NBA's Top Plays Of Week 16 | 2022-23 Season

Hartnett-Stein camped out, Schroeder at the horn. Dillinson faking in New York City. I've ever seen. Yep, I'll just throw it up. I won't even look. If nonchalant was a person, it'd be Dennis Schroeder. ...nearly flawlessly as Halliburton. In trouble, blocked by Mobley. Allen's gonna run the floor. Allen to the basket. Showtime! Hornets beat this Bulls team a week ago today in Spectrum Center. Hornets had a great finishing kick in that win. Oh, my goodness! What was that, Dennis Smith? Raised the roof with Guy Roofing and posterized it. Oh, my! Snap it, clip it off. That's gonna be shown all around the world. I mean, that's Drummond and DeRozan. ...no longer can play. Heating up to cross over the drive. Ritter looking to get in. Wow! ...blocked away. ...sure why he wouldn't. And look at Alpe at the last second showing. Hey, I mean, this is as impressive a block. He's out of the play and just... Looks easy for Andrew Wiggins. Back out to Hardaway Jr. Got his feet set. Knocks it home. ...shot if he wanted. Instead, it's in very deep. A.B. Score! Davis! Now, really, all you need is a stop here to force them into a bad situation We're tied with 28 seconds left in the game. Shot clock at 14. Laker lead is 1-12, 1-11. Tyrese Halliburton trying to work one-on-one. Oh, boy! Blocked by Davis! Leonard draws a double in the corner. No inside! Thought he was fouled on the previous play. And watch the retaliation. The master blaster that time. Oh, boy. And the jamming. Oh, yeah. That's a slap. Wainwright thinks he has a step. He just does. Not so. Third block of the night for Robert Williams. Shin Goon. Wow! For the layup. He just dropped another dime to J. Sean Tate. J.T. says, look, man, I owe you from the other one. Dinner's on me, but I'm going to finish this one off. It's automatic. Play slips out. Raymond to Curry for three. Boy, that's magic. They're like six or seven. Players six. Six of our top eight in the rotation right now. What about that steal by Jalen? Suggs lobs it. Anthony dunks it! Hammers it through. Watch Jalen. Look at him move his feet. That's just impossible to keep it. And then throwing it up. Cole Anthony. Look at that. Seeing he's a guy that's here for his teammates. Always available, ready to go to work. Speaking of work, put some work on Sharp. Sometimes you have to mind your business with guys like Kendrick Nunes. Driving the layup. Let's take a look at it again. Oh, my God. That's loud. Sharp. Lamello ball. Washington falls down. Picked up by Fultz. Three on one. Fultz will keep it himself. Ball handling right here. I think he wanted to throw this back to Paolo. I'm okay with that. I'm okay with it too. Off the turnover. Russell, no look. Go bear! Big time throw down. This is just D'Angelo Russell having a continued excellent half of basketball. The way that he's been able to share it. Fourth assist of the game. Right by the ear of Christian Brown. Sometimes it's the simplest of things that can flare it up too, by the way. Here's go bear inside. A couple of moves. Oh! The hammer home for TJ. Get Rudy. Able to sweep through that time. Throw it right down on down here. Jordan could have been an add one opportunity. Valdama and Morant. Conchar, Bain. Morant will take it. Oh! Balanced chance. Landed on that shoulder. Watch this. In flight, over the reach of Wade. Oh, my goodness. Falling one way, throwing the other. Sticks it. I mean, Jackson said a bit. Really good find. Oh! Jackson with the rebound. I like the fact that he brings excitement here. Ooh, I say he got a body. Ingram steps into a contested three over Gordon. McCollum trying to save. Here comes Jokic. This guy is unbelievable. This is seven-footer, folks. Splitting two defenders and getting an add one opportunity. No one getting in front of him there. Just trying to stay on the side. A three-pointer. Got it. He is killing people at the rim. Contact or no. And Jalen behind the arc. So smooth. Look out. They're in the house. Forge for the tie. Zoo saves it. Batum for three in the tie. Batum, just shoot. You see Paul George-Elevin shoots the three and misses. Kawhi kept that alive to Zoo. Zoo gives it back. And that diagonal pass allowed him to swing it over to the other side. Batum with the three to tie the game. Bless Batum. Bless the French. Overtime in New York. Tied at 115. 75-68 Pacers. They lob it away. Taken by Halliburton. Yeah, well, it got taken. Buddy Hill was back there with Nembhardt. And they were able to get it. And no look gives it to him on the other end. You were just lauding his skills. And great two-way player. Did it defensively with the deflection there. Domingo passes up the three. Elevates. They definitely gave you a couple of breaths. Oh, they gave you the mitts. I'll get the Starbucks. Here's another three for Corey Kisberg. Denny out here. Watch this pass. Santa, I just need to score the ball. I can find others. Montee behind his back. K.J. Martin puts the foul. Play that is out of this world. Al-Pachangun putting his passing on display. Left-handed. Oh, my goodness. Watch your head, young felon. K.J. goes up with bad intentions. That's in. Will it count the contact? My goodness. I'd love to see Davion Mitchell start to look for his own a little bit. He's not scored in the ballgame. Barnes! Oh, express yourself, Harrison. Rarely shows emotion at that level. But take a look at his reaction afterwards. Oh. That is the best Harrison Barnes highlight all season long. The usually stoic and staid Harrison Barnes. So, quick catch and shoot. Larry got it. So, emphatically, an end to the first quarter. Can't get a better look than that. He just missed. Bio just printed another. Hartenstein overplays. Gets around him. Right there on Fournier. He's late on the rotation. Woo. Wow. And he just inspires you with how hard he plays. And what a burst there. Here on, Alondra Bunker makes the catch. And surrounded immediately. Another turnover. Actually, he's third of the game. Edwards. Over to Reed. Corner three. Thank you, OKC. Into the lane. Oh! And then pull off. But no look back. And look at Alpeet here. He's attacking and baiting the hole. Mike Mescal is going, where'd the basketball go? I mean, he fakes out the whole Thunder team. And you see, he's surrounded at one point by all five players. And Tate's saying, thank you. Time for some offense. Look at this play right here. Plumlee gets stripped. Get off me, Grayson Allen. And look at the cut. With the perfect pass. We're going to get back. Oh, they missed Hooch. Williams drives it. Patrick Williams. Oh, that's a poster. Oh, man, let's get the poster machine ready. Let's get it up ready, baby. Duncan Dunn, worthy of a poster for Patrick. There, come on. Look at my poster machine. Get it ready. 9.45 to go in the fourth. They lead it 93-90. Screen set. Bryant. Labranco's behind the back of it. Drives in. You want to get up by two possessions. Garland. Cross over out of bio twice. Lost the ball, however. Out leaks Oladipo. Levert back. Oh! Down block. Oh, what a play. Slapped it off the window. And preserved this Cavalier two-point lead. Ward's been playing more as of late. Thor. Finishes on top of Lopez. How about that, J.D.? A thunderbolt from Thor. The 20-year-old. Oh! He saw Brook Lopez and says, I'm not impressed. Second quarter when we come back to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Caleb Martin and Jimmy Butler both with 11 points. Bam! Oh, my! Out of bio. Just erupted like a volcano. Jared Allen. Wow. Took the contact. Almost lost his balance and just fought through it as Allen reeled backwards there and just crushed it right on the shot block. Grant has it tapped away from behind. The wily Bogdanovich to Murray. Oh! Here comes the erased by Sharp. That's the best revenge right there. Yes, sir. Here we go. Put it down and throw it down. So explosive. He got there so quick. This has been a 31-10 run for Orlando dating back to the second quarter. Ball, Allen got Bob and Carroll. Runs it in the false and takes it out of his side pocket. Finger rolls that in. Sometimes they're just flip shots. That was a finger roll. Ingram drives. Goes to the rim. Turn in the corner, attacking the rim and says, mind your business, that is. Ingram, of course, the second overall pick by the Lakers. First three years. Troy Brown really putting the effort in defensively. Ingram stolen by Schroeder. Three on one. Schroeder fakes back to James for the flush. Figures. Defensive active by Schroeder. Off to the raises. Fakes the pass to Westbrook. Waits for the finish. Nelson Adels. Murray draws Capella. Should be able to go by him. Three to shoot. Shoots over Capella. Oh! Perhaps. Murray steps back. Tonight's attendance, 19,630. At the same time and you just have a tough time if you're out of bounds. Nation point on it. Basket. That's one of the great flops you will ever see in the NBA. You know, maybe on a different official that might work, Scott, but on Zach Zarbar, one of the best, one of the most experienced officials. I mean, he's not even moving into him, really. This one remains close. Last six games for the Heat decided by five points or less, so they've been here before. Before his elbow injury, there are some people that I spoke to within the organization in Dallas that felt he might have been in the most improved conversation. Pat Bev puts on the brakes. Finds A.D.s on the ground. Now it's to LeBron. Look at that play with the traveling call on LeBron as he picks it up. Ball still loose. Pelicans come away. McCollum. Seven on the shot clock. Turnover in 35 seconds. LeBron's a nice ball. I don't know what to expect, but he's exceeded any expectations that I have for him. His ability to create off the bounce like this, he's not fast. Shengoon with the miss, and Toronto comes frontcourt. Oh, Van Vliet wearing out the brakes and gets it to go. Van Vliet is too good of a basketball player. My goodness, he put some English on that shot. And Alpey, you know, barely touches him. But what happens is, Van Vliet, that's the veteran move. You see him jumping. That's why he gets so much respect, especially in that Pacific Northwest. Damn steps back, knocks down a jumper to beat the clock after the timeout. And Sacramento with its biggest lead of the ball game at 10. And I like seeing that he's able to get a little bit of extended rest here because he's been playing a ton of minutes. Fox lobs a monk. Showtime. Express yourself, Malik. It's always those little spurts, and he just threw that up there and allowed Malik Monk to show off. That was pretty special. It's Poulter within four. George has been a lead pursuer. This is short. Back to George. It's good and a foul. Offensive one. The ball was short. Watch Zubac save it. There's George getting a second opportunity. And he's fouled. Slick pass. You see the whack foul. That's a done. A good job just staying afloat without KD. Kuzma into Gafford who gets fouled and has a chance for three. Kevin Durant, as you see this ball movement here by the Wizards, inside, outside, just not quite there on the rotation. But you want to shoot more threes if you're not going to have that offensive juggernaut in one individual. And if you don't have Vincent, he's been in the lineup. He's only 22 years old. A shooter throws it up. Perfect pass for Anthony Davis to finish. 16 points for Davis. Timeout Willie Green. The Pelicans today beating them down the court here. Runs right to the rim. Great play by Schroeder to lob it up and reward the big man who runs. Fando double pumps. Soft touch flies it over the rim. And the rebound finds its way off to Trey Young. Trying to break down Beasley. There's a bucket and one. Malik Beasley. You see all that space behind Malik. Trey Young is one of the best at using it to his advantage. Right here. Nothing fancy. Gets the body contact with Beasley. Good for second chance points. Olenek was right under the rim. Could not finish. Ooh, that's a wicked fall by Collins. Didn't see a foul there either. See a downhill move here. Collins to the basket. Yeah, absolutely. From this angle. That's a pretty good defensive effort there. That's a big time effort by the rook. The issue is you don't want to. Make sure he didn't foul. Forth a tough shot. Ball pinballs around. It's over. Lee hammering home. Saban Lee right down central on a broken play. Saban it ain't so. Saban Lee. I didn't know Young fella had bunnies like that. He's going down the lane with bad intentions. Just like that. Touchdown. For Saban. Sadiq outside of Jayden. Lock at three. Going to have to fire. He'll drive it. Fire. And fill it. In the case of Tice, that's not the shot he's normally going to take. Ball loose. Picked up. Pacers have it. Running. Halliburton. And he puts it down. By Tyrese Halliburton. You throw it out there where only he can get it. You can get a strong finish. The excitement will come after that. He's considered one heck of a player. If you want to catch him in person. Yep. Well, there are a lot of good players in this year's draft. The Thompson twins. The Thompson brothers. They're sensational players. Maxey. That's who we were talking about earlier. He's got a ton of talent. Speaking of sensational, right? That's a beautiful move. It is a tough job battling Jonas Valanciunas in the paint for rebounds. Getting around Valanciunas and scoring is Luca. With a foul. Hal down in there to his advantage to build himself up. Well, and apparently his defense is so bad also. So, a combination of what you're talking about. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's got to push the pace faster. Down the middle to Jokic. Jokic in the way he put it up in the air. Basket counts foul. Bounced. Goes out in the corner. Struce. Stolen by Einstein. Trying to keep it alive. Five seconds remaining. What a sequence. And having to come out to L.A. and work out 435, 30 in the morning. Double duty. Nice feed. Went to Drummond. Got bumped and a foul. I can convince right now. 31 points and 16 rebounds. And then you've got, you know, Drummond right here. Phoenix is strong on wins. He's got 12 points and he's got nine rebounds. Oh, thank you. Bean using the Drummond screen. Yeah, that was a four-on-two break. That's got to be a bucket. Watch Derek Jones. No one put a body on him. And when you don't put a body on him, that's what happens. This 29th game before his recent return to the floor. Down he goes and down goes the shots. And that's not an insult. That's just a back to life. You can try something different, though. I mean, Luca has come off on the pick and roll. Now Murray, they blitz the screen. Murray in the lane. It's a good move. Pulled right for the steal. Got a foul already. Could have got one there. Murray goes into him, creates the contact. He creates this. And then you see the arm. That arm goes up and hits him in the back. And the bank shot. It's not so bad. Four of eight. But it doesn't seem quite like it measures up. Brown's got a lane laid up and in. Basket counts foul. So the Nuggets kind of do it in the old-fashioned way. And he'll be replaced by Zeke Najee. Jordan Poole just got beat. You see the slap on the shoulder at the end. He's beat on that straight-line drive and then commits to Cardinal Sonoma. Rutgers got the rebound. Up ahead for LeBron James for the lead. So we were talking to him. They're saying Jamal Murray's about 89% back. He'll have games where he looks 100%, but he's a killer. Steph Curry. He drops in. Randle against Butler. Shot clock at four. Randle just holding the ball. Gets in. Pull-up jumper. Got it. That's not exactly the way you'd want to play to go, but it ended in perfection. Remember in Milwaukee, Clyde. Yeah. Remember hearing him yell in pain. Oh, what a move! Gorgeous spin move from R.J. Barrett. Whirling Dervish. Remember he posted inside. Then he got his shot back. And now another splendid move off the glass after shaking and peeking. Spinning, winning. He's at the line to shoot one. This makes him virtually unstoppable. Here's Vance losing it in the paint. Hardaway picks it up, and he is off to the races. All-state mayhem moment. In the first half, the Mavs converted 13 Pelicans turnovers into 25 points. Here's an example of one turnover going into two up top. Hardaway's alley-oop to Josh Green. Garland has played well, 19 points, seven assists. Austin with some threes. A robust moving try by Jimmy Austin. Good drive here by Austin moments ago. Fouls on Mobley, who picks up his second personal. Randle the rebound. Randle drives on Martin. Shot good and one. Was hell-bent on shooting that one. Licks back up by Jones. Determination by Randle. Wheeling. Dealing right there. Drawing the contact in to finish. After he was charged with the foul, Randle able to get to the line. Step to time while the metal ball was out. He had a big game against us in Charlotte. Really got off to a great start. Here's a nice foul. See, make the play, make the basketball play. There you dive cut, and then right there, boom. Make a hard cut, you get the ball. It's a simple game. You sometimes point out. Eubanks screens. Rolls. Gives it. Drifting and hit from the sideline. What a split possession. Here's Eubanks making a decision in the paint. Outside of name. Steps back at three. Another triple. Got to stunt and get back or stay in there and take the charge. Garland. Active early inside for two. What a pass. What a throw indeed inside and caught by Clark. That ball just had a lot of gas on it, which was lasered inside by Morant. Here's the move by Morant. No look to Clark with the finish. I mean, that is through three. Benfleet, can you slow him down? Markunen jumps out at the three-point line. Deflects the ball. Outlet. Cut. Shows it. Puts it up. Score it. I see it by Kyle. Yes, he did. And it came back and put it home. Pump fake there. Watch Siakam. Oh, fly by. Siakam against Sexton. Puts the ball down. Uro steps inside. Blocked by Walker. My goodness, four swats in the first six minutes. Sexton up and down. One minute to go here in the first half. The Hawks putting up 64 points on one of the top defenses statistically this year. Here's Young. Goes to the left hand. Tough angle, but he puts it in. Has fouled out of the game. Austin Rivers in. Curry turns the corner. Graymon down the lane. On the kick out to Wiggins to hammer it down. Wiggins saved that play if he would have stayed on the three-point line. Rebound. Kessler slides it out to J.C. He's got the open look. Leans in. Follows it up. Mark it in. Number one option right here. Husslet to get that position over Siakam. Siakam doesn't see him coming. Great timing by the finisher. A little stare down. You can't get a tech if he's not looking at you. Four minutes to go in the opening quarter. Atlanta by six. Collins not close. And Bridges gets the rebound. Bridges. Sound like a broken record, but there was a time he's looking for Chris Paul or Devin Booker. He's not even paying attention to who's open or who I should get the ball to. He's got a mindset of attack the one-on-one matchup in transition. Getting his three. No good. Rebound. Loose. And there should go the end of the KJ. One man to beat. Leading after three. Russell making the move to the rim. Ultimately rewards OKC after the jump ball. He got way up there. Now driving on Eason. Leans into it. Plus the foul. With the size of Eason, able to maintain that control. Yeah, and he's having a moment like J. Will had earlier in the quarter. On the defense, one hand, tying up Shindran, winning the jump ball. That's a turnover that goes to the rim. 14-4 for ninth straight. Two on Shindran. Steps through the double-team. The closest point for the game. Edwards off a read screen. Driving past Wiggins. Bucket and the foul. I think a lot of folks would like that sit-down. Yeah, I would love a sit-down. I mean, I really would. Quickly inside. Anderson, the head fake and the bucket. Jaron curls against Walker. Morant, a topside three. Bango. Sharp rebound blocked by Tatum. Tatum gets it back from Horford. Throws it up and Robert Williams. Easy flush at the Tatum. Miller turns, squares his shoulders, fires and scores. And he is not in the act of shooting. What happened there? Right. Exactly. Anthony. And he'll have a chance at a three-point play.