January: Top 10 Defensive Plays of the Month

Enjoy the top 10 defensive plays from the month of January in the NBA.

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[MilkMustaches]

Completely unrelated but Howard...that was an emotionless finish. I have seen my 6 year old nephew finish harder on his fisher price basket. No wonder Kobe calls him out like he does...

[FiyahMuzik]

#5 is really just in there to show off Antetokounmpo's dunk. They showed the steal once & the dunk 4 times lol.

[itz_ace]

Okay the one with Gianni's should not have been on here. It was a simple steal. They only put it on here because of the dunk. Wow NBA nice one.

[danthebigman]

This is called DEFENSIVE plays... so why do you show us 4 replays of Giannis Dunk instead of the steal?

[williamng]

i wonder wut hassan whiteside's 2k rating is gonna be next year in 2k16

[johnphilipiiimelegrito]

Where is Roberson's block on Vucevic that leads to Russ' fastbreak reverse dunk????

[vdsdsp]

je suis très friand de le NBA et de basktbaaal

[itz_ace]

Just guessing but I feel like Whiteside is going to have like half of the plays.

[jesseolupitan]

NBA just moved hella stupid with Giannis replay, it was the dunk not the stea;. Did they forget  Deandres block on Tony Parker

[jacman]

Where is DJ's 3 consecutive blocks?

[tmcfranz]

What's is the NBA record for most blocks in a game?

[LarsRR]

The Heat should rebuild the team next season. Get rid of Wade and maybe Bosh! For me as a fan, getting rid of Bosh is less heartbreaking, but paying 16 mil to a player who misses 25 games + every season is just not possible. The Heat won't make the PO's i fear. Hassan Whiteside and Luol Deng are a good start, but we need a fkn PG! Hassan Whiteside broke the Franchise Record after 20 games for a team, where Shaq and Alonzo Mourning used to play, WOW!

[tatogallego]

WHY ARE THE NUMBER 5 BETTER THAN THE NUMBER 7?!??!?!!

[handsomethanos]

I do not get how the kyrie play is up there that was nothing. Hassan whiteside was game. They shoudlve used one of his twelve blocks instead cuz they were all damn right dirty. The heat are struggling without lebron which is tough being a heat fan. Bosh never shoulda got his money doe. They should just trade him and wait till next season for drafting. They need a pg. With wade getting older he wont be able to carry the load as much anymore. If this was prime dwade then tgeyd be right up there with all the teams like the grizzlies warriors wizards and hawks. There problem is the 2nd half. Prime dwade would have no problem with the second half. The real problem is chalmers and bosh. Im someone who thought they never shouldve resigned chalmers and bosh. They need to find a way to get rid of bosh and go sign a key name free agent. Maybe even lebron. They can get leanord aldridge gasol or durant. Only if they get rid of b8sh and dwade opts out and takes less money.