The KING has arrived…
May 13, 2008
If you haven’t seen the LBJ dunk over KG, then you missed a dunk for the ages.
The dunk was amazing, since it was really on three different people who got the facial treatment. Obviously, he dunked on KG and he was powerless to do anything about it. But, he shook the piss out of two other people. He threw a sick headfake that left James Posey wondering where he was going. But, it starts with the inability of Paul Pierce to stay in front of the King. Look how far back Pierce is in the first picture. He basically gave up when LBJ went around him. He has that classic hands in the air like, “Why didn’t you stop him?” KG at least has the presence of mind to swing LBJ away from his face, because it is at groin level. The other remarkable thing about the dunk is that they didn’t call a foul on this play, although it is clear from both pictures that KG is using his forearm to redirect an already airborne player.
This is the type of leadership that can lead to an upset…
Obviously I saw this dunk as it happened, and I made Nate look up from his computer to catch the replay. If KG hadn’t stuck his arms out into Lebron’s mid-section (as demonstrated in the 2nd picture) he would have been tasting the nutz…