When NBA Games Turn Into PERSONAL BATTLES

oh watch out shaquille o'neal took a hit on andrew bynum i think this will be an ejection this was

personal

between shaq and bynum o'neill wanted to dominate every time he faced his old team and bynum was the guy who He was going to Replace it so the rookie doesn't back down as he wanted to prove he's worth it, so the result was the sequence between the two that escalated with some pushing and shoving in the heat of the moment. Sometimes the ego takes control, so let me. Show you what happens

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NBA players

turn

games

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personal

battles

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What's happening? My name is Stefan and this is Heat Check, let's get into it. Shaq also had a personal battle against Dwight Howard for the Superman title. As ridiculous as it may seem, the media promoted it. up and the pressure was on as you can clearly see that both players wanted the ball and wanted to attack their opponent at times, even forcing him and playing overzealously with many fouls and many mistakes, but they did not disappoint as both shaq and howard had their moments in the game in the end o'neal finished with 20 points while howard had 22 along with 16 rebounds and 4 blocks as the magic regained victory in o2 kobe and tmac were unstoppable offensive forces and there were debates about who is a more prolific scorer?

You and Tracy played together five times. You have won them all. Everyone looks at that. Do you get a little more excited

when

you play against a guy like that? You know it's fun, it's a challenge. I love challenges as I'm sure he does and I think that's what people like to see. Those debates led to some one-on-one

battles

on the court between the two and the most memorable was this game in which Bryant and McGrady took

turn

s going. looking at each other, look at some of those difficult shots they are taking and the slow motion angles make them that much more epic.

This is a perfect combination of high-level competitiveness. They look clever. Both guys finished the game with 38 points, but at the time what people talk about to this day is this sequence where tmac initially absolutely drops Kobe on the spin before changing the fade and then when the Lakers snap the ball, Bryant immediately catches it and goes after McGrady for revenge and look what happens, boom, Kobe flies by. the thunderous dunk and you see him hitting the backboard showing how much this means to him and this is another example where we see how much it meant to carmelo and lebron, i mean look at anthony's defense, this has to be the defensive highlight Of his career, this was also a matchup between Mano Himano and one of the best young superstars in the league at the time.

You can see the level of competitiveness and the overall physicality of the game. Watch Lebron take Carmelo's headband off his head and the subsequent hard foul. the momentum they were in each other's faces as the game went down to the wire here's anthony with the incredible spin and double clutch finish and lebron takes the ball and goes right at it, stopping at the three point line and changing the shot like The two Sherrys laughed and as the game went into overtime the back and forth intensified and neither of them flinched launching shot after shot over a tough defense in this wild game.

James would finish with 43 points and this is Anthony's 40th game-winning point. culminating this spectacle played by james with a few seconds left in overtime carmelo anthony with the fastpitch tracy mcgrady also had one of the highest combined scores against dirk a 53-48 shootout this is possibly the head to head matchup most underrated and is forgotten by the vast majority of nba fans, but seeing these incredible shots by mcgrady and novitskiy is a good reminder of why the battle of texas in the early 2000s was incredible: the dallas mavericks they held on to win this game which resulted in a combined 101 points from the two superstars james harden and bradley beal, however, they combined for 115 in a game where the beard completely exploded with 59 points talking about high scores, however, we must mention the playoff record that jamal murray and donovan mitchell said in the bubble. more than 50 points in the same playoff game, the entire series was a death match between mitchell and murray, as both had two

games

with more than 50 points, incredible because of the way the record they surpassed was this battle between gilbert arenas and lebron james in a chippy. and the physical series between two rival teams, cleveland and washington came to a crucial game 5, all tied at 2 with a lot on the line and their two main superstars knew they needed to give their best game, that's exactly what happened when agent zero He matched the king shot for shot throughout the game scored 45 points and made incredible shots to keep Washington in the game, but unfortunately for him and the Wizards, Lebron had the ball on the final possession and this is what happened with James to win the remaining nine point. uranus lebron does it again there are countless of these one on one matchups so i'm sure i'm missing a few so let me know in the comments if you think of one that's all for now subscribe and talk to him on the next.

Don't worry, I wanted to hit the board, but my build isn't the safest, so I was afraid this would put your mind at ease.