Finally: The answer as to what Danny Ainge was thinking when he left John Paxson open for 3.

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30 years… and this is still a dagger through the heart.

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Horace doesn't get enough credit. Incredible catch-and-pass (had to get rid of it immediately) for the assist and then the block on KJ at the end.

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I had forgotten they were up by 4 with less that a minute left.

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I can't believe Majerle just airballing the wide open baseline jumper like that.
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That was some real bad defense on the Jordan basket before the paxson shoot as well. He just walked to the rim

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Hard to rewatch that stuff. Between that one and 2021 you get the feeling we had a title in our grasp but just made some dumb mistakes down the stretch to give it away.

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Kryptonic wrote:
Fri Aug 18, 2023 9:46 pm
30 years… and this is still a dagger through the heart.
Still waiting for redemption

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