I got sick and had to sell my tickets for that game lol. @Deathofthebambino almost got the tickets, but he couldn’t go either.
That was def one of my no, no, no, no, YES! I believe he also had a three as well shortly after? Def closed out game 3.
This and his steal that set it up. Jrue picking Nembhard's pocket in G3. KP going supernova in G1Q1 of the Finals.
Closed out Game 3 and probably the MVP award as well. For all intents and purposes, he iced the series. Scary thing is Tatum is 26 and Jaylen still 27. And now they have a title under their belt. Health permitting, these guys are entering their primes with a team perfectly built for them and a coach who himself is only 35.
For the past few years whenever anyone has been down on these two that's what I've been saying.. these guys were very early in 22 and had been knocking on the door almost every year... and were nowhere close to their prime. And now they are.
Agreed. Now, honestly, it’s about giving them rest during the regular season even if it costs you a few games. This is the roster construction nerd in me but given the cost structure of the team, Brad needs to find dirt cheap depth so will be interesting to see what he can do on that front, especially if Horford is done. Porzingis will always be a health concern and the rest are limited come playoff time.
Starting with JB, JT, DW and JH is pretty good. I expect that some of the end of the bench players will improve... in the same way PP and Hauser did - those two were almost unplayable last year in the playoffs and regularly got abused - this year they improved a ton. I'd be interested to see if Kornet and Queta could make some strides and maybe get some more minutes.
Have to look at that again on TV replay or the laptop, but any chance Pritchard traveled on that (just before he got the shot off)?
Yah- my edit tried to clarify it. I could have taken a running start from the baseline football style, and not have come close to the backboard. .
That game said a lot, for sure.
Yeah, it’s a tremendously difficult shot to make when time is ticking down and he had Luka near him. Just a tremendous job by PP and he clearly has a knack for these. We’ve all messed around with half court shots but getting them so close to the rim on every attempt is a real skill of his.
I've been hoping for the title win for awhile, to give some juice to the rewatches. Even the losses would be more fun now.
We got lucky, sort of. The ref running right next to PP was watching when he got the shot off and raised his hand when he did so. The ref under the basket was looking at the red go-nogo light. Nobody watched his feet.
Right after Tatum fouled Luka, I spoke these words more or less verbatim to my son: "Pritchard hasn't played tonight. That's been an adjustment. I wonder if they'll put him in for the last shot". (Luka misses) "Get it to Pritchard!" "One more time Pritchard!" BANG
I have never heard an announcer basically call a half-court shot with confidence before it was taken and then you had Jrue and Hauser raising their hands before the ball had even started its descent...I have never seen anything like that, everyone just knew.
