The Shot vs The Block

[drogbagarnett]

When I remember that game, Kyrie's shot isn't even the second thing that comes to my mind. It's Kevin Love isolated on the perimeter guarding Curry, and Curry not being able to get a good shot off.

Kyrie was huge, no doubt. That last two minutes had a bunch of huge moments.

I guess the meaning of "defining moment" can be interpreted differently....
As is most iconic moment, I would definitely agree that the Block was by far the biggest and Love hanging with Curry one of the top as well...
But as far as biggest action that won the championship for the cavs, there is no question The SHOT was the championship clunch moment!! By far!
If that shot was taken by Lebron and the block was by kyrie I feel like more people would be agreeing with me on the importance of a "last few seconds 3 pt shot" in a game 7 championship series when teams have been tied for 4 min without scoring... 

[LilRip]

The block.  That was unreal.

For most guys pinning the ball on the backboard is a goal tend.  They have never called it on  LeBron

f. Trap the ball against the face of the backboard. (To be a trapped ball, three elements must exist simultaneously. The hand, the ball and the backboard must all occur at the same time. A batted ball against the backboard is not a trapped ball.)

http://www.nba.com/analysis/rules_11.html?nav=ArticleList


He has got away with it for years.  I hate it when the NBA has a set of rules for its stars amd another for the rest of the league.

Do u mean to say you think that was a goaltend by Lebron then?

[Moranis]

Love's defense of Curry was the most important moment of game 7.  It was that sequence, when it became apparent that Cleveland was going to win the game (remember Lebron grabbed the rebound with just 29 seconds left and Cleveland up 3 - hard to lose the game in that situation).  The block was a tie game with about 2 minutes left, and Irving's three was about a minute left (so GS still had at least two possessions).  Love stepping up and defending Curry successfully and then James grabbing the rebound was the game. 

[ThaPreacher]

To me there is no game 7 if Draymond doesnt get suspended or if he isnt basically ignored offensively in game 6. He was the GSW difference maker in this series and wasnt there for one game, his fault, and then ignored offensively in game 6, Kerr's or Curry's fault.

But if its just game 7 you look at then its the block.

So many insightful comments. I found myself agreeing with them, despite the fact they were contradictory opinions.  The block demoralized Golden State. It was like an Ali counter punch to Foreman.  But go back and look at Kyrie's shot.  Look at his heels.  Look at his launching the ball.

But  the block.  Look at path that Lebron took to get there. It was as if  he willed himself there, across time and space.