{"id":26271,"date":"2012-11-24T03:53:41","date_gmt":"2012-11-24T03:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=26271"},"modified":"2023-11-20T09:08:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T17:08:02","slug":"blake-griffin-blockscatches-deron-williams-dunk-attempt-one-of-the-best-blocks-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/blake-griffin-blockscatches-deron-williams-dunk-attempt-one-of-the-best-blocks-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Griffin blocks\/catches Deron William's dunk attempt. One of the best blocks ever?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/meU539xPU3c\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Blake Griffin gets criticized a lot for not blocking more shots and using the excuses of saving your legs for posterizing defenders or saying DeAndre Jordan has your back isn't acceptable. &nbsp; But when Blake does block a shot he can make it as memorable as any posterization and tonight's block\/catch\/rejection on Deron William is the equivalent of a dunk on Pau Gasol or Kendrick Perkins.<\/p>\n<p>I will probably feel differently about this in the morning but as of right now, this block goes in my top 5 blocks of all-time. &nbsp;I love watching people in the crowd get hit with a rejected ball as much as anybody but I have a sweet tooth for blocks that involved defenders catching a ball like Blake did tonight.<\/p>\n<p>If you are curious to see what my top 4 blocks of all-time, here you go. &nbsp;As I mentioned, that Blake block gets the #5 spot tonight but will probably end up around #15 when I look at this again tomorrow.<\/p>\n<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KJriDpfgQNs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JVFSfRVzQ8s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6zG3NXNob28\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Alot of people are going want to see Javale's block on Wes Matthews so here it is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" href=\"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-23-blake-griffin-3_4_r560.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26306\" title=\"2012-11-23-blake-griffin-3_4_r560\" src=\"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-23-blake-griffin-3_4_r560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"743\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blake Griffin gets criticized a lot for not blocking more shots and using the excuses of saving your&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8316,1444,3,74,23],"tags":[],"featured":[],"class_list":["post-26271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-all-blogs","category-nba","category-nba-videos","category-video"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blake Griffin blocks\/catches Deron William&#039;s dunk attempt. 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