You have what is likely the best first-round series of all time, in one of the best Game 7's in NBA history, with one second left. The legacies of several Hall of Fame players are on the line, fair or not. You're the clock operator. You cannot make a mistake at this.
Whoops.
In Game 7 between the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Clippers, San Antonio had the ball down two with one second left on the clock. Just as they were about to inbound...
There are always crazy things that you wouldn't notice if they didn't happen in such big moments during a basketball game. There are always calls or weird events. This series alone has had about 700 of them. I know because I've spent hours writing about them afterwards.
But with so much tension, which such precision needed for one opportunity, to mess up San Antonio's timing like that? That's one that Spurs fans will talk about for a long time, along with Derek Fisher .04, the Manu Ginobili foul on Dirk Nowitzki, and other heartbreakers. The craziness continues to the very end.
Clippers 111, Spurs 109, LA advances 4-3 in their best of seven series.
