Best Plays of the 2019 NBA Playoffs | First Round

Check out the best plays from the first round of the 2019 NBA Playoffs featuring Damian Lillard, Kevin Durant, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Lou Williams and more!

[TrevorPhilips]

Raptors have got to be one of the most incredible runs I've ever seen in basketball ... just.. the story lines of this team... the come backs and buzzer beaters... 6 or 7 poster-izing dunks or shots... the stategic gambles of trading a franchise player for an all-star rental, or letting go a coach of the year for a rookie coach, and depth of a team built on basically no 1st round, and even player health strategy and load management (agaist a team that failed miserably at load management) and rookie coaching and defensive pairings that shut down all stars, and some of the clutch games and quarters by depth players or underrated players, and just the storyline of Kawhi and Lowry and co. bringing the Raptors its 1st Champion over the modern NBA dynasty team -- just, wow... WOW.

1st team in NBA history to win a Championship after trailing in 3 series and 1st Game 7 buzzer beater to win a series.

1st Champion team based outside the US (and all the stereotypes and recruitment challenges that poses) and 1st Champion for a professional Canadian team -- in any of the big major pro sports -- in 26 years.

Not to mention the story line of Kawhi... And the way the rest of the Raptor team was built out of players that were not drafted high.

Or the gamble management took... And the rookie head coach and staff out coaching opposing vets (Kawhi on Greek Freak; TOR out-strategizing GSW on health and load management; etc).

[ethanm.]

Damian Lillard finally got the respect he deserves. That’s my favorite player right there.💪🏾

[theshadygodfather]

Lillard went crazy first round. He wanted to make a statement.

[theshadygodfather]

3:59 - Shaun Livingston did that to James Harden last year too. James didn’t learn his lesson... 😂😂😂

[JuniusR]

Giannis lookin like mix of Dr J. And inspector gadget..From the freethrow line, in a game, with the stretch..that boy just insane!

[TrevorPhilips]

the very final plays of this playoffs were Kawhi's:
- Curry three = "NOPE."
- rebound = "BOARD MAN GETS PAID."
- free throws = "BUCKET. BUCKET."

[krishsule]

Imagine lillard missed that shot, every1 would think he’s dumb for shooting it😂

[aidenhess]

As a Blazers fan I was watching the Lillard shot and thinking what is he doing. Once the clock went under five seconds I knew what he was going to do, use that HOF Limitless Range Badge

[leonsd]

Giannis really murdered Thon Maker throughout the series.

And they're old teamates lol

[thepixels]

Dame didn't give hand to that girl Lol 0:31

[TrevorPhilips]

Kawhi 'Klutch Klaw AKA Dynasty Killer AKA The King in the North AKA The Posterizer' Leonard this playoff run had so many 📸 iconic poster moments:
1️⃣. series-winning buzzer-beating 'the shot', 2️⃣. and 'the squat',
3️⃣. the huge dunk over Embiid,
4️⃣. the huge dunk in Game 4 over Antetokounmpo,
5️⃣. the superman dunk in Game 6 also over Antetokounmpo,
6️⃣. and the superman dunk over Mirotić,
7️⃣. the huge dunk through Harris and Ennis.

Honorary mention: wearing goggles to the post-game conference and abandoning his MVP trophy.

[MrNasher]

This entire year has been so fun to watch

[RayndayGaming]

Wonder what game winning, set clinching damn near half court shot comes in first 🤔

[durantbball]

First year at UCLA men’s b-ball team! I hope to be blessed playing with any of these special teams in a a few years.

[coivibat]

Loving that you had like a 3 to 1 ratio of Utah's plays for Rockets plays, even though the series ended 3-1 ..yiiiikes.

[DonkeyyVal]

Utah really has the best crowd. Look at those uniforms, and they're one of the only crowds who have almost everyone wearing the given shirt. Love to see it.

[michaeln]

I'm sorry but Dame easily put on the best 3pt shooting series of games ever, the degree and variation of 3 pointers he took and made is insane; stepbacks, corners, deep shots, contested, off the dribble and A STEPBACK FADE FROM 37 to cap it off!!!

[dangarcia]

the western conference semi finals got me chills!!! Im so nervous for my team gsw

[theshadygodfather]

7:58 - Lmao, that was actually a 36-foot bomb, Brian Anderson. 😂

[hamzaadeel]

That Miles Turner dunk is underrated asf