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Grolgar Why can't I watch it?I'm clicking everywhere on that page; nothing begins the video.

Grolgar Thanks, best Ive seen

Grolgar haha, now those are some good seats.

Grolgar Oops. It worked in Safari but not in Firefox. After all of this: Russ is probably the most jubilant in this vid (also: Reggie Jackson).

OkcBaby all of that is correct...but if someone cuts to the front of the basket, whether they get the lob or not, someone has to follow for the defense. That was the point. A lob with 1.4 seconds left is no more difficult than a 30 foot fade away jumper...

kfmsooner Westbrook cut to the basket

holeydonut

I watched that too... they were gone so fast. They must have been bummed out.

It was terrible.

Grolgar While it wasnt a great play initially, if Durant commands that much attention again, Harden was wide open on the left side on the floor. It's not a bad play if we have 5-6 sec left.

Did Hollinger say anything else interesting about our end game offense?

JJJGrolgar Harden was also behind the three point line, pretty much standing still. Where's the motion towards the basket? We don't need a three to win it; the threat of the lob should terrify the opposing defense, but we don't even have a decoy running to the basket to suck the defense in.

SammyThundererJJJGrolgar There was a small thing named Dirk in front of Thabo which pretty much takes away the pass / lob to the basket.

SammyThundererGrolgar My guess is that if there was more than 1.4 sec left, Harden could/would have rolled to the lane, where Durant could have hit him in stride. Knowing our past history, that's not a given, but I'm hoping that's what the original play was.

Westbrook dove down initially, but everybody knows that the PG isnt gonna get the ball on a lob or down in the lane. Plus Dirk was guarding the lob. Ibaka would prob have been a better choice than Perk as well, esp since nobody calls moving screens on last second plays. Maybe Harden and Perk/Ibaka could switch places to have a better attempt at a lob.

SammyThunderer i think russ was trying to go for the lob actually- in fact, im pretty sure this is the exact play from Game 6 against the Lakers two years ago.

Russ goes for the lob, if its not there, go to the bench corner for the three- against the lakers they tried to get to kd but it wasnt there so thabo passed it to russ for the three.

SammyThunderer KD was getting the ball no matter what so whats the complaining about Mavs took away the inside. Thabo made a good pump fake that helped KD get open. End of story. Not much more you can do with 1.4 seconds. Harden would have had to make a clean catch across the court.

OkcBaby This is the whole point. It's an amazingly dumb play to draw up when you don't need a three.

SammyThunderer What would u have done?

OkcBaby Use the threat of the lob with more players moving towards the basket. Use decoys that do more than stand around.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc654tSlAeg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0FOMkekzWY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_lZJ-zeyeE

OkcBaby More:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D32bhJhpRYM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NIzHG_OeAQ

Lobs don't always work in game. But I'll take my chances over a quick fadeaway 3 that requires perfect execution just to get open 27 feet away from the basket.

SammyThundererOkcBaby I like KD shooting an open 27 footer better than any of those plays.

SammyThunderer Durant was about as wide open as a two time scoring champion gets with 1.7 seconds left, so I think you should maybe watch again, especially the part where he drains the shot. This isn't Kendrick Perkins shooting the ball, it's Kevin Durant. The player in the NBA with the highest % chance of making a shot like that took it, please explain to me the different play you would have run from that position on the court.

No wait he just doesnt do anything. Wow thats gotta be the strangest reaction to a game-winner i've ever seen lol!

Jermaine I had this same conversation with my friend last night. He walks away like someone just called a time out. Haha!

Jermaine Harden thought he should get this shot because it's his team now.

Jermaine Just looks like he is in disbelief and then complete jubilation.