Last night's Spurs-Warriors game was one of the best games in any sport I have ever seen. Not an exaggeration. Stephen Curry went bananas for 3 quarters, Ginobili shot the ball horribly, as did Parker, but the Spurs didn't give in. In the 4th quarter you could feel a subtle momentum shift, and the Spurs kicked it into overdrive. Parker hit his usual assortment of layups and jumpers, Ginobili found shooters who hit clutch 3s, and all of a sudden, the Spurs tied it. The game became so tense in overtime that I couldn't even imagine the losing team having a chance in game 2 from the mental fatigue and emotional anguish of losing such a game; the Warriors had been up 16 with 4 minutes left.
Overtime featured Jarrett Jack showing quite a bit of fortitude, hitting a shot to tie the game and send it to double overtime. Danny Green and Boris Diaw displayed ice veins, knocking down huge shots to keep the pressure on the Warriors. Ginobili missed a shot at the buzzer to win it.
In double overtime, the Spurs built up a seemingly insurmountable 5 point lead with less than 2 minutes left. However the Warriors kept fighting, and after a terrible shot by Ginobili with 44 seconds left, the Warriors cut it to 1, and took the lead on fast break layup with 3.4 seconds left. That is when the video above happened. What. A. Game.
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