Alex Speers
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It was so funny.
The Blazers were up by 15 with a minute 57 left in the game.
The Kings go on a 17-2 run to force overtime.
And those final two minutes, I mean, just a comedy of errors for Portland.
They fouled a three-point shooter.
They had a bad pass turnover.
They missed four free throws in the final 28 seconds.
Individually, none of these are that funny, but in succession, the funniest.
By the time we got to DeMar DeRozan's game-tying corner three, I was crying.
Even on that play, he only got possession because the inbounds pass from Westbrook randomly bounces off Keegan Murray and Denny Avdia straight into DeMar's hand.
And it wasn't like the Kings obviously had to play really well in those final two minutes, but they didn't play flawlessly either.
There was a play where Raynaud could have gotten a rebound, and it went out of bounds and went back to the Blazers under a minute left.
So they weren't even playing perfect, and they somehow were able to come back.
People a lot of times will say free basketball when a team ties it up.
Andrew, I would have paid extra to watch that over time.
I wanted to see how that stupid game was going to end.
And, of course, the way it ends –
Made it a masterpiece.
Klingin misses two free throws.
Could have given Portland a three-point lead.