sam cassell is an alien and i love him

Best play of a this-is-everything-the-Finals-should-be Finals game: with 2:30 left and the Magic down 3, D12 sets a high pick for Hedo, who then rolls right taking two defenders with him. Hedo passes to a relatively open Rashard at the top of the key, who then in turn rifles a pass to the ridiculously fucking open JJ Reddick, allowing Mike Breen to gleefully announce to a viewing audience of thousands: “JJ Reddick ties the game with a 3 with 2:19 remaining, his first field goal of the night”– words I never imagined in my wildest dreams I’d hear in the context of a 4th quarter NBA Finals game. How Phil Jackson doesn’t respond by immediately subbing in Adam Morrison is beyond comprehension. You cannot gameplan for that.

Unbelievably, this moment was almost eclipsed when, not a minute and a half later, Breen managed to utter Hedo Turkoglu’s last name SIX TIMES in ten seconds.

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