David Thompson Blocks Bill Walton

David Thompson of NC State blocks Bill Walton's shot in the 1974 NCAA Final Four.
David Thompson is 6'4". Bill Walton is 6'11"
Thompson takes one step and cleans Walton's shot from close to the top of the square on the backboard. In slow motion, Thompson ducks his head so it won't hit the bottom of the backboard. Number 52 for UCLA is Keith Wilkes who is 6'6". Thompson's hips are well above Wilkes' head.

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[decodan908]

Walton was a Great College Player and was a great PRO who would have been better without all of the injuries. Thompson was incredible also and would have been one of the best Pros ever if not for injuries and drugs. They were both 2 of the best college players ever and both should be considered with more respect than some of the comments here.

[MantaRay3]

David Thompson just made the greatest block in the history of Western civilization!...LOL

[bearcat54]

@mobydoug it was illegal to dunk from late 1960's until late 1970s. It was called the Lew Alcindor rule.

[dal4018]

@mobydoug I think John Wooden protested the dunk shot in the early 70's had he not David Thompson would have posterized plenty of players including HIS SON BILL WALTON!!!!!!!

[FootballRob2010]

Throw it Down Walton, THROW IT DOWN

[mobydoug]

The dunk wasn't legalized in NCAA hoops until the '76-77 season.

[mobydoug]

Love it. Thompson had a 48" vertical hop......perhaps the greatest in NBA history. But why didn't Walton go for the dunk? Were dunks still discouraged in college ball back then?

[DeepSand4wheelin]

In this same game Walton has the ball underneath the left side of the basket with Thompson on him .. Walton's layup is pinned on the glass with Walton getting the ball back and going right back up where Thompson pins the ball again .. Walton again rebounds his blocked shot but this time he passes the ball out of the paint. I came on here to locate that play but I don't see it. Walton is 6'11" , Thompson is 6'4"

[ddenuci]

@danielchibulls Tommy Burleson, the 7'3" center for NC State. Later played with the Seattle Supersonics, when Bill Russell was their coach.

[danielchibulls]

0:16 Who's #24 in white?

[davidallenroth]

anyone with headphones on RIP

[shizzy35]

DT was the greates in ACC history, no doubt.