WATCH: LeBron blocks Steph Curry's layup into the fifth row in Game 5 of NBA Finals
The Warriors guard almost got loose but the King said no
By
Matt Moore
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1 min read
If you're going to beat the Warriors, you better have great transition defense. When they get out, they are way too dangerous. In Game 5, the Cavaliers struggled to contain the Warriors' offense but LeBron James did make this absolutely incredible block on Stephen Curry on the chasedown.
The real hero of this play, though? Iman Shumpert.
Shumpert stays on Curry's hip without fouling and that enables James to catch up. From there, it's just about James' incredible athleticism.
Amazing play by Shumpert to recover and avoid the foul, great play by James to swat it into the fifth row, but this is why blocks out of bounds are bad. The Warriors immediately scored on the inbounds play when Shaun Livingston dunked all over Richard Jefferson.
