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Kwe Parker put on a dunk show at the City of Palms Classic with a fractured finger

Kwe Parker put on a show at the City of Palms Classic Friday night. / Kelly Kline

Kwe Parker put on a show at the City of Palms Classic Friday night. / Kelly Kline

Thought Wesleyan Christian Academy (High Point, N.C.) guard Kwe Parker’s aerial display Friday night at the City of Palms Classic (Fort Myers, Fla.) was nuts?

Consider this: Parker, who was voted Best Dunker by his peers this summer, did all of that (blocked a shot with his head level with the rim, 360-dunk, countless alley-oops, etc.) with a fractured finger.

Let that sink in for a few tics.

“I fractured my right pinky last Thursday,” said Parker, who scored 20 points in the Trojans’ 84-72 win over Whitney Young (Chicago) in the opening round. “I didn’t think I would do that good because of that, but sometimes you have to just man-up!”

Parker’s motivation?

“Me and my boys are on a mission to get to No. 1,” Parker said.

Wesleyan Christian is currently ranked No. 2 and if they win out, and No. 1 Montverde (Montverde, Fla.) also wins out, the two will meet in the City of Palms Classic title game on Tuesday.

Relive Parker’s opening round show below courtesy of Home Team Hoops.

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