The Spurs returned home Wednesday night and trounced the in-state rival Rockets 130-99. San Antonio is now 25-0 at home this season Later, the Warriors got 45 points from Klay Thompson in a 127-107 win over the Mavericks, becoming the third team in NBA history to win 40 straight regular season games at home.
J.J. Barea’s shot got stuffed by a defender
Brandon Rush just blocked J.J. Barea in the same way that Kanye West ethered Wiz Khalifa on Twitter. The rejection was so bad that it looks like Barea forgot how to shoot the ball shortly thereafter.
To be fair, Barea is only 6’0 tall so the likelihood of this happening is pretty high. It’s okay, he’ll recover after the seismic shift that the block caused.
Read Article >Noel intentionally fouls with piggyback ride
After once being fouled on 12 straight possessions to start a third quarter, Andre Drummond has about seen it all when it comes to being intentionally fouled. He can now add having a player jump on his back like he wants a piggyback ride to that list.
(Obviously we had to set it to Pony)
Read Article >Karl-Anthony Towns dunks on TWO players
Just when you think Karl-Anthony Towns is done with amazing moves, he keeps exceeding expectations. First he makes the best trick shot, and now he posterizes two Thunder players—Westbrook and Ibaka. And to top it off, there’s a foul at the end. Talk about dominant!
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Read Article >Nerlens Noel comes outta nowhere for dunk
Nerlens Noel outta nowhere for the dunk!
Nerlens just slammed it on an unsuspecting Andre Drummond. And as good as Drummond is, it goes to show that you can’t take a break defending the paint even if you think Noel isn’t going to grab the rock on that play. You’re going to learn the hard way.
Read Article >Karl-Anthony Towns makes ridiculous trick shot
Even though the Timberwolves are on the losing end of a powerful Western Conference, there are still some gems to look out for with this young squad. There are still growing pains for everyone such as getting fouled and missing a shot but then there are these glimmers of hope for Wolves fans.
One of these came about on Wednesday. After Ricky Rubio got fouled against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Karl-Anthony Towns was still hustling. Right before the ball was about to touch the court, he scooped it and—with his back facing the rim—flung the basketball. Nothing but net. We’ve heard of playing away from the rim, but this is ridiculous!
Read Article >LeBron slams home off-the-backboard oop
To the disappointment of many NBA fans, LeBron James has never participated in the NBA dunk contest. At this stage of his career, that isn’t likely to change. Instead, fans will just have to enjoy dunks like this, which are probably as close to a LeBron dunk contest attempt as we’ll ever see.
The only thing missing is a dunk contest judge absolutely losing his mind over what he just saw. This Cavs super fan fills that role just fine, however.
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