Highlight [Highlight] Luke Kornet races back for the big chasedown block for San Antonio.
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u/chickmagn3t Lakers May 31 '26
OH BLOCKED BY KORNET!!!
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u/waatpies May 31 '26
LUKE KORNET WITH THE REJECTION
mark jackson: wow
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u/Romofan88 Spurs May 31 '26
Jeff Van Gundy:they need to get into their sets faster 🤓
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u/goblin_welder May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
HALLELLUAH!!!
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u/Thehealeroftri [UTA] Andrei Kirilenko May 31 '26
Completely killed all momentum the thunder had. Incredible.
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u/TitoMasubi Knicks May 31 '26
I literally screamed out loud “ Kornet just did some Bron shit!!”
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u/TKenney3 May 31 '26
Kornet better than Bron confirmed
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u/DrewDan96 May 31 '26
play of the night for the Spurs, Thunder were coming back with Wemby on the bench, that killed their momentum and helped the Spurs keep the game at 6+ the rest of the way
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u/maethlin Warriors May 31 '26
ngl that shit was hype, made even more remarkable because he usually looks so lumbering out there, bro turned it on for a moment haha
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u/StockCustard5930 Celtics May 31 '26
I miss him so much glad he is having success though
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u/xdman9765 May 31 '26
He'll always be a Celtic in my eyes. Great player and a great personality too. He always had me cracking up in his post game interviews.
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u/JesseJamesGames449 Celtics May 31 '26
I really wish they would call that off arm clear out an offensive foul again.
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u/TiredMillennialDad Magic May 31 '26
Definitely got Bron jumping off the couch
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u/DLgoblue12 Pistons May 31 '26
Man I just saw Luke Kornet pull off that game 7 chasedown block! 🤯🛑 Bro really went up there and swatted it! I guess the sky really is the limit out there. Happy to pass the crown on that one. 👑😂 #StriveForGreatness #JustAKidFromAkron
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u/Rich_Assignment_7907 Knicks May 31 '26
Lebron doing the Leo pointing at the TV meme for sure lol
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u/LakerBlue Lakers May 31 '26
I wanted us to get him but I’m happy he could play a key part in eliminating OKC at least.
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u/sloBrodanChillosevic Supersonics May 31 '26
This is a fucking incredible play. Made the block thru Hart's fend-off.
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u/CommercialCoffee11 May 31 '26
1 min on the floor and swings it +5
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u/I_RAPE_CELLS Lakers May 31 '26
Knew what he had to do when he came in. Just like how he knew most of the questions on the ACT to score a 34
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u/EfficiencyLive7906 May 31 '26
heyi. you whAT
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u/Uncle_Freddy [SAS] El Contusione May 31 '26
Mf has a BS in Computer Science from Vanderbilt, basketball is his side hustle
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u/KamTheMaam Nuggets May 31 '26
Damn that's fucking nuts lol. Hell yeah Kornett you talented son of a bitch.
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u/SnooWoofers5193 May 31 '26
His Claude code is prolly running while he’s playing
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u/jotheold Raptors May 31 '26
thats all you need from your backup c
hold the line and wemby / castle/ fox can carry you home
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u/beastyjames23 Spurs May 31 '26
Literally all series, Kornet comes on and OKC rallies hard. Tonight, when it mattered most, he flipped the script. Definitely the moment that demoralized OKC. Spurs were in full form tonight.
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u/OffMyEricDickerson Lakers May 31 '26
KORNET KONTEST
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u/2ChainzThirdChain Supersonics May 31 '26
I was expecting him to be a liability when he got in there for Wemby but he pretty much put the game away.
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u/SloshaPacana May 31 '26
Play of the game and huge swing, OKC go on a run if this happens
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u/TheOrangeFutbol Clippers May 31 '26
Arrives
Channels LeBron James
Returns to bench
All-time work shift from Kornet.
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u/NotAnNpc69 76ers May 31 '26
Becomes prime lebron james for approximately a minute, ices out the Thunder.
Generational player.
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u/Laughing-Comanche May 31 '26
That’s all you paid for. Send us a max contract for sustained production
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u/ksn0vaN7 May 31 '26
Shades of Kevin Love turning into a dpoy candidate by locking down Curry for one possession.
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u/TheKoniverse Heat May 31 '26
Most important minutes of Kornet's career, since Wemby's limited now, and he's coming up HUGE.
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u/Thehealeroftri [UTA] Andrei Kirilenko May 31 '26
Had a stupidly impactful minute on the court before wembenyama went back in lol
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u/TheOrangeFutbol Clippers May 31 '26
Dude changed the course of Game 7 with a hockey shift
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u/lemongrassgogulope Mavericks May 31 '26
Pretty wild, I think he came in at 6:48, got pulled around 5:50 and still had a HUGE impact
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u/donuttrackme Spurs May 31 '26
Not even a minute, but what a sequence of plays for him.
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u/59435950153 Mavericks May 31 '26
Did more in a minute that whatever the hell Chet was doing lol
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u/flaming_burrito_ Wizards May 31 '26
Seriously, they let Wemby sit for like 1 minute, and goddammit if he didn’t do his job in that 1 minute
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u/BigDoinks710 Lakers May 31 '26
Man, forget minutes, this was the most important MOMENT of Kornet's life.
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u/roythhh_lewithhh Timberwolves May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
One time at the Munchie Mart in the Vandy dorms I was hammered drunk and he held the elevator open for me because he saw my hands were full of Smuckers uncrustables for my entire suite. Without him I would’ve just been stuck in the basement and my suitemates would’ve starved. I like to think that that was his most impactful moment.
Edit: like 90 percent sure I had a couple bags of white cheddar popcorn in between my thumb and index finger in both hands but can’t recall exactly.
Edit 2: Just texted my buddy and he tells me that I’m right about the uncrustables but it was two boxes of bagel bites NOT popcorn “because we asked you to get like a half dozen of those little Tony’s personal pizzas but your hands were too fucking tiny I guess so you got some bagel bites which, whatever.” I feel like I did a heroic job getting their cross faded asses any food at all, right? Luke?
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u/Some_Asian_Kid99 Lakers May 31 '26
Okay so definitely at least the second most important moment of his life
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u/NotJoshRomney Cavaliers May 31 '26
This can't be pasta, lmao
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u/quantumshenanigans Grizzlies May 31 '26
Munchie Mart is really what the little markets are (or at least were) called at Vandy, I was there at the same time. Story checks out.
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u/TornGauntlet May 31 '26
One time at the Imperator Bath house in the Palisade of Ancient Rome I was hammered drunk and he held the door open for me because he saw my hands were full of Garum for my entire klan. Without him I would’ve just been stuck in the aquaduct and my Patrons would’ve starved. I like to think that that was his most impactful moment.
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u/joe4553 Lakers May 31 '26
Wemby had 5 fouls really needed a strong run when Wemby sat and he delivered.
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u/ny2ko May 31 '26
Cannot be overstated. OKC score that, completely different game
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u/NashKetchum777 May 31 '26
I'm actually surprised they took him out so fast. It was so good for them and they all knew that, that I figured they'd sort of reward the play and give him some more time
Then I told myself "...oh yeah its game 7 and like 5 more mins"
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u/FavaWire May 31 '26
Me too then I saw 5 minutes were left and Wemby was tagged in.
I felt: "Yeah .. Now is the time. IT'S TIME!"
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u/Death_Lycan May 31 '26
Honestly if wemby tried that n got his 6th, the spurs lose He knew what he had to do with a min of play good shit
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u/Jos3ph Spurs May 31 '26
Foul - and 1. 3 point game. Then Wemby gets a charge and fouls out. Caruso punches Castle in the nuts on a box out. Castle punches him and gets ejected. SGA scores next 15 points. Wemby gets deported.
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u/Portmanteau_that Hornets May 31 '26
An extra half inch of vert by the hand of gawd-uh
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u/dizruptivegaming 76ers May 31 '26
Probably why he spoke out against Magic City Night. Wanted to retain his blessings from the San Antonio sisters/nuns.
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u/Repulsive_Fall_4319 Spurs May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
Tell Charles Barkley our women fine as shit
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u/omnia- Spurs May 31 '26
That’s the game right there. Incredible from Kornet
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u/Domainsetter May 31 '26
Yeah just a crusher for OKC. Spurs went from being ahead by 4 to being ahead by 8 in quick fashion.
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u/Scotch_Blue May 31 '26
He did something I really ONLY have ever seen Wemby do, which is put his head fully down for a sprint as a big man on defense
I've seen Wemby do it like, 10x this series, and I have to imagine it rubbed off on his vet, which is such a beautiful thing
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u/ConspicuousPineapple May 31 '26
I know it's easy to get swept in the romanticism of it all but it really does seem like Wemby is the one inspiring all these guys to go beyond themselves when the team needs it.
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u/Pinkdivaisme Lakers May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
I absolutely love how as a nation we are alllll rooting for the spurs lol.
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u/Amedais Supersonics May 31 '26
Matt Bonner walked so Luke Kornet could run.
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u/tullbabes Spurs May 31 '26
The bassist from Spuran Spuran?
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u/TyroneSwoopes Spurs May 31 '26
Red rocket
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u/TKenney3 May 31 '26
Hope yall can finish off the Knicks and get my boy Luke another ring. He makes the right plays and is just a great person on and off the court. Sad he left but glad he found a good spot. I would have been pissed if yall lost to the Thunder and made me have to decide who I’d rather win over NY and OKC lol
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u/u_commit_die May 31 '26
Kornet got possessed by Lebron for a second there
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u/Maybewearedreaming Celtics May 31 '26
Lebron has been possessed by kornet his whole career
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u/Ok-Knee6347 May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
It was unpopular at the time but Max kellerman always said kornet was better than bron
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u/FroyoSolid8414 May 31 '26
LeBron was a just quoted as saying he channeled Kornet in 2016
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u/Archers_bane Spurs May 31 '26
Salesian Sister blessed Kornet vs Prime bloodlusted Lebron anime fight? Who wins
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u/Xdimao1 May 31 '26
That might be one of the greatest plays by a role player in playoff history
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u/wahdibombo May 31 '26
It’s either that or a Robert Horry 3
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u/Anal_Iverson Raptors May 31 '26
Rebound Bosh, back out to Allen, his three pointer.... BANG.
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u/wahdibombo May 31 '26
I thought of that one too but it’s hard for me to label Ray Allen a role player, even though he probably was at that point. He was the man on the Bucks, Sonics and Celtics
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u/Not_A_Meme Lakers May 31 '26
That was epic, but Bosh was no simple role player on the heat, or Allen
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u/Reggaeton_Historian May 31 '26
Robert Horry 3 on Sacramento
Tayshaun Prince block on Reggie Miller
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u/eandoval [GSW] Klay Thompson May 31 '26
White on white crime
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u/icantreadmorsecode Celtics May 31 '26
Ihart is mixed
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u/SloshaPacana May 31 '26
Seriously?
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u/SeanKojin [CHI] Jimmy Butler May 31 '26
His dad is black
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u/SloshaPacana May 31 '26
That's pretty insane ngl
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u/LakerBlue Lakers May 31 '26
Check the reaction video where he discusses it with PG, funny clip.
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u/TofuTofu Knicks May 31 '26
There's another funny one on the Roommates pod where Jalen & Josh discuss it too.
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u/Various_Knowledge226 May 31 '26
Yes, his mom is white (American), his dad is half Black (African American) and half German. His paternal grandfather is probably then German
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u/Sinndu_ May 31 '26
Hartenstein confirmed a stripper because he just got BLOCKED BY KORNET
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u/raider_10 [BOS] Eddie House May 31 '26
Is this what Spurs fans felt watching Derrick White in our run? If so, I'm fucking loving it
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u/idkanyusernameshelp Timberwolves May 31 '26
Spiritual successor to the Gobert Fadeaway, it’s over for OKC
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u/iAmMattG Cavaliers May 31 '26
Lmao I never would’ve thought in a million years Kornet would have the play of the game
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u/IceTheChilled Knicks May 31 '26
When someone mentions the name "Luke Kornet" somewhere in 20 years, this is what people will immediately think of. It's an all-time play.
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u/Kataneo May 31 '26
Deadass top 10 block ever
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u/jdd32 Spurs May 31 '26
Sent us to the finals. Everyone was hoping for a close game with a defining big time play. We got what we wanted and this was it.
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u/gkostenarov May 31 '26
Love it - no OKC in the finals, no more SGA falls and smug faces. Good for a change.
I am looking forward to hear the response from the fair weather OKC analysts (secret fans).
The real MVP is going to the finals.
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u/TimmyTimeify Celtics May 31 '26
Honestly, this is one of those plays where as soon as it happens, you know the team that did it will win the game. Up there with the Game 1 Wemby 30 footer and the Game 7 Rudy Gobert fadeaway in the semis 2 years ago against the Nuggets.
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u/jslv94 Lakers May 31 '26
Hartenstein completely sold any chance OKC had of a comeback with this and the butterfingers the next play
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u/pickupnplay May 31 '26
Icing on the cake is the floor OKC fans pointing at the ref INCENSED and BEGGING for a foul lmao
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u/Tricky_Team8041 May 31 '26
"BLOCKED BY JAMES!!!" Flashbacks. Chills. Instantly reminded me of Giannis block too
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u/ten_million May 31 '26
This spurs team is insane. Every player saved the game. Champagnie hit so many needed shots. Harper was everywhere. Fox foul was giga brained. Castle defense and shot making and Wemby is Wemby. Kornet kontest. What a game this team is nuts
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u/Ending33 May 31 '26
He doesn’t get enough credit for the very next defensive play either. Didn’t bite on the fake pass then forced a turnover when he did pass it late
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u/PhilosophyFair9062 Hawks May 31 '26
97-93 would've brought the Thunder right back into it. Huge play
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u/Sparowes Kings May 31 '26
Overheard in Thunder locker room after Game 7: “He got me,” Hartenstein said of Kornet's block on him. "That f***ing Kornet boomed me." Hartenstein added, “He’s so good,” repeating it four times. He then said he wanted to add Kornet to the list of players he works out with this summer.
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