“I’m gonna say my quote growing up: Either way you’re gonna be on a highlight. If you go up, you blocked it, you gonna be on a highlight, you get dunked on you’re gonna be on a highlight.”
And so Jarrett Allen, 20, decided he’d rather be the blocker rather than the dunkee and he became one of eight players to ever deny LeBron James on a dunk. (Amare Stoudemire did it twice.)
It was loud, it was early, and it set a tone for the game ... right from the beginning. For Big Jay, it was a statement and a big moment in the spotlight for one of Brooklyn’s cornerstones.