How an inch changed NBA history | 2021 Bucks vs. Nets Game 7

How an inch changed NBA history | 2021 Bucks vs. Nets Game 7



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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View Comments (33)
  1. "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.

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. 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!

  5. 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

  6. 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.🥲

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