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2 For The Brew said:
Spo is gonna make "Shaqtin' a fool."

I still can't stop laughing.

In fairness the Cavaliers once called a phantom timeout. Lenny Wilkens' first year. Price was recovering from appendicitis. The other rookies Brad Daugherty, Ron Harper, John Hot Rod Williams and Johnny Newman along with Phil Hubbard, John Bagley, Mark "The Hammer" West, Craig Ehlo, Keith Lee and Ben Poquette faced the Boston Celtics and miraculously took them to OT on the strength of 20 offensive rebounds. Down late in OT Lenny called a timeout but we didn't have one. Tech. The trainer Gary Briggs messed up (Fireable offense! Fire the training staff!)

We came so close that game. Boston went 40-1 at home that season.

Game was fully described in Terry Pluto's great book 48 minutes. Play-by-play analysis of the game.
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I have a dim memory of Paul Westphal doing that as a player deliberately near the very end of a very close game.

IIRC, it had to do with the opponent then having to inbound the ball under their own basket rather than at half court as they could have done after a timeout. They may have changed the rule after he did that.
 
The Human Q-Tip said:
I have a dim memory of Paul Westphal doing that as a player deliberately near the very end of a very close game.

IIRC, it had to do with the opponent then having to inbound the ball under their own basket rather than at half court as they could have done after a timeout. They may have changed the rule after he did that.
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Well, I was close. He did it in the infamous triple-overtime Game 5 of the 1976 Finals against Boston, and so his Suns would get the ball at half court rather than under their own basket. Very cool story, and an incredibly heads-up play that he did deliberately. Especially considering he was a player doing it on his own, and not the coach.

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Paul Westphal passed away on January 2 after a battle with brain cancer. Westy was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019. He has been out of the spotlight for a while and many of you may not remember him, or, if you do, you remember him more as a hea
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In tribute to Paul Westphal, and to tie this post to what this blog is normally about, I wanted to share a story about him this week. The story comes from game 5 of those 1976 NBA Finals, and what is often referred to as the greatest game in NBA history.

With 15 seconds left in the second overtime, the Suns were behind 109–108. The Celtics had the ball and John Havlicek received the inbounds pass. Westphal stole the ball which led to the Suns taking the lead 110-109. Havlicek then scored again to put the Celtics ahead 111–110. At that point, chaos ensued. The buzzer went off signaling that time and expired. Celtic fans stormed the court and the Celtics headed to the locker room believing they had won and taken a 3-2 advantage in the series. The officials ultimately ruled that Havlicek had scored with two seconds remaining. One second was put on the clock.

But prior to that, Westphal made an amazing decision. He called timeout. The problem is, the Suns were out of timeouts. Therefore, they were assessed a technical foul and the Celtics were awarded a free throw. JoJo White made the free throw and the Celtics were now up by two. Before you judge Westphal harshly, understand this, according to the rules at the time, the Suns retained possession of the ball. Not only that, instead of having the ball under the Celtics’ basket, they got possession at mid-court. Curtis Perry inbounded the ball to Garfield Heard. In what became known as “The Shot Heard Round the World” Heard then made one of his patented rainbow jumpers to tie the game and force overtime number three. Something that would not have been possible if they needed to go the length of the court.
 
RchfldCavRaised said:
The video is funnier. Why was he dancing like this and like @PIP said... Molly needs to be investigated for stealing this man's life force

Yikes

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Wait, I changed my entire wardrobe because of this dude back in '91. That settles it: I'm going back to short shorts.
 
RchfldCavRaised said:
The video is funnier. Why was he dancing like this and like @PIP said... Molly needs to be investigated for stealing this man's life force

Yikes

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My Ninja! These hoes aint...... loy.......
 
15/7/2 & 4 stl in 12 min against the Pacers so far tonight lol
 
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Duncan Robinson is out tonight so KLove got more time as starter forward (Butler is also still out). He's still a great rebounder and can hit the outside shot, but his postgame is gone. Minutes have really dwindled (20-16-11 in each successive season with the Heat). Prior to tonight, he'd actually been amassing DNP CDs. He'll keep losing time to Jovic and Ware when Miami needs size at forward/center to help Bam, even when multiple forwards are out. I know he wants to play a few more years, but if he stays around, he'll likely be getting Udonis Haslem minutes in not too long. Just too slow (especially at his advanced age), too hard to cover for defensively, and not a good enough post player anymore to get many minutes. Some rebounds and threes in about 5-10 minutes and that's it, when he actually sees the floor at all.
 
I can feel that man’s patellar tendons through the screen.
 
KevinLoveFan said:
Duncan Robinson is out tonight so KLove got more time as starter forward (Butler is also still out). He's still a great rebounder and can hit the outside shot, but his postgame is gone. Minutes have really dwindled (20-16-11 in each successive season with the Heat). Prior to tonight, he'd actually been amassing DNP CDs. He'll keep losing time to Jovic and Ware when Miami needs size at forward/center to help Bam, even when multiple forwards are out. I know he wants to play a few more years, but if he stays around, he'll likely be getting Udonis Haslem minutes in not too long. Just too slow (especially at his advanced age), too hard to cover for defensively, and not a good enough post player anymore to get many minutes. Some rebounds and threes in about 5-10 minutes and that's it, when he actually sees the floor at all.
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You'd still hit.
 
I want Kevin Love back !!! Outlet passes and rebounds an occasional post up, a pick and pop 3 and good vibes ...

 
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