2. KD’s Other Dagger 3 (2017 NBA Finals, Game 3)
This shot was similar in so many ways to KD’s other dagger 3 I just mentioned. But what puts this one over the top is the fact that it was the biggest shot (and biggest moment) of Durant’s career.
This was his first NBA Finals appearance with the Warriors and with all the pressure in the world on his shoulders, KD more than rose to the occasion.
All of this culminated in a hotly contested Game 3 in which Cleveland took a six-point lead late in the fourth, only to see that lead evaporate in a couple of minutes. Still trailing with less than a minute to go, Durant casually brings the ball up the court, pulls up for a deep 3 on the left-wing and just sticks it with LeBron right in his grill, no less.
This shot gave the Warriors the lead, a lead that they would not give up for the rest of the game. And much like his dagger the following year, it would put Cleveland in an 0-3 hole in which they couldn’t escape from.