Fortunately, Durant also failed to realize just how quickly Westbrook's help defense was coming.
There was no time to adjust his posture, so he could only grit his teeth and shoot.
He still managed to get the shot off, but with his rhythm disrupted, the trajectory inevitably veered off course.
The ball hit the front of the rim, came up short, and bounced out.
Just as hope seemed to slip away, Durant was still mired in regret—
when, beneath the basket, Javale McGee grabbed a precious offensive rebound!
Then... he had an open layup.
McGee saw the completely unguarded basket in front of him and jumped straight up, scoring on the second-chance opportunity.
"Huh?! What?!! That choice... I can't say it was completely unreasonable, but the Warriors are still down by one, and there are only nine seconds left!"
The commentator sounded astonished.
Kerr stood on the sideline with both hands over his head, looking a little speechless.
Green walked right over.
"What the fuck are you doing?!! We're down three!!!"
Only then did McGee realize what had happened.
He opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end, nothing came out.
"Forget it, it's fine. We'll foul. We still have a chance." Curry stepped forward, cutting off their exchange and motioning for them to get ready to intercept the Thunder's inbound.
On the Thunder's side, Little Sabonis quickly inbounded the ball to Butler, the team's best free-throw shooter.
They were all professionals. In a situation like this, they could guess what the Warriors would do with their eyes closed.
After Butler caught the ball, he quickly took two steps before Klay rushed up and wrapped him in a tight foul.
Butler stepped to the free-throw line and calmly sank both shots.
131–128.
Six seconds left. The