The Most Important Moments in NBA History

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The NBA is a game where one move can change everything, from Trades being banned to Lebron playing with his own son. These 10 moments change the NBA forever. And first, let's talk about the brand new arena that's already left players shaking. See, in 2021, the Los Angeles Clippers began construction on their new home stadium for it to be a free throw missing cheat code.

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And on the enemy side of Intuit Dome lives the beating heart.

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The Wall.

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Yeah, The Wall has 50 rows of fans dedicated to bricks. And since the beginning of basketball, fans have tried every way to force miss clutch shots at the line. But the Clippers' Wall is the real deal. Because in the first game ever in the new stadium, Kevin Durant's free throws were always easy money until he faced something never before seen.

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Well, he definitely woke up in that third quarter.

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Meanwhile, the Suns shooting into that wall of Clipper fans are 4 for 8 at the line.

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Anything you were going to see in NBA arena of what that ended looks like and clearly.

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Now, KD is one of the most clutch players in NBA history, but The Wall had him stuck. I don't know how this isn't cheating, but the Clippers might win a championship off their fans alone. But Steph Curry won all his championships thanks to one game. See, Steph Curry went from a walking injury report to starting the three-point revolution. Cause one night in Madison Square Garden had Steph putting all the haters to bed. But first, let's go back in time, when Steph Curry had ankles like a flamingo. See, in 2010, Steph didn't let a few ankle tweaks stop him from making the all-NBA rookie first team. But by 2011, the ankle sprains piled on, and Bro went in for his first ankle surgery at only 23 years old. Now, for most hoopers, ankle sprains are just another day on the court. But in the 2012 season, Steph suffered the worst.

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For Honda Post-Gave Live, Monty and Coletta, St. and Greg.

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Steph and Curry's hurt. He's coming out of the game. Oh man, is that an ankle?
Oh, I don't like that right ankle. Oh me, I've seen that before, but it's been years.

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Because the same ankle twisted so much, Bro only played 26 games, and Curry had to go in for his second surgery in less than a year. Now, he was looking like a bust, and the Warriors had to take the risk of making a player with glass ankles the cornerstone of the franchise.

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At one point, people were saying Steph was going to be out the league. Like, he had bad ankles. They was talking shit about this man. When he was winning all this shit, he was MVP, that man was on a $40 million contract, bro. It's crazy.
They was done with him.

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But they rolled the dice and gave Steph the bag, but it came with some extra weight called pressure. And Steph was hearing it from all the haters. So dude threw on some ugly ass ankle braces and balled out. And if he wanted to be a superstar, Curry had to turn into a monster on the big stage. And what other place to do it than the Mecca of basketball? New York's Madison Square Garden. So my man Steph went out there and started cooking so much, he became the chef.

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Curry with the floater got it to go.

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Curry with the quick trigger got it to come out of season.

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Curry with the quick three.

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Curry for the lead.

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Got it. Take it out of Curry's hands.

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Good ball fake.

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My man went for 11 three-pointers and set a new career high. 54 points.

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Stop letting dude do this, before he really be doing this to us. I seen it coming. I'm like the confidence is changing.

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You feel me?

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I'm like, he doing the shit that we was like, you can't do that in the league. No, bro.

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Now he talking to the crowd, he pointing at fans.

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I'm like, Steph don't even do that.

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Dude went from a walking ankle sprain to dancing on all the haters. And from the game at the Garden to the rest of Steph's career, he has been a straight menace.

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After that game, bro, he got very disrespectful.

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Yeah, he took off.

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