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The special alt-cast marks the first animated presentation of an NBA game and the first NBA game to stream on Disney+.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZFtaqoLJ2D0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>The setting<\/h4>\n<p>The virtual, live re-creation of the Spurs vs. Knicks game will be set on iconic &#8220;Main Street, USA&#8221; in Magic Kingdom\u00ae Park as the teams play while Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto, Goofy, and Chip and Dale cheer them on. Shots of &#8220;Main Street, USA&#8221; and other famous landmarks within Magic Kingdom\u00ae Park will be regularly shown, including Cinderella&#8217;s Castle.<\/p><div id=\"morty-259360328\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h4>The story<\/h4>\n<p>The storyline behind the Dunk the Halls presentation begins with Mickey&#8217;s Christmas wish to Santa Claus to bring the NBA players to &#8220;Main Street, USA&#8221; at Magic Kingdom\u00ae Park at Walt Disney World Resort to play the first animated NBA game on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<h4>The first-of-its-kind technology<\/h4>\n<p>Each Spurs and Knicks player will appear as a motion-enabled, animated player for the special Christmas matchup. Through state-of-the-art real-time visualization technology enabled by Sony&#8217;s Beyond Sports, combined with Sony&#8217;s Hawk-Eye Innovations&#8217; optical tracking, fans watching Dunk the Halls will see every three-pointer, dunk, layup, pass and more from the real-life Spurs vs. Knicks game at Madison Square Garden in New York as it happens.<\/p>\n<h4>More production highlights:<\/h4>\n<p>At halftime of the Spurs vs. Knicks game, the Disney characters, led by Mickey Mouse, will compete in a special slam dunk contest;<\/p>\n<p>Santa&#8217;s Elves will operate the cameras for the game while Santa himself will operate ESPN&#8217;s &#8220;SkyCam&#8221; during the game;<\/p><div id=\"morty-959844518\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Disney characters will deliver pregame and halftime speeches to the players and decorate a large Christmas tree during the game;<\/p>\n<p>Fans will also get to find out if it will snow on &#8220;Main Street, USA&#8221; and see how many churros Goofy can eat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney, ESPN and the NBA are teaming up to present Dunk the Halls &#8211; the first real-time animated NBA game using Sony&#8217;s Beyond Sports technology &#8211; on Christmas Day, Wednesday, December 25, at noon ET when the New York Knicks &#8211; led by Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns &#8211; host the San Antonio Spurs and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"\"Dunk the Halls\" will be presented on ESPN2, Disney+ and ESPN+."},"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[732,241,94,18781,325,323,18782,18783,18780],"class_list":["post-79537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv_news","tag-animated","tag-basketball","tag-disney","tag-dunk-the-halls","tag-espn","tag-nba","tag-real-time","tag-san-antonio-spurs-vs-new-york-knicks","tag-slam-dunk"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Slam Dunk! 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