Top 50 Blocks of the 2022-23 NBA Regular Season

Good defense by the Lakers, but it goes to Nurkic. Blocked by Davis! Another great block by A.D. A.D. is just... He is owning the paint. Foul on Nurkic. He is looking for a fourth straight, and he's only six points away. Fultz down the lane! Rejected at the rim! He's out of bounds, but... If you want to, and Fultz is posterizing people, he's saying, he ain't getting that one. You ain't getting that one. Largest lead of the contest for Brooklyn. Barrett cross-court. McBride drives baseline. Planks him. As a rim protector, watch him meet Myles McBride at the apex of that jump. Uses that left hand to say, not today. Not in my house. My goodness. Heck of a block. His mom, Nikki... He had a play to Georgia, yeah. New Orleans has 14 fouls in the first quarter as well. Valanchunas calling for it. Kolak came over to help Hardaway in a double-team situation. Back into Valanchunas! Signed on with the Mavericks. This is what they expected from McGee. To police the paint. Great timing. And great... Oh! Dismissed! A crowd in the clouds as Brown blocks Bull! It almost looks like he forced that, trying to reward the big fella. You don't see that very often. Over to Giannis. Nunn rips it away. Off to the races. What's he gonna do? That's what he's gonna do. And that's Kidrick Nunn. He looks at Giannis, looks at Giannis again. Okay, I'm gonna throw this down. Nunn's like, no, you're not. Little hook shot. Nice touch, but still denied once, twice. How about the third time? Make it four in a row, denied. Good defensive rebound. Just relentless in the paint. I had a chance to talk to him about the art of the block yesterday. And he talks about timing and tracking the ball. Right here, saves. That's fine if the referees are gonna call it like that. He'll figure it out. He used to try to skip it to Martin, but it deflected on the rim ahead to Harris. Oh, no! KJ, give me that! You better work on your... Oh, ball tapped. Jokic. And Murray's out there, and it's blocked! A tremendous block by Keon Johnson. Keon sprints it into this. He did not give up on the play. He had mean intentions on this one. Oh, man. Tremendous elevation. Yes, Hart has his shot blocked. Pass ahead. Finds its way to Simons. Oh, blocked by McBride! What a recovery from Deuce McBride. That should have been an easy layup for Simons. Doss. He gets the block. And Anthony Simons can... Poole swings it to Wiggins. To Michael Green. Flashing into the middle. Poole. Swatted out of bounds by Bol Bol. He gets them on guys shooting perimeter jumper. It's just... I think you look and... Bassey, back to Johnson. Oh, off the hands of Bassey. Hill! Oh, Jackson! He's shorthanded. He needs shooting. He needs playmaking. He's your guy. He's still your guy. He's done a great job. Chase down from behind. Noel thinks he's got a pretty easy finish on the layup. Two feet. Give me that! Booker with nine. Three seconds left for the win! Levert will play through Allen. Osmond cuts. Hooks it up. That's the shot. Eason tried to throw Wiggs stuff out of here. The facial expression for me, if you watch Jared Allen after that block right there, look at that staring him down. I mean, that ball was being thundered home, and Eason had it coming down, and Allen with a big-time play. Eight to shoot. Mobley. Looking to attack. Sharp comes over it. Pins it. From Brooklyn. Goodness de Ron Sharp. Look at this block as he's coming across from the weak side. Excellent help. This is some tracking, timing, and power. Pins it. Jumping up to the table about to sub in, so a little bit of a 30, maybe a 40. Blocks by Brook. Wow. Portis from the left side. Feeding back out of 10. Six of nine on threes for Harden. De Ron exploding. Going up. You almost cannot believe what you're seeing. Oh, my God. Wow. This is unbelievable. Look how hard both of them are. Wow. Robert. Proud and healed. Healed. On the attack. Oh! Windshield wiper. Both ends of the floor. Buddy healed. Goes to the hoop that time. Rudy takes it to the glass, and he just does a great job. First clean switch of the game for Minnesota in the pick-and-roll. Rosen, Vucevic, and Williams. Oh, he caught him. Oh, yes. I mean, this is a catch by Jackson there. Come on. Catch this one. Not on me. Dodged. Guarded by Harris. Gets past Harris. Goes inside. Blocked by Embiid. Was another foul. And great reaction by Embiid coming from the perimeter. And you're right about Melton. These are the type of plays you're going to have to make in the playoff. Heal. Gives up his dribble. Shot clock is winding down. Kevin Durant last line of defense with the rejection of Turner. The drive. The rejection. Shot clock violation for KD. This is nasty. Look at Durant get up. The strength of that play. Oh. That's tough. The flight or the air time is reduced greatly. I think that shows what kind of a player Grant Long was. How about this block here? Jalen Durant, like, Martin, what are you thinking? No. Ball on ball. Hand on ball. Dinwiddie takes a peek at the clock. White guards him. Dinwiddie gets by him with a cross. Oh. White with a great block. Dinwiddie cocked it back. Was ready to throw it down. And White says, not this time. And here, look at this recovery to stay in the play. Great timing. He's looking like Robert Williams right there. Driving. What a swat. Now Mitchell guarded by Brown. Four seconds left. Mitchell spinning with two. Step back three. Blocked by Tatum. Overtime. Jason Tatum. Jason Tatum with his fourth block of the game. Excellent team defense by the Celtics. Mitchell has it sent back. Five more minutes at least coming from Cleveland. Veteran point guard Corey Joseph gives it to Burks. On the drive. Dumps it off. Diallo. Oh. Ether by Niles to break away. Timeout on Minnesota at Target Center. Nice play with Indiana. 27 years old. And boy, he has come back. Flaxton with the big block. Here they are on the break. Sumner. Speaking of block. Josh Richardson swatted that one away. That sequence. Whoa. He timed that perfectly. Two-handed block. It was John Morant-like. Yes, it was. Wow. Point came out. It's been a rough stretch for him. KD with Russ. A couple of veterans. Oh, Russ. Russell Westbrook made KD pay. What a defensive play from behind the Lakers. Don't settle for that long step back jumper. Drive to the basket. Curry. On the deck. Swatted. Goodness. Try to tap it in. Look at this block by Peyton Watson. I mean, that's Steph Curry that he's doing that to. Forces him to drive. Look how high. Look how he hangs in the air. They always say that Kevin Grant soaks the guys. Thinking how I laid him off. Oh, Robinson. Uncontested. And watch the block by Robinson. It seems like, listen, if you're involved in that Curry family, whether by, oh, I see a great block right there by Robert Williams. Wow. Slap. Wainwright thinks he has a step. Robert Williams. He does not. Not so. Third block of the night for Robert Williams. Surround a big Capella screen again. Capella continues to bend over at the waist. It's almost like he's throwing hip checks out there. Hunter down the lane. Rejected by Mobley. Get that weak stuff out of here. On the defensive end of that floor, I mean, to actually go after that ball, he had to go back while he was jumping to block that shot, and he kept the ball in play. That, to me, is what it's all about. Grant one-on-one with Schrute. Crosses. Denied. Back over. Anthony Davis did an excellent job of timing this shot up, but that little pull-up in the lane, I think Jock could eat all. Allen comes to set the screen. Garland. Karas-Levert. Three seconds. Garland. Two seconds. A three. His butt. Good stop by Boyan Bogdanovich. Looks like he was bugged at backcourt by Westbrook. A swat at by Jaden Ivey. Boyan's going to get stripped right here by Westbrook. Now, Schrute is going to try and sneak this thing up there. He never had a chance. Jones up top. Oh. He did not catch that. This is your center. Should you limit his minutes? Wow. With the nice little finger roll. 13 seconds to go. Take him up. Mitchell all the way back. Two seconds to go. He's been the best player in the game. Guess who got it away from behind. I'm going to tell you what the basketball player inside of me had figured. He's no longer going to play. Heading up to cross over the drive. Ritter looking to get in. Wow. Not sure why he wouldn't. Look at Alpe at the last second showing. I mean, this is as impressive a block. He's out of the play and just. M.B. drives. Oh, what a block by Jarrett. Look at this. Joel M.B., he is at the rim. He's going to finish. Jarrett said, not in our house. I mean, he just takes it from Joel M.B. He thinks he has an easy two-hand slam. Jarrett says. That's a smart play by Simmons. No suit for you. This is good hustle right here. Good defense by DeMar. Not the fowler. That's Mr. Clean Clean. But you can live with it because of the way these turnovers happen. As Moe was trying to contest the landlord. Access denied. Uni dirty. Let me see this again. Speaking of dirty, look at this block. Meet me up top in the upper room. Daniel Gafford. What a monster block. Just excellent timing. Look at that. All five fingers and the palm on the ball. Three. Look at her step back three. Can't shake it. Kogi, who rises up, breaks out the eraser. And then runs it. On Valley Sports Arizona. McDaniels back to Maldon. Contested three. Missed it. Good rebound by Rozier. Rozier inside. Oh, Mobley threw that ball. This right here is what it's all about. Give me that ball. Yes. Solid. I mean, he keeps the ball in play. Keeps it himself. And a turnover. James, how is this rejection? A little bit short. Out of his hand and looked short. He's got Buddy one way. He'll get it himself. Jackson meets him up top. Pins it to the window. Don't put him on the line. Trust Jackson Hayes to go get this. That's right. Pin it against the flag. Man. This is beautiful. Don't see it very often, do you? No, you do not. They prepare for this. But the cap comes to Jalen Green. Doesn't have numbers. He steps through. I can look and he comes back and gets it. But look at John Morant. And, I mean, he wasn't even on our screen coming down. And goes out here flying. Has to duck from the backboard.