Miami Heat All-Star Bam Abedayo has blocked 210 shots in his three-year NBA career (including playoffs) — but none had been as impressive nor significant than his insane rejection in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Wednesday night.

With four seconds remaining and the Heat leading by two, Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum took it hard to the lane, cocked it way back, and elevated for a game-tying tomahawk. But, instead of repeating LeBron James’ role as victim in a Tatum-themed Eastern Finals poster (James will be redeemed on this list), Adebayo — who earned an All-Defensive second-team nod this season — elevated for unfathomable stuff.

Adebayo then gathered the rebound and sank a free throw to punctuate Miami's 117-114 overtime victory. Overall, Adebayo added 18 points (5-12 FG, 8-11 FT), nine assists, and six rebounds, to go along with a steal and two blocks.

We’ve already seen a few memorable blocks in the 2020 playoffs — notably Kawhi “The Klaw” Leonard’s middle finger denial of Jamal Murray and James Harden’s flailing swat of Lu Dort’s potential series-icing three-pointer in Game 7 of Round 1 — but Adebayo’s block is the best of the bubble.

Immediately after the play, the NBA community began placing Adebayo’s block in historical context. Los Angeles Lakers legend, Magic Johnson (who is not exactly known for his expert Twitter takes) called it the greatest defensive postseason play he had ever seen, and Jimmy Butler concurred.

In that spirit, let’s place Adebayo's block with the greatest rejections in NBA playoff history, in reverse chronological order.

LeBron James on Andre Iguodala, 2016 Finals, Game 7

James deployed his trademark chase-down move in the sport's highest-pressure situation.

In Game 7 of the 2016 Finals, James and the Cleveland Cavaliers were looking to complete the most improbable Finals comeback in NBA history — erasing a 3-1 deficit against a 73-win Golden State Warriors team.

With the score tied and two minutes remaining, Golden State seemed to have a golden opportunity to take the lead when Steph Curry hit a streaking Iguodala in transition. Iguodala coasted towards the rim, only for James — who had sprinted from half-court in the seconds after Curry’s dish — swatted the would-be layup against the backboard.

Cleveland would go on to close out the game and series, with James earning his third Finals MVP and delivering a title to his home state of Ohio. Considering the stakes and the fame of this play, it’s hard to argue against “The Block” being the greatest postseason block ever.

LeBron James on Tiago Splitter, 2013 Finals, Game 2

The Iguodala block is James’ most famous Finals defensive play, but we can’t forget about his filthy denial of Splitter in 2013. Towards the end of a Miami Game 2 blowout, Splitter came down the lane and raised up for a one-handed flush. James met Splitter at the rim…and the King won.

Tayshaun Prince on Reggie Miller, 2004 Eastern Finals, Game 2

This might be the single most impressive play on the list. It was sensational in the moment, and its legacy became even greater when the Detroit Pistons finished off their postseason run with a championship.

After the Indiana Pacers took Game 1 of the conference finals, Game 2 was crucially important for Detroit. The Pistons held a two-point lead with forty seconds remaining, only to turn the ball over, allowing Miller to streak down the court on uncontested breakaway. However, the lanky Prince sprinted back, and, thanks to Miller easing up just enough, was able to miraculously get his hands on the ball and swat Miller’s shot away — silencing the Conseco Fieldhouse crowd.

In the clip, you’ll hear then-TNT announcer Doc Rivers completely lose his mind at Prince's game-saving hustle play.

Hakeem Olajuwon on John Starks, 1994 NBA Finals, Game 6

The Rockets needed seven games to close out the New York Knicks in 1994, and they needed to win Game 6 in order to tie up the series. Towards the end of Game 6, with Houston up two and five seconds to go, Starks seemed to have created an open look for himself on the wing.

Olajuwon, the NBA’s all-time blocks leader (though they were not tallied for much of Bill Russell’s career) was pulled out of position by a nifty move from Starks, but somehow found a way to recover just in time to deflect Stark's shot attempt and cinch the Rockets victory.

The next game, Olajuwon would win the first of his back-to-back Finals MVP awards.

Chicago Bulls on Charles Smith, 1993 Eastern Finals, Game 5 

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The Knicks teams of the 1990s were known for their staunch, physical defense, but they found themselves on the wrong end of two major blocks in consecutive playoff runs. One year prior to Olajuwon’s play on Starks, the Knicks and Bulls were locked in a tight Game 5 with the conference finals tied at two games apiece.

In the final seconds, with New York down by one, Patrick Ewing found Smith under the basket. Instead of a game-winning layup, though, Smith found himself swarmed by Pippen, Michael Jordan, and Horace Grant. The three players combined to block four Smith shot attempts, and the Bulls escaped with a win.

To this day, “The Charles Smith” game is amongst the most infamous in Knicks lore, and, if you listen close, you can still hear a few New Yorkers clamoring for a foul.

Bill Russell on Wilt Chamberlain, 1967 East Division Finals, Game 4

Russell, widely considered the greatest defensive player in NBA history, showed his insane rim-protecting prowess on this inhuman block on his great rival.

The 7-foot-1 Chamberlain’s swooping lay-ins — like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s skyhook — was famously impossible to block, unless you’re Russell. In Game 4 of the 1967 Eastern Division Finals, the 6-foot-9 Celtics center stayed with Chamberlain as he lunged towards the hoop, then somehow elevated high enough in his Chuck Taylors to meet the ball high above the rim and send it away.

Russell got the best of Chamberlain on this play, but Chamberlain’s 76ers defeated the Celtics in five games.