The NBA.com’s Top 1 play for Sunday is De’Andre Hunter’s ankle breaker against Josh Giddey and correctly so as it did intense both emotional and physical damage on the Chicago Bulls star. It also overshadowed Donovan Mitchell’s explosion in the last 1 minute and 30 seconds that allowed them to steal the win.
The play, which now has million views each in NBA and Bleacher Report X accounts, can be said as the one that shifted the momentum to the Cleveland Cavaliers who trailed the game most of the time before the third quarter.
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Even Hunter himself thought it was too good that it should be up there in his “top ones”.
“I don’t think I’ve ever made nobody fall like that and dunk,” Hunter said. “So definitely one of the top ones, but I ain’t gonna rank ’em.”
The 2019 fourth overall pick is so excited about the play he looked to the bench for further reaction after it sent the whole Rocket Arena vibrating.
“I was really just looking at the bench,” he added. “I wanted to see how they reacted. I was turnt. Definitely excited.”
Donovan Mitchell reacts to De’Andre Hunter’s play
It is probably the best play from Hunter so far. Even Mitchell was caught off guard by his teammate’s highlight.
“I was more impressed with the dunk, too. He followed it up, you know what I mean? I just was in shock,” the six-time All-Star told reporters when asked about it.
He expressed sympathy, too, to Giddey after the Bulls guard limped and was taken to the locker room after that moment.
“I didn’t realize that there was no contact,” Mitchell continued. “It was just a straight ankle breaker, and then he got through them and finished it. So if you look at me, I don’t have any words. But that was tough, and I’m grateful that Josh Giddey is okay, obviously. I know he was off limping off, but it was an all-time play for sure.”
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