Kevin Harlan is the GOAT play-by-play guy in all of sports. This shouldn’t even be a debate anymore. If he’s not showing everyone how to call a couple football games at once, he’s dominating while sitting courtside at a NBA game.
He was in Portland on Monday night for the Warriors-Trail Blazers game, which turned out to be a pretty great game between two teams with losing records. And if you just listened to Harlan on the call, you would have thought it was a pivotal playoff game, because he brought his normal incredible energy.
He showed once again that he knows how to perfectly handle a light moment when Hassan Whiteside was kneed in the groin:
Kevin Harlan doing play by play on Hassan Whiteside getting kicked in the nuts is amazing. "He took it where no man wants to get it!" pic.twitter.com/qMlxtO8EAp
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) January 21, 2020
I mean, come on. That was great.
He later showed his unrivaled ability to make key moments seem like unreal moments when he called this huge 3-pointer by Damian Lillard that sent the game to OT:
🔥 DAME. TIME. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/kdlcqMZPxE
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) January 21, 2020
Harlan did it again in OT when Lillard hit another big 3-pointer that gave hime 57 points and tied up the game:
Once again, Kevin Harlan is proving that he is a broadcasting GOD! pic.twitter.com/4ytb8O8cLy
— Jesse Horne (@Jesse_Horne) January 21, 2020
The Trail Blazers wound up winning the game thanks to Lillard’s 61 points.
Fans, meanwhile, rightfully sang Harlan’s praises:
Kevin Harlan giving playoff effort for a draft position mid January NBA game
— John Middlekauff (@JohnMiddlekauff) January 21, 2020
RIGHT………….BENEATH THE BELT
This game is going on Kevin Harlan's Hall of Fame highlight reel.
— NoTechBen (@NoTechBen) January 21, 2020
Kevin Harlan so hyped lol good to see someone in NBA media has energy and love for the game
— Andy Liu (@AndyKHLiu) January 21, 2020
Kevin Harlan makes a pointless Warriors/Blazers game exciting while JVG/Jackson make premium matchups miserable.
Can't figure out why ratings are down though.
— NoTechBen (@NoTechBen) January 21, 2020
Kevin Harlan is so damn good. Makes a meaningless game sound like game 7 of the WCF
— DVS (@DVSWhatItTweets) January 21, 2020
this blazer/warriors game is why kevin harlan is the best in the business. two of the worst teams in the west but harlan has made this game a great watch and even riveting at times imo.
— In The Know (@In_the_know__) January 21, 2020
This is why Kevin Harlan should be the number one play-by-play guy on TNT. Dramatically repeating 57 points the way he did, that would give me chills if I was a Trail Blazers fan https://t.co/rnoLwB8yEV
— Patrick Bernadeau 🇭🇹 🇺🇸 (@PatBernadeau) January 21, 2020
