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The failed exercise saved Toronto: "Everything happened fast, and I was suddenly left free."
Against the clock, with a 43 cm gap between the submitter and the guard, inspired by an old move from Yubi Brown's DVD: The Raptors' three-pointer win excited the NBA, and Magic has already insisted that "this is the best playoff in the last 15 years" And also: the Clippers' deadly attack
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Friday, 04 September 2020, 09:12
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Toronto is still alive.
The Raptors advanced to Game 3 tonight (Thursday-Friday) against Boston with their backs to the wall, 2-0 behind, and were 0.5 seconds away from a third loss that would likely have been doomed: no team in NBA playoff history came back from a 3-0 deficit in the series and beat it .
So how did they come to life after all?
It turns out that behind OJ Anonobi's big three-pointer, which set a dramatic 103: 104 for the Raptors, lies an interesting story.
Toronto coach Nick Ners has recently outlined an old exercise by legendary coach Yubi Brown, the same memory from a DVD he received from him early in his career as a coach.
The exercise was supposed to turn Pascal Siakam or Fred and Anvolit into a three-pointer in the corner near the outside line, but ended up in Anonobi's hands in the opposite corner - with Kyle Laurie handed over the outstretched arms of the giant taco pool - no less than 43 inches taller.
"A lot of things happened in a few seconds, and it left me free," Anonobi explained at the end.
"I knew it would come in. I never throw in the thought that I would miss."
The Raptors were very close to breaking point, after Kamba Walker arranged for Daniel Theis to have a light dunk with 0.5 seconds left on the clock.
"No one lowered their head," Anonobi explains.
"We all stayed confident about the next move. We believed we could take a good shot, even though there was less than a second left on the clock. We believed in it, and that's the strength of this team. We are tough, we are mentally resilient, we always think of the next move."
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Pascal Siakam praised Anonobi and said that "it was an amazing shot. OJ is my man. With all the things he has been through lately, he has remained sharp and focused. The fact that he actually scored this shot .... it has enormous significance."
On the other hand, Boston was left very disappointed after feeling it deserved to win.
Jaylen Brown had a hard time hiding the frustration at the end and told ESPN: "What happened to us at the end of the game is fucking shame. Just awful, horrible. We got our foot off the gas, and there's no way we had to lose this game. I take responsibility for myself. Not only because I messed up the defense during the last one, but also because of moves I made before. "
On the other hand, Brown says, "things like that can happen. It's the playoffs. Either you keep up your momentum, or you have to think about the next move or the next game."
It was another close game out of many in the current playoffs, and the NBA is excited about the multiplicity of thrillers.
"It's the best playoff I've seen in the last 10-15 years," tweeted Magic Johnson, "every game seems to be decided only in the final seconds."
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But the second game of the night was much less close.
The Clippers defeated Denver 97: 120 and climbed to a 0: 1 lead in the Eastern Semifinals, in a game that illustrated to them they are considered top candidates to win the championship.
After a tight first quarter, the Clippers tabooed an 18-point lead with the halftime lead, and then the lead swelled, with Doc Rivers taking advantage of the lengthy Garbage Time to keep Kwai Leonard and Paul George at rest.
Although the Clippers show a battery of excellent defensive players, in the playoffs they look deadly on the other side of the field.
In their first seven playoff games, they scored no less than 880 points, and by comparison, this is the fourth-highest number in NBA history.
Only the Lakers in the 1984/85 and 1986/87 seasons and the Spurs in the 1982/83 season scored more in the first seven games of the playoffs.
"If you don't execute your offensive plan, it hurts you. It's part of the intensity and focus we demand from our players, they have to be sharp and aggressive in every move, even on offense," Doc Rivers analyzed.
"I'm not sure we understood that in the earlier stages of the season, but now we understand."
On the defensive side, the Clippers did a good job tonight, arresting Jamal Marie for 12 points and Nikola Jukic for 15. "Overall, we stuck to our missions," Paul George explained.
"I think it was our best game this season. We were very focused on the details, we paid attention to everything, we executed the game plan perfectly."
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