NBA _Respect 🙏!_ MOMENTS

I am a fan of Gordon Hoopes. Most respect for who K is as a person. I have respect for, like, all that he's put into his craft. Both teams are so tiny right now, as Curry unloads a three. Offensively, with Steph Curry, that's not a set play. Just recognizing the overplay and finding him on the backcourt. At the end of the day, I think he knows what we were about as teammates, what we were about as friends on and off the court. Whatever he needed to do to make that decision. And however he wants to explain that, that's what's going to happen. Honored here tonight by the Wolves at Carl Anthony Towns. Able to do his mom proud. Here comes Zach Levine to come say hello to Big Carl. See the love there between those two. Discussion that Harrell and Luka Dacic had before the game. Dacic, no big deal at all. As the two of them just exchanged a hug, a handshake, and some words. Should be shooting, too. Right into their hands. LeBron doing a good job of attacking the basket, and all three of them attack them. Nick Young will ease into a three. Steph Curry was wide open on the other side. I thought he might take one dribble that way. Speaking of wide open, and Harrell blocked Raymond from behind to get a tee. Blake Griffin got clipped by JaVale's elbow inadvertently. Tonight, 25 points on 10 of 15 shooting. Another terrific outing for Nikola Jokic. 26 points, 11 assists. So, the disappointing loss ends the Nuggets' five-game win streak. Our final score from ball, Raymond. The Mavs take down the Nuggets 1-16. Wild. More closeouts. Airborne closeout by Edmund Sumner. Sumner's wild. Good sportsmanship there. Helping him up after he gets hit in the mouth. I mean, the fans just got worked up today. Oh, that's neat of the shake. If that happened to be, they were one of those stretchers. Both had tremendous careers. You see DeRozan coming over. Some smiles, some laughter. When those two get together. We'll head to his first NBA Finals. 1-4-2. They're 12-3 in the playoffs. Going to go on top to green. Steele Luka. Quick drive made. Blocked shot by Draymond. Tough words right there. Luka went smashing into the crowd at the other end. He's trying to help a little boy that he crashed into. There you see it fell back into him. You can tell this. It was somewhat radical. Yeah. And that's a great gesture by Luka. Crucial moments late. Out with a hip strain from that point on. And he was so sweet, Jet. When that first happened, he went over to make sure the little boy was okay. Steele! Number zero! What a score! Trailblazers, Chris. It's the end of the line. Hard fought effort just to get into the playoffs. They're headed back to Portland now. Look at this picture. I'm just enjoying it. Give them their flowers while they live. Those are kings right there. Vince Carter. Here's Vince launching the high arcing three. There's one player whose my game is somewhat reminiscent. It's the king. The one he loved watching him. What a moment here. LeBron James complimenting the game of Luka Doncic. Against his former teammate LeBron James. I think the pump fake kind of threw him off. And LeBron James running at him. I like the respect here from the former Cavs players for Kyrie. Boston led by three with 150 left. And Cleveland closes on a seven. From North Station is where Paul Pierce forged his... The final game of the last dance. And the class of 2003 is well represented. LeBron James. The younger brother. Course back to the 03 class. Carmelo Anthony. All in Brooklyn to see the final game. Olympic players in franchise history. As DeMar DeRozan. From USC, a 6'7 forward, number 10, DeMar DeRozan. Can't ever remember a guy being the center of attention all day who didn't play in the game. The team he played on loved him. The crowd loved him. As small as he is, he had the biggest heart on the team. They're so close. That's great sportsmanship. I mean, fantastic. The beauty of sports. This is why sports brings people together. And you feel so unfortunate for Gordon Hayward who is such a fabulous guy. His first game in a Boston Celtic uniform.