DeAndre Jordan follows up 3 straight blocks with a reverse alley-oop
Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan is known as one of the NBA’s surest highlight producers, a guy who will put up at least a few big-time dunks every month. It’s part of his reputation now, to the point where each individual play doesn’t really come as a surprise even as it wows crowds.
Sometimes, though, Jordan comes up with enough high-impact plays in a short period of time to remind us all that he can still be totally overwhelming. From the 1:00 to 0:21 marks of the second quarter, the big man had blocks on three straight shots and a reverse dunk on an alley-oop at the other end. Take a look at the full sequence here:
If you’re scoring at home, that’s a block of Ty Lawson, a block of Kenneth Faried on the rebound, a Blake Griffin dunk to break up our all-DeAndre-all-the-time show, a block of Wilson Chandler on the next Nuggets possession, and a reverse dunk off a lob from Griffin. Not too shabby.
Jordan didn’t have the strongest night overall, to the point where this sequence involved two of his seven points and three of his four blocks (although he did add 12 rebounds and three steals over 35 minutes). The better news for the Clippers is that they went on to win 102-98 behind a terrific fourth quarter from Jamal Crawford.
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