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They Made Lebron Mad, So He Activated GOD MODE...
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The Lakers Are GUILTY Of This CONTROVERSIAL Ending...
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THIS Is What Happens When You LOCK Steph Curry Up...
Support by buying my NBA T-Shirts: https://heatcheck.info/ This is textbook definition for how to guard Steph Curry. Look at Deuce Mcbride staying on Curry like a glove. Watch how close he is right here, all up in his grill, and as the screen comes Mcbride fights over and forces the turnover. Then, watch the chase here all over the perimeter, as Steph gets the ball, we got the suffocating defense, great help by the others and they force another turnover. Notice how much energy is exuded here on this possession. Deuce picks him up full court, then escapes the screen by GP, and the subsequent rescreen here at the top, forcing Curry to give it up. This is great defense but Mcbride knows it’s not over as another pick is set, and he chases him down to not allow this shot. Good help by Brunson here, Curry bounces it to Payton and ultimately this leads to a bucket for Golden State but this is still a great defense on Steph and doesn’t allow him to get into a rhythm. Then check out the absolute chaos that the Knicks cause on this play. Deuce is way up on Curry here, gets over the screen and the big man stays in front just enough to allow Mcbride to come back on the chase and then this is just a bunch of pitbulls attacking, which of course ends badly for Golden State. Speaking of getting into a rhythm, of course it’d be tough when you got a guy constantly on you chasing you, bumping you and contesting every shot as closely as this. Yes, I know that Steph can make these shots, but at the same time I know that it sure isn’t his preference to have to shoot them like this, especially after fighting extremely hard to even get to the ball and to this shot. Look at just how much things happen here on this possession. We got the high screen, and Hartenstein is up high to contest a potential shot. In the meantime, as Deuce is fighting over the screen, he also sneakily grabs Draymond to slow him down on the potential roll to the basket. Curry gives it up and sprints back over there but Mcbride is right behind him so as we stop it here, you see that he is all over Steph, this is as tough of a contest as it gets, and of course it ends up being a miss. According to NBA’s tracking data Deuce McBride guarded Steph Curry for 51 possessions. And Curry went 4-for-13 with 2 TOs and 1 Assist. This is as good of a job as you can do on him as a defender. Steph still got his raw numbers, scoring 27 points but it was inefficient and you saw how it disrupted the flow of the offense for Golden State which ultimately resulted in a win for New York. The Knicks have been absolutely clamping down on their opponents for the past 10 games, leading the league in defense in this time span. With that, they’ve climbed up to 7th in defense this season overall, and they’re locking in at the right time, just before the playoffs. And speaking of that, the Mavs are really locking in right now, with the latest win being this insane lefty shot by Kyrie. This however wasn’t a lucky shot for Irving, in fact it came natural for him and he explains exactly why that is. You gotta check out this video right here. Talk to you in the next one. Peace out.
Luka Doncic & Kyrie Irving Are Resurrecting LOB CITY...
Support by buying my NBA T-Shirts: https://heatcheck.info/ We had a heart pounding finish to the Bulls and Pacers game. The Mavs threw so many lobs against Golden State that they almost broke the rim, and we got a bunch more last night but of course we gotta start with the thriller in Indiana. The Pacers were hanging onto a 1 point lead with the ball in their hands at the end, and this is where the chaos begins because… Oh my goodness, this is a potential game saving monster block by Siakam as Nesmith converts the 2 free throws and the Pacers now have a 3 point lead, but the drama is just beginning. Indiana fouls to prevent the 3 pointer, so Demar goes to the free throw line and hits the first one, so this is where things start to escalate. Aaaand you already know what happens next but we gotta hear it again. The overtime period turned into a mano a mano shootout between Demar Derozan and Myles Turner. This was just the beginning as none of them would back down. Turner was like a sniper with the three pointers, getting the lead once again, but Derozan was like prime MJ in this game… Unbelievable, this guy could not miss in the clutch literally carrying the Bulls. And, when Indiana decided to trap him in the finish, he was smart to look for the open guy, creating an advantage for his team and getting an easy bucket late in the game. Buuut in the final seconds, he was fouled and had an opportunity to ice it at the line. He hit the first, but then… Wooow, what a chaotic ending and it was only fitting for a game like this. The Bulls come back to force the overtime and win it with Demar Derozan’s late game heroics. OK let’s calm down from all of that and just enjoy the show from the Mavs. It was lob city in Dallas as Luka and Kyrie were just toying with the defense and throwing it up for their big men who then threw it down. Just look at what Luka does here creating the easiest points of the night for Daniel Gafford. And speaking of him, Gafford has had so many easy looks in Dallas that for the past 5 games he’s made the last 33 straight field goals without a single miss. Daniel is on a historic run, coming just 3 buckets away from Wilt Chamberlain’s record of 36 made field goals without a miss. I’m 100% sure that they’re all aware of this record so in the next game I expect Doncic and Irving to continue to set up the easiest possible opportunities for him to break this record. The Mavs get a much needed win against a play-in rival. The finals rematch was an absolute war from the first play of the game. Just look at the battle between the big men. Shoutout to Bam for battling hard against Jokic, and JJ Reddick also gave him credit during the game. Adebayo was able to limit Nikola’s touches but even with all of that, Jokic still had an efficient game, and the rest of the Nuggets were able to pick it up, especially Michael Porter Jr, who’s on a crazy run these last 10 games. Just look at the numbers: 20.4 PPG / 7.3 RPG / 54.8% FG / 43.8% 3PT MPJ is really ramping it up come playoff time, and he actually revealed that Denver overall are fighting to get that number 1 spot in the west. In fact, the Nuggets canceled the White House visit that all NBA champions usually have. They were supposed to go on March 19th but just the next day, they have a game against the Timberwolves, a rival for that top spot in the west. Imagine that, you cancel on the president of the United States, to get ready for Anthony Edwards and company. All of this is showing us how serious this team is about the postseason and the road to the finals for any Western conference contender will definitely have to go through Denver. And in a head to head matchup for the spot in the playoffs, the Kings left no doubt for their fans, and absolutely destroyed the Lakers from downtown. Sacramento swept LA in the season series going 4 and 0 this year. And even crazier than that, Anthony Davis falls to 0-10 all time against Domantas Sabonis. Imagine that, AD has not won in his career against the Lithuanian. This is truly unbelievable. The Kings climb up to number 6, just a hair above the play in zone. At least for now. Since we’re talking about things that are hard to believe, check this out: The Pistons are on a 2 game winning streak. Are you kidding me?! Jalen Duren had a monster game of 24 points, 23 rebounds and 5 assists. Wooow. We had a bunch of crazy things but you gotta check out the wild run of Anthony Edwards against the Clippers to get the Timberwolves back from 22 down in just 4 minutes. Check out this video right here. Talk to you in the next one. Peace out.
Giannis & Dame FINALLY Figured It Out... The UNSTOPPABLE Play
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How Jokic & Doncic STOLE THE SHOW At The All Star Game
Support by buying my NBA T-Shirts: https://heatcheck.info/ The All Star Game was extremely boring, but thankfully Luka Doncic and Nikola Jokic gave us an actual show much better than the game. jokic made it up to the fans with that dunk, for the hilarious fake that he pulled on everybody with this. Just look at that sheepish grin. Man he’s the best. When Bam Adebayo inbounded the ball off his back and later in that possession hit the three, Joker went to the referee to complain about it. Dude wanted a technical called or what?! He was in a great mood, and this might have been the reason. Look at Doncic bargaining his way to his first points of the night. And Nikola loved it. Luka got an open dunk right here, and I guess he got hyped up so on the very next possession, he tried to get fancy with a self alley oop dunk, but ended as an epic fail. I mean, in a game where there is absolutely no defense, the points kind of lose their value, so the misses are almost more fun. Especially when they’re this outrageous. Was this a wild 2 for 1 or did Luka misread the clock? Jokic thought it was so bad that he called for Luka to be subbed out. These 2 are absolutely hysterical. Look at them acting like little kids tricking Steph Curry into getting under the basket so that Nikola would dunk on him. And you know how usually if the winner is decided, we get a few crazy dunks at the very end? Well, it was Nikola’s turn last night and… The Doncic and Jokic bromance is hilarious. Their type of humor and how well they feed off of each other is unlike anything we’ve seen in recent years. I don’t wanna make any of these 2 fan bases mad but maaan if they played together that would be priceless. So yeah, the Sunday event was almost unwatchable, but All Star Saturday was fire, and there were even some major controversies that you may have missed. So you gotta check out this video right here. Talk to you in the next one. Peace out.
EXPOSING The Hidden CONTROVERSY Of The All Star Saturday
Download the Gametime app and redeem code HEATCHECK for $20 off your first purchase (terms apply): http://gametime.co/ Hidden behind all the glitz and glamor of the All Star Saturday night, there was some hidden controversy. Whether it was an honest mistake, or a case of favoritism, I need to expose it and find the real reason for some questionable decisions that happened during the 2 most high profile events- the three point shootout and the slam dunk contest. The first round of the three point shootout was clean tho. And it was electric. Right out of the gate we had 3 guys tied at 26 points as Trae Young, Tyrese Haliburton and Karl Towns set a high bar for the rest of the guys to avoid elimination. And it seemed that Jalen Brunson would do just that, as he was in a great position on the final rack, but then… Shooting last was the reigning champion Damian Lillard. He also needed to get to 26 to defend his title in the final round. And it looked scary for him at this point, but in the clutch you know it’s Dame Time. He hit 7 of his last 8 shots to tie it at 26 and since there can only be 3 in the finals, we were headed for an extra 30 second round to eliminate one of them. And this is where things started to get a bit dicey. As Towns starts off, watch the referee and the score. On this shot he first signals for a good shot but then changes it as he sees that KAT is on the line. Ball goes in and it’s counted. Next shot it’s the same and the ref hesitates to call it, and on the last one he signals for a good shot, so Towns has 5 points on that rack. But on the replay we see that 1 foot is way in front which makes all of these shots invalid. The ref actually tries to save him and tells him to move it back. And you can see right here that he’s still toeing the line on the moneyball and the ref clearly sees it but signals for a good shot, and KAT makes it. So realistically his score was 1 right here. Towns got 4 extra points which put him in the finals over the crowd favorite Tyrese Haliburton who was playing at home. The rules were bent for Lillard as well who secured his spot in the finals, but on the final shot you can clearly see that the ball is still in his hands, but this shot counted, which gave him 16 as well tying for first, and this gave him the advantage of going last in the final round. And when it mattered the most, Towns got 22 and Young finished with 24, so that was the score to beat for Dame. We all thought that there was going to be no drama as Dame ties it right here. However he still made it dramatic. Lillard defends his title, back to back champion albeit in a bit of a controversial contest. Things were sketchy in the dunk contest as well, but before going there, I gotta give a major shoutout to Sabrina and Steph for the show that they put on. The way Ionescu started off, I was absolutely shocked and thought that the goat might be defeated. She cooled off towards the end tho, leaving the door open for Steph. But 26 is a great score as this was the highest mark in the men's competition just moments before. Thing is, Curry showed once again why he’s the goat when it comes to shooting the ball. 29, so basically the dude won the regular 3 point contest as well. Amazing. Maybe I’m overanalyzing it, but this shot makes me think that Sabrina was fighting to not show her emotions, as it was clear to me how much she wanted to win. But absolutely no knock on her, Sabrina showed everybody that she is a straight up sniper. Once again shoutout to her, and to Steph for killing it. The dunk contest is supposed to be the cream of the crop in the event. But the judges somehow managed to steal the spotlight away from the dunkers. And not in a good way. The tone was set right off the bat as Jaime Jaques jumps and windmills over Shaq, but there were a bunch of 47s on the board. This is not a 50 dunk, but it’s not a 47 either. Then there is this dunk from Jacob Topin which is deceivingly hard in my opinion. Jumping over a guy, getting the ball and doing a 180, this is not easy to do. And he also got a 47 from 1 judge. It’s Jaylen Brown’s turn, and he does a tribute to Dominique Wilkins who was one of the judges, and tries to recreate one of his famous dunks. He did just okay in my opinion, but got a way higher score than the previous 2. This dunk was not better to me than Jaques and especially not compared to Topin. Now, here comes Mac Mcclung, the defending champion. And he does something that we’ve never seen before. This was amazing, a straight 50 right? Not only was there not a single 50 on the board, but he got a 46 from 1 judge. Dude was basically like- naah this is the worst dunk of the night so far. Maaan, are you kidding me? It was on the second attempt but we’ve seen a ton of 50s for second and even third attempt dunks. In the second round Jaques did ok, and to me Topin had another nice dunk that got rated lower. Albeit, this was on his second attempt.