Nick Johnson may be a second round rookie for the Houston Rockets but with Dwight Howard out he's been given a larger role on the team and is using his time to his advantage. This time he soars in for the putback slam, jumping over Ramon Sessions of the Sacramento Kings in the process.
With the game tied at 89 with under a second to go overtime for the Wizards and the Magic seemed imminent. I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise though that the Wizards used some magic, and a magnificently drawn up play, to get Bradley Beal open for the alley-oop that gave Washington the 91-89 win. Beal be ballin.
Russell Westbrook is back and better than ever with this explosive move to get to the basket and slam it down. Guess the hand isn't bothering him anymore cause he looked unstoppable on that move. With Westbrook and Durant back the Thunder look to climb out of their 7-13 hole to make the playoffs in the hyper competitive western conference.
I hate myself a little for that title but I'm still going with it. Giannis Antetokounmpo continues to impress the world as he uses his go go gadget arms to extend and slam it over Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat. I don't think Bosh realized he was going up to block a partial alien before it was too late. I have Giannis on my fantasy team and although he may be near the bottom of my squad it's plays like this that keep me from trading him away.
Walker seems to be making a name for himself with game winners although this may be the first one I've seen from him that didn't come off of a step-back jumper. With 4 seconds to go and the Hornets down by 1 Kemba gets the ball outside of the 3 point line and makes a beeline (get it? hornets, beeline. God I hate myself more for that than the title) to the rim and lays it in as the clock expires giving Charlotte the 103-102 win.
Former all-star Amar'e Stoudemire still has some pep in his step and proves it with the huge dunk over the Cavaliers centre on Thursday night. Stoudemire has been pretty unremarkable since moving to New York but every once and awhile he flashes some of what made him so deadly when he played for the Phoenix Suns. Maybe Stoudemire's wine baths work after all.
Monta Ellis continues being on a heater in tonight's game against the Milwaukee Bucks. The Mavericks fought back after being down 9 in the 4th quarter and were even up by two with under 30 seconds to go. Brandon Knight stepped up for the Bucks however and hit a step back jumper to tie the game with 8.1 seconds remaining. I think Ellis was tired of OT games in the last week and a bit (OT vs the Knicks and 2OT the night before vs the Bulls) and made sure to hit the game winning shot with no time remaining. Ellis finished the game with 23pts 2reb and 7ast and possibly the biggest shot of the Mavericks season thus far. I think Parsons shares my sentiment.
Toooooo much MONTA!!!!
— Chandler Parsons (@ChandlerParsons) December 4, 2014
Bazemore goes baseline and stuffs in the monster slam vs the Celtics late in the second quarter Tuesday night. Bazemore went undrafted in the 2012 draft and spent time around the league on the Thunder, Warriors, and Lakers before signing with the Hawks as a free agent on September 23, 2014. Kent doesn't get much playing time for Atlanta but this can motivate a man to fight harder and jump higher as he electrifies the fans at the Philips Arena. Great display of power and leaping ability by the 25 year old.
There are two things you can rely on Gerald Green to do; take a "heat check" jumper after making one shot and slamming down a highlight dunk every game. Tonight when he did the latter he did it in amazing fashion. It's rare to see an off the backboard dunk and it's even rarer to see a guy throw that off the backboard dunk to himself. Green did just that and boy was it pretty. It's unfortunate that Green has said in interviews that he will never appear in a dunk contest again because he is certainly one of the most exciting high flyers in the league.
Tony Allen put on a show Sunday night in a 107-91 win over the Los Angeles Clippers. Allen uses the superb pick by Marc Gasol to get Matt Barnes off him and gets Glen Davis with the behind the back fake and lays it up and in. Davis isn't exactly the most agile or athletic big in the NBA so this move might not have worked against a slot blocker like Deandre Jordan but an exquisite move to get the Grizzlies the 2 points nonetheless.
Quite impressive but it only forced me to go back and watch this. Beautiful basketball all around.
