The Indiana fans didn't even react immediately; it was only when Carter ran back that they gasped in astonishment, wondering what the hell had just happened in their minds.
The Raptors' bench was equally filled with awe; this dunk was more exciting than many performances in dunk contests, and because it happened during a game, it was especially electrifying.
After the game, this dunk was replayed on TV repeatedly and later became an essential dunk material on the Internet—it might not even rank in Carter's future classic in-game dunk rankings.
Because Carter's career had just begun, he still had many games to play and many balls to dunk.
Almost from this dunk onwards, more and more people started paying attention to Vince Carter, especially Toronto fans; Carter began to trigger the Michael Jordan effect that Chicago once experienced.
A large number of fans, particularly young ones, flocked to the arena to watch the Raptors' games just to see Carter's dunk performances.
