<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/wizards-news-kristaps-porzingis-joins-luke-kornet-in-new-defensive-craze-thats-taking-the-nba-by-storm');   ga('set', 'title', 'Wizards center Kristaps Porzingis joins Luke Kornet in new defensive craze taking the NBA by storm');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Kristaps-Porzingis-Luke-Kornet-Wizards-Celtics-Kornet-Contest.jpg"></figure><h1>Wizards center Kristaps Porzingis joins Luke Kornet in new defensive craze taking the NBA by storm</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-12-27T08:19:13-08:00">December 27th, 8:19am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-12-27T08:19:13-08:00">December 27th, 8:19am</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>loves movies. (top three: Saint Maud, Midsommar, The Edge of Seventeen) hopes to write feature-length films someday. fingers crossed 🤞 Florence Pugh stan for life 🌻</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The three-point revolution has taken the NBA to uncharted places. Teams these days are prioritizing defensive mobility on the perimeter as a result. After all, three points are worth more than two. Big men who can’t consistently keep up with sharpshooters on the perimeter can be easily exploited. However, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/like-looking-in-the-mirror-luke-kornet-reveals-hilarious-reason-behind-celebration-after-one-man-dunk-show-vs-hornets" rel="noopener">Boston Celtics center Luke Kornet</a> has found a way to make himself useful on the defensive end amid today’s three-point happy NBA, and Washington Wizards big man Kristaps Porzingis is finding that Kornet’s unorthodox ways may be more effective than it first seems.</p><p>The 7’2 Kornet has popularized a new kind of contest aptly named the “Kornet Contest”. In this type of shot contest, the Celtics big man jumps as high as he could while using his 7’6 wingspan to disrupt three-point shooters from afar. There were plenty who called the effectiveness of this defense into question. Nonetheless, Kristaps Porzingis, an even taller big man in his own right, <a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/wizards/how-analytics-have-evolved-kristaps-porzingis-game-wizards" rel="noopener">is an ardent believer</a>.</p><p>“I actually works, yeah. I mean, we don’t have a lot of examples, but as much as we have, while Kornet’s been doing it, it’s been working. So, we’re trying it also. I don’t know what our numbers are, but at least from my feeling on the court, I feel like they have missed a bunch of threes when I have done the Kornet jump. So, I’ll keep doing it,” Porzingis said, per Chase Hughes of NBC Sports Washington.</p><p>It may be effective given how new this phenomenon is. Shooters are used to defenders closing out on their airspace more so than their sight lines being blocked. Thus, there’s stronger merit to Luke Kornet’s ridiculous closeouts than initially thought.</p><p>Moreover, it prevents the lumbering big men such as Kristaps Porzingis from getting blown by. And it’s not as if they’re doing the Kornet Contest against truly elite marksmen. Perhaps this is the necessary evolution for slow big men to improve their career lifespan.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Wizards center Kristaps Porzingis joins Luke Kornet in new defensive craze taking the NBA by storm

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/like-looking-in-the-mirror-luke-kornet-reveals-hilarious-reason-behind-celebration-after-one-man-dunk-show-vs-hornets');   ga('set', 'title', '‘Like looking in the mirror’: Luke Kornet reveals hilarious reason behind celebration after one-man dunk show vs Hornets');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Luke-Kornet-Celtics.jpg"></figure><h1>‘Like looking in the mirror’: Luke Kornet reveals hilarious reason behind celebration after one-man dunk show vs Hornets</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-11-28T20:21:13-08:00">November 28th, 8:21pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-11-28T20:21:13-08:00">November 28th, 8:21pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Luke Kornet woke up on the right side of the bed Monday. The Boston Celtics big man was feeling it against the Charlotte Hornets, as he was flying out there on the court.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Luke Kornet dunks the ball off the alley oop from Smart and shows off the hand butterflies <a href="https://t.co/2esPEeW0oy">pic.twitter.com/2esPEeW0oy</a></p><p>— Main Team (@MainTeamSports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MainTeamSports/status/1597409015004381184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Although he scored just nine points coming off the bench, Luke Kornet went perfect from the field, going 4-for-4 on his field-goal attempts, including a pair of dunks. After one of his rim attacks, Kornet even brought out the bird celebration that’s mostly attributed to former NBA high-flyer Stromile Swift. Following the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-boston-ties-wild-franchise-record-after-barrage-of-three-pointers-vs-hornets" rel="noopener">140-105</a> blowout victory over Charlotte, Luke Kornet revealed that the celly was the idea of teammate Grant Williams. Kornet also jokingly said that he shares the same “explosive athleticism” with Swift.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Luke Kornet said the Stromile Swift bird celebration came from Grant “just elevating on guys” last year. </p><p>“Grant has some similarities. But I, myself, it was like looking in the mirror. Today, I deemed it appropriate.”</p><p>What similarities?</p><p>“Explosive athleticism. Next question.” <a href="https://t.co/2IFVHyxP2c">pic.twitter.com/2IFVHyxP2c</a></p><p>— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaredWeissNBA/status/1597434839594315776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>When it comes to feeding baskets with dunks, there are only a few in the history of the NBA who could at least match the brutal nature of Swift’s throwdown. All you need to do is search for Swift’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZghWav2tC0" rel="noopener">highlights</a> on YouTube and watch the first few seconds to come to the conclusion that Luke Kornet must be out of his mind to make such a comparison. But of course, Kornet was just messing with the reporters after a huge win for the Celtics, who improved to 17-4.</p><p>The Celtics have won four games in a row and have gone 13-1 over their last 14 games. So good the Celtics have been of late that Luke Kornet has turned a contest into a one-man dunk contest.</p><p>Kornet and the Celtics can stretch their win streak this coming <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/boston-celtics/schedule/" rel="noopener">Wednesday</a> when they host the Miami Heat.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

‘Like looking in the mirror’: Luke Kornet reveals hilarious reason behind celebration after one-man dunk show vs Hornets

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Timberwolves guard D’Angelo Russell just put 7’2 Luke Kornet on a poster with massive dunk');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Timberwolves-DAngelo-Russell.jpg"></figure><h1>Timberwolves guard D’Angelo Russell just put 7’2 Luke Kornet on a poster with massive dunk</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-05-15T13:01:44-07:00">May 15th, 1:01pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-05-15T13:02:25-07:00">May 15th, 1:02pm</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Freelance Sports Journalist.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Minnesota Timberwolves guard D’Angelo Russell may not be the biggest player around, but he proved on Saturday that he can still get way above the rim.</p><p>Russell released himself from Celtics forward Grant Williams and drove to the hoop with authority. With 7 foot 2 Luke Kornet coming to meet the Timberwolves star at the rim, Russell slung a nasty left-handed slam right in Kornet’s face. Keep in mind, <a href="https://twitter.com/SInow/status/1393647918662492162">he’s only 6 foot 4</a>:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">D’Angelo Russell put him on a poster 🤯</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/BallySportsNOR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@BallySportsNOR</a>)<a href="https://t.co/HNuvOB6MJL" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/HNuvOB6MJL</a></p><p>— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) <a href="https://twitter.com/SInow/status/1393647918662492162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">May 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Absolutely ridiculous. I mean, he didn’t completely put him on a poster but still, it was impressive considering the height difference. Russell has started the last six games for the Timberwolves, averaging just under 20 points during that span.</p><p>It’s been an underwhelming season for Minnesota, but they have collected <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/schedule">some impressive wins over the last few weeks</a>, even beating the Jazz on back-to-back occasions.</p><p>The Timberwolves will likely be looking ahead to the draft lottery to see if the team can get another top pick in July after Anthony Edwards dazzled in year one. The Antman is a heavy favorite to win Rookie of the Year alongside Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball.</p><p>With a solid core at hand with Karl-Anthony Towns, Edwards, and Russell, better days could be ahead in Minny.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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