The Heat room has experienced incredible exploits and baskets, and everyone obviously remembers this 3-pointer in the corner of Ray Allen in Game 6 of the 2013 Finals. Tonight was also a Game 6 , and the Heat public was a few hundredths away from reliving an NBA Finals. A few hundredths because Derrick White scored a legendary “buzzer beater”, on a tap, to allow the Celtics to win 104-103, and snatch a Game 7, at home. Never has a team been so close to achieving the feat of winning a series after being down 3-0!
A first since “The Shot”!
“I don’t believe what I saw… Derrick White is like a lightning bolt that comes out of nowhere, saving our lives! At that time, I was in total prayer mode. says Jaylen Brown. On the side of Erik Spoelstra, no regrets. “Max (Strus) did the right thing. We made sure the ball didn’t get into Jayson Tatum’s hands. Unfortunately, there was only one possible way that it didn’t work our way. I don’t think there are any regrets to be had.”
To realize the scope of the feat of White, author of 8 of his 11 points in the last quarter, it is necessary to know that it is only the 2nd buzzer beater in history registered while the team was behind on the last action and was about to be eliminated. The first ? Michael Jordan’s “The Shot” against the 1989 Cavaliers! That of Kawhi Leonard against the Sixers does not fall into this category since the Sixers and the Raptors were at 90-90 at the time of his miracle shot.
“If you didn’t know Derrick White, now you know who he is! »
This time the Celtics were trailing, and by two tenths, and that tap from White, they were on vacation! We let him tell this shot that goes down in legend. He’s the one doing the throw-in.
“Vincent was on top of me, and he went higher to hinder Jayson, and I couldn’t give him the ball. They also got in the way of Jaylen, and Marcus came out all at once. I then found myself all alone, with no one on me. I went to the corner and when the shot went I just tried to go for the rebound. The ball came back at me, and I just shot. I felt like it was good…everyone was asking me…and I was telling them it was good. But as it was on the edge, you never know…”
Another reaction, Marcus Smart’swhose shot, failed, could have sent the Celtics on vacation! “I just said to myself that by shooting as quickly as possible, we might have a second shot… We had learned the lesson of the match against the Sixers. They did a good job keeping Jayson away, and Derrick, me and the others did a good job adjusting. You know, I’ll tell you something: if you didn’t know D-White, now you know who he is! This guy has been phenomenal all year! »
