How an inch changed NBA history | 2021 Bucks vs. Nets Game 7
Kevin Durant having a big ass foot ultimately altered NBA history. Following an unusual career for a superstar in the NBA, bouncing from team to team, KD looked as if he had found his new home with the Brooklyn Nets. He was supposed to have some superstar roommates in that new crib of his with Kyrie Irving and James Harden tagging along, but because of injuries, Durant mostly found himself alone during the 2021 Conference Semifinals against the Milwaukee Bucks. And he was carrying his team on his back, putting on a one-man show in a tight seven-game series.
With the clock winding down in Game Seven, Durant looked to end the series and send the Nets to the conference finals, but what looked like a dagger three turned out to be a two as Durant’s toe was on the line. The repercussions that followed shifted the NBA. To find out what happens next, we gotta rewind.
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3:38 Mans ? Is the narrator from Tdot ?
6:36 "He returned for game 5 but clearly wasn't himself, severely inefficient from the field"
That is Harden being himself in pivotal playoff games
11:03 Larry the Cucumber
Could you guys do Wainwright-Beltran NLCS 2006?
The funny thing is that on his miss, his foot was also on the line. Every time the game was on the line, his foot was on the line.
Need a KD vs OKC beef history
"The Nets would have won the title if Durant's shoe was smaller!!!"
Please. Even if the Nets advanced, Harden would have shot 2-14 in a critical game against the Hawks and/or the Suns, and that would have been that. The Nets were exactly who they appeared to be in this moment, and you only need to look at how the following season unfolded for further proof.
Durant going to Golden State was a legacy wrecking move, but leaving Steph/Klay behind to team with Kyrie Irving and James Harden was even worse, and it's telling that Durant couldn't keep Kyrie in line for four weeks right after LeBron managed to do it for four years.
Losses go to those who earn them.
Big shoe lmfao
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
This game had my heart beating and racing like crazy. That was the best game I’d ever watched.
Badly constructed video. Talking about one event but emphasizing the other, a complete miss.
Since the World Cup is coming next month, do a rewinder on Uruguay vs Ghana in 2010 – Suarez's handball, Gyan's missed penalty and Abreu's Panenka
Stop laughing and huffing to exaggerate every sentence
As a bucks fan, Kevin Durant’s foot almost gave me a heart attack
"and other absences" is doing a lot of work for what happened with Kyrie's off court suspension causing comments/actions.
You should do a Rewinder on the 1996 Olympics, Women's Gymnastics Team Finals.
What a crazy title for a video
Pause at this video name
2:35 a whole size bigger than normal? Wonder if that will matter haha
Kevin Durant in Game 5 of that series is one of the best displays of basketball that I ever seen in my life
BUCKS IN SIX. Dark days ahead for my favorite team but thanks for letting be bask in 2021 for a while
I love how these watershed moments just automatically assumes that the nets would’ve gotten past the Hawks and the Suns to win the title 😭 Their best bet was Kyrie returning from the ankle injury close to healthy. James Harden was nothing close to healthy and even if he was, he’s still James Harden, probably the least winning intangibles possessing top 75 player in NBA history. There’s no guarantee they would’ve won it all, if Durant’s foot was fully behind that 3-point line.
Secret Base fans when one foot is really far away from the other feet:
This video’s going to be a banger in 2034 when everyone’s retired
The reason why the Bucks won this game and the series was BEHIND THE BENCH! Steve Nash got tactically spanked in this series by Mike Budenholzer starting in Game 3. People talk about how the Bucks benefited from injuries yet completely ignore that they didn't have Bobby Portis or Donte DiVincenzo in this series either. Also didn't Brooklyn beat a Celtics team without Jaylen Brown, Al Horford, and Marcus Smart plus Tatum playing on one leg? I think they did (Boston's second best scorer in that series was Jabari Parker. And they still didn't get swept) The only reason why this series even went to Game 7 was because the Nets had home court advantage in this series (And the only reason why that was a factor was because of all of the out of town bandwagons they had coming to Barclays given that COVID just ended). If Game 7 was at Fiserv Forum, the Nets get blown out. The way that the Nets lost this series was no fluke because every quality team and coach watched the footage of how Brooklyn made no adjustments in game while relying on an AAU gameplan involving IsoBall to bail them out. Boston in particular when they regained their arms and legs feasted on Steve Nash the following year. Word of advice Nets, DON'T LAY A MASSIVE EGG IN THE 4TH QUARTER OF GAME 3!
That was a good series and after the Bucks won the title that season, the media acted like the Nets won NBA title…..smh
i remember watching this life and ive been confused on why this hasnt been a historic extremely talked about moment since then
Video starts at 11:40
This video feels stretched for monetization.
Like, why are we talking at length about Milwaukee?
Giannis went God mode those playoffs. And he delivered
Very glad to see Rewind return, hoping Collapse comes back too
I’m a bucks fan, this was the most nerve racking game I’ve probably ever watched. I remember when KD hit that shot I yelled “NO” before the replay showed he stepped on the line
And now, a secret base trilogy span across 20 years is complete: the collapse of '00-'01 bucks and its long-awaited revival, this rewinder about the nets-bucks ecsf, and the other rewinder about the 2020-21 nba finals (Jrue Holiday's clutch steal and the alley oop in G5).
It's great to be a Bucks fan back in 2020-21. Sadly, they didn't win more championships, and now its just a shell of its former self.🥲
The Bucks won the 1971 title because of a coin flip.
The Bucks won the 2021 title because of an inch.