What seemed
to be a blow out quickly turned into an interesting game last night as the
Orlando Magic met the Oklahoma City Thunder on their home floor. With under a
minute left to play, the Orlando Magic came up with a big steal and an easy
bucket to make it a one-possession game. The next play Kevin Durant was fouled,
who is shooting 88% from the line this season but something unexpected
happened. Mr. 4th quarter missed the first of his 2 free throws but
making the second, which kept the Thunder at a 3-point lead over the Magic. The
Magic hustled down the floor but the only shot they could get off was with Big
Baby Glen Davis who shot a Hail Mary 3-pointer, which missed by a long shot,
but Orlando’s center Vucevic grabbed the rebound and went straight to the
bucket. Serge Iblocka, I mean Ibaka was there to swat the ball from Vucevic but
goaltending was called by the officials. The basket counted, it was a one-point
lead by the Thunder 101-100. But after the officials reviewed the play to see
how much time was left on the clock, they realized that it was a clean block by
Serge Ibaka and they took away the goaltending call making the score 101-98
Thunder on top. In the final seconds of the game, there was a jump ball and
Tobias Harris snuck into the path of the ball and actually put up a great
3-point shot opportunity to tie the game, but unfortunately he missed. The
Thunder win 101-98, barely hanging on. This game was a lot closer than it
should have been, considering the Thunder are now on a 12-0 win streak at home.
Did the Thunder really just give the Orlando Magic those opportunities?
Let me know your thoughts on this game, or any other games
that were on last night. Get in the conversation!
No comments:
Post a Comment