one down in practice last fall at Curie HS (Chicago) where he is a sophomore. 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