What a game last night. What an unbelievably wild and absurd ending to what was otherwise a damn good performance by the 8th place Memphis Grizzlies in a huge game against the 7th place Dallas Mavericks. Jockeying for playoff positioning, this one was an outright dog fight. If you went to bed early last night, you missed a buzzer beater for the ages. With 1.8 seconds left in the game, the ball is inbounded to Luka Doncic, who stumbles into an awkward three-point attempt that he actually sinks.
LUKA DONCIC ARE YOU KIDDING! pic.twitter.com/C6wMhjerg8
— ESPN (@espn) April 15, 2021
What on Earth can you do? How the hell do you defend THAT any better? Look at the Grizz just standing around after he makes that in disbelief. Can you blame him? Basically, everything that the Mavs needed to happen to win that game happened. It’s just completely demoralizing for us Grizzlies fans. Like, I don’t know that I’ve ever seen the soul of a team drained in such a manner.
The entire ending sequence was played so well by the Grizzlies. Jonas Valanciunas ends up one on one with Doncic, but before Doncic can identify that and get an open three-point attempt, Taylor Jenkins yells for the foul. Valanciunas commits, and sends Doncic to the line instead of him hitting a three-pointer that would’ve tied the game. Just brilliant stuff.
On the other end, Grayson Allen gets fouled and goes to the free throw line. Dude’s a 91% free throw shooter, so you’re feeling pretty damn good about the game at this point! You’re ICING this thing, right?!?! RIGHT!?! The man misses both. BOTH SHOTS. Allen is having one of his best games of the season ALL NIGHT LONG until this VERY MOMENT for some reason. He can’t get either bucket to go. Just unbelievable stuff – it’s like a Pixar movie for Mavs fans.
Even then, you’re still thinking, “okay, just don’t let them get a shot off,” which seems completely feasible with 1.8 seconds left on the clock. The Grizzlies do a good job of smothering Luka Doncic. But, fate had other plans last night. Doncic may have been two inches behind the three-point line, and he got his shot off as he was stumbling forward. It leaves his hand with 0.1 seconds left on the clock. Of course, he drains it. The Grizzlies were, by and large, in control of the game until that point. Just an absolute savage move – Doncic ripped out the hearts of the Grizzlies and proceeded to chow down on that bitch right in front of everyone. This one stings.
The Memphis Grizzlies said it best themselves: bruh.
bruh.
— Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) April 15, 2021
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