Leading Off: Pictures of the Week

Author:
SI Staff
Publish date:
Feb 27, 2012

Leading Off: Pictures of the Week

LeBron James hangs on the rim after dunking during the Heat's win over the Knicks.

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Kenny Wallace's No. 09 car spins into Justin Allgaier, whose No. 31 car is lifted into the air by Reed Sorenson's No. 52 during the NASCAR Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday.

Utah Jazz forward Jeremy Evans leaps over teammate Gordon Hayward as he prepares to dunk two balls simultaneously. Evans, who was only invited to the contest because Knicks guard Iman Shumpert pulled out, beat out three other players for the slam dunk crown.

Dwight Howard (left) shares some light hearted banter with Kobe Bryant on the court at Sunday's All Star game.

Chinese divers Ruolin Chen and Hao Wang in action during the women's synchronized 10-meter platform final at the London Aquatics Center.

Ohio State's Lenzelle Smith, Jr. (32) battles for a rebound with Wisconsin's Jared Berggren (40) and Josh Gasser (21) in the Badgers' comeback win at the Buckeyes on Sunday.

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Kentucky point guard Marquis Teague (25) attempts a pass to teammate Darius Miller (11) in the Wildcats' win over Vanderbilt.

Rory McIlroy tees off in the third round of this weekend's WGC Accenture Match Play Championship. McIlroy finished second in the tournament, losing to Hunter Mahan 2 & 1 on Sunday.

Robert Griffin III runs the 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. RGIII clocked an unofficial time of 4.38 seconds, the fastest 40 time by a quarterback since Michael Vick ran a 4.33 in 2001.

Atalanta midfielder Alessandro Carrozza (right) fights for the ball with Roma defender Gabriel Heinze during an Italian Serie A match.

Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin attempts to drive against the Heat's Norris Cole. Miami drove Lin insane in their comfortable win over the Knicks, holding the overnight sensation to eight points on 1-11 shooting with eight turnovers.

A pit worker does his part to dry the track at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday. The start Daytona 500 was pushed back from Sunday afternoon to Monday evening.

A kite skier sails past an ice fishing shack on Long Lake in Naples, Maine.

Tampa Bay goalie Dwayne Roloson can't quite reach a shot from Pittsburgh's Jordan Staal in the second period of the Penguins' 8-1 win on Saturday.

Iceland's Steinthor Freyr Thorsteinsson finishes off a flip throw-in during a friendly soccer match against Japan.

A pair of ships from defending America's Cup champion Oracle Racing sails near the South Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Bay. San Francisco will host the America's Cup in 2013.