NBA's Top 6 WILD ENDINGS of the Week | #23

A chance for the Bulls to take the lead. Here's DeRozan against Harris. Step back to put him on top. Oh, Compton's finest. Big time shot. Oh, that's deadly. You know Joel Embiid's going to be somewhere in this play. Maxey. Oh, he got it to go on the drive. And that ties the game at 91. That was a high screen. Again, Boos didn't let Patrick Williams know that that screen was coming. Crowd to its feet in Philadelphia. And a tie game with 25 seconds left. DeRozan. Lost it. Oh, no. Shot clock is off. Oh, man. It's Harden. Five to go. Maxey. A three for the lead. Overtime. This is what you worry about if you're in Philadelphia in a playoff situation. Some of these guys haven't been in this. Zach LaVine knocks it down. Throw it to him, Zach. LaVine guards Harden. Embiid free run to the rim, and he got it to go. Philadelphia regains the lead. Bulls can go two for one. DeRozan drives on Harris to the rim. Oh, that's easy. Could have even been 1-2. 99 apiece. Five seconds left. Bulls look for the win. DeRozan to the ball. DeMar DeRozan to win the game. No good. Off to double overtime for the second time in the last three games. Paul Reid picks up DeRozan on a switch. Needs help. Somebody's got to move. Here you go. Vucevic against Harris. LaVine was maybe cutting, but he didn't go all the way through or what? He shouldn't have even made that pass. He should have just went right at him. Yeah. Beverly getting frustrated by James Harden a little bit. Now he picks up Maxey. LaVine on Harden. Trying to draw the foul. Instead kicks it to Harris. Harris, the jumper, is good. It's a four-point Philadelphia lead and a timeout for Billy Donovan. Could be a little bit more selfish in those spots. Two and a half to go halfway through overtime. It's DeRozan on the drive against Harris. Puts in a tough one. Boy, I tell you. I mean, it's like he's getting fouled every time he drives in the basket. Now, whoever's guarding Maxey now, you've got to stay on him. It's white right now. Yeah, you've got to guard him. Stay on him. Don't gamble. So, now they're going to look for that switch. There it is. Maxey with LaVine on him. Draws the foul and nearly put it in. They're going to say foul on the floor, though, so no shots. There's that matchup with five. Oh, Williams all over Maxey, but he hit the deck. Maxey, a three. Airballed it. And it's saved by LaVine. Here come the Bulls down two. Good defense by Patrick Williams. Even though he failed, he kept him in the front. DeRozan against Reed. The fake. The finish. And a foul. Compton's in the house. Missed the free throw. 95 seconds left. We're tied again. Again, here's that matchup. Now they're going to go in with Milton now and get him involved. Here's Harris against Williams. Patrick Gordon, everybody. Good help by LaVine. Here's Maxey. Step back three. Way off again. Reed unable to save it. It's Bulls ball with a minute 15 left. Good job by DeMar DeRozan. Contesting that shot without fouling Maxey. He contested that jump shot and really forced him into a difficult shot and really avoided the contact. Good play by DeMar. LaVine to Vujovic to Beverley. Patrick Beverley. No. Loose ball to LaVine. Pull it back out. Reset it with 10. High screen from Vujovic. LaVine rejects it and draws a Milton foul. The Bulls are in the bonus, so two free throws coming for Zach LaVine to try to take the lead at the line. Patrick Beverley with some big-time confidence. Expect anything different, though, right? Not at all. Not by that guy. He believes it. He stepped up and took a shot there, and thank goodness that Zach LaVine happened to be coming back into the play and got that loose ball. The Bulls' defense has been solid these last few possessions. Billy Donovan bringing back Patrick Williams is huge. He's the Bulls' best on-ball defender. I don't care what anybody says. He's the Bulls' best defender, and he has really caused Maxie some problems here. Two big free throws by Zach LaVine. If you do a wig on it, it might look all right, too. I don't know. Interesting thoughts here. Yeah, very interesting. 45 seconds left in double overtime. Here is Maxie. Point blocked by LaVine. Vujovic saved it. They got numbers. Pull it out. Milton trying to draw a foul. Get off me. Paying attention. Oh, Zach. Milton just rejoined the play and picked the pocket. Foul is called on Beverly here. Williams on Harden to start. LaVine's on Maxie. Harris needs help, and Harden comes to get it. You want to get the ball to Maxie. LaVine's on Maxie here. LaVine said he thinks he's one of the best on-ball defenders in the game. Harden trying to work past Williams. Jones with the block. Two on the shot clock. Harris gets it off. In and out. Tipped into the air. What a defensive play by Derrick Jones, Jr. And White gets fouled with six seconds left. Derrick Jones, Jr. off the bench with the block. Derrick Jones, Jr., I'm telling you, that's a huge play. To be sitting on the bench, and he's had some big moments tonight defensively on James Harden. He's one of the reasons why James Harden is 2 of 14. I mean, Patrick Beverly will get a lot of credit, but they had him on the majority of the night. And give Billy Donovan credit. Six seconds left. Four-point lead. No fouls. Yep. Don't foul a three-point shooter. Melted misfires. And the Bulls. Drive home safely. Beep, beep. Come away with a double overtime victory. Get to the baseline, and then step back to that patented shot where he shoots it over his right shoulder. Usually it's Kawhi Leonard, the one making those kind of defensive plays. Oh, he pulled the string, did Joe. But it was saved out of bounds by Wiggins. Now J.W. gets a running start. And the vicious flush. That's why you always play to the whistle. You don't hear it, folks. Just keep playing. Big turnover. Thunder ahead by two points. With three minutes left. Shay, right by Kawhi Leonard. Big bucket on the drive. Well, the Clippers are kind of playing a little chess game with the Thunder as well. They're playing that small lineup. So they're trying to do it as well. And Kawhi Leonard, just nobody's there at the rim. Thunder finding ways to execute. And clamping down on the defensive end. And the four-point lead daring Westbrook to shoot. So instead he drives in, and he got fouled. And free throws for Westbrook with the Clippers. Well, excuse me, 20 and 21. So Shay once again goes to work. The spin move. Swarmed and a reach-in foul against Leonard. And Leonard picks up his second. And for the Clippers, that is the fourth team foul. Battling it out here late fourth quarter. Isaiah Joe through the hard collapse. Fired it inside to Dort. They play a two-person game, but three on the shot clock. Dort desperation. Off back iron no good. And it'll go back to L.A. But the defense for OKC here in this fourth quarter has been on point. Westbrook way out of control on the drive. Not even close. Good job of not fouling Westbrook on that drive as well. Trying to get the right points. Something going to the basket. See Westbrook trying to check up SGA. SGA surveys. And it's fouled. Shooters in the NBA. And he knocks two clutch ones down to make it a 99-95 score. With a minute 40 to go. It's just a six free throw attempt in the second half for the Thunder. Not a whole lot between these two ball clubs. Clippers trying to find some offense. So Baton way off and short. But it was saved out of bounds by Westbrook. Dort it outside. The second is good. And it's trimmed down to one. Crowd has been neutralized over the course of the night. Shea sizing up Gordon. Spins away. Got the shot off and scores inside. SGA right to work. Possession with 65 seconds to go. One possession game. Leonard. Is he trying to force his offense or does he give it up? Double team gave it right back to Baton. And Baton scores. You'd rather give up the two than the three because the Clippers are trying to get to that three-point shot. The crowd is on its feet for the first time. Here inside Crypto.com Arena. It's a one-point Thunder lead. Shea has had a solution throughout this second half. Shot clock at three. Wiggins the kick out. Isaiah Joe. Catch fire three. That is short. Loose ball out of bounds. It is Thunder basketball. That's a big challenge that goes in the favor of the Thunder. 14 seconds on the shot clock. 31.6 remaining in the ballgame. Joe had a great look at a three. Now the Thunder can add to what is already a one-point lead here late fourth quarter. Under a minute to go. He floats it into J-Dub as they try to run a little something here out of the perimeter. J-Dub drives in. Defending J-Dub. Shot short. Clock is off. And it's a one-point game. Clippers move quickly. Without timeouts. Looking for the screen from Moyes. That was six seconds. Leonard wants the clear out. Three seconds. Leonard being hounded by Doerr. Can he get a shot off? Leonard first. Do not get a shot off in regulation. And it's the Thunder. Outlasting a 101-100. It would have been a sixth had they called it. Jaden Hardy was averaging 20 points per game in his last six. Before that, he was averaging six points per game. He slipped, but they call a foul here. That's going to send him to the line. Didn't look like a lot of contact. DiVincenzo picks up his first personal. They're over the limit. That's one I may challenge. And they have their challenge. It didn't look like there was a lot of contact there. Some contact, but there's some contact on every point. Hardy gets the first free throw. Game is tied at 120. He had 28 against Memphis the other night. He's got 27 tonight. He was barely playing this season until the last week. Missed the second one. Golden State rebounds. Game tied at 120. 140 remaining in regulation. Curry has not been looking for a shot a ton here tonight. Gives it up to Draymond Green. And counter-assist for Steph Curry, his 13th of the night. And he's beating them with the pass tonight. Just doing a brilliant job of finding guys. And good finish by Green. First foul shot of the night for Green. 70% of the year, he hits it. Warriors take a three-point lead. Had to win back-to-back road games for just the second time this year. They've won only eight games away from home all season. Huge game in the standings for both teams. Winner wins the series as Wood penetrates and gets that Wallace within one with one. Again, double team. Wood on the short roll and have him make the decision. Curry looking to get it back. Kaminga screens for him. Curry with Bullock on his hip. Falls to the ground. Gets back up, keeping. Now Green. Chenzo, three on the way. Loose ball. Out of bounds. Four seconds left. Mavs' possession. Down one. Score, but let's see. Dallas down one. 48 seconds left. Shot clock at 15. Thompson on Luka now on the switch. Timer down to ten. Donchich gives it up to Wood. Shot clock at seven. Luka trying to get free from Thompson. Here's Donchich with three to shoot. Leans in. Takes the three. Missed it. Differential. It did look like Donchich touched it last. Both teams have used their challenge. Warriors by one. Steph will bring it up. 18 points, 13 assists. As you said, about a five-and-a-half second difference in the clocks here at the end of regulation. Here comes the ball screen from Draymond Green on the switch. Kleba has Curry. Shot clock at five. Curry behind the back. Drives. Gets all the way to the basket. And it's the seal in the middle. It's possible they could get the quick two, right? Possible. You want the quickest, best shot you can get. And they're starting Draymond Green on him. Lob inside to Donchich. Underneath the basket. Got to put it up. He does. Missed it. Thompson saves it. And 0.7 seconds left. They were going for the two. Donchich couldn't handle the pass. Then missed the shot. To advance the ball if Looney misses these two. But he calmly nailed it. That's a big-time win for Golden State. Be just their ninth road win of the season. Would have made it. The one-point game would have been about three seconds on the clock. Bullock catch and shoot. Good on the three. So that'll count. But the game is over. The Golden State Warriors get a huge road victory. Now Bogdanovic, the pull-up. Got the bounce. Drama here in Minneapolis. One-point game. Two minutes to go. Towns will check in next dead ball. McDaniels, the pull-up. Won't go down. Gobert tried to tap it out. Nas Reid still has it on the baseline. And an issue with the clock. 134 to go. They're going to put ten on the shot clock. It wasn't a change of possession. So ten on the shot clock. Great job by Minnesota to keep it. Looney trying to score the basketball. Almost lost it. Six seconds. Anderson inside. Hanging. Has his shot blocked. And no shot clock violation. Hawks running. Collins. Conley up top. Conley will take the shot. It's a long two. One-point lead for Minnesota. I mean, it was really just demonstrative that time. The foot on the line. Ben Taylor was right there to look at it. He called two right away. Big shot. Defense! Conley with 13 points tonight. Wolves by one. Under a minute to go. Young gives it up. Gets it back. Driving and a foul is called. 15 free throw attempts on back-to-back nights. Hawks by one. Interesting to see Carl Anthony Towns in this lineup with Mike Conley and what they run. They run their V2 action again. Conley has it with 10 on the shot clock. Gives it up. Towns. The pull-up. Won't get the bounce. Rebound Bogdanovich. About five seconds between the shot clock and game clock. Young lost it on the way to the rim. Got it back. The kick out. Bogdanovich. Can't hit. Rebound. Minnesota with 7.2 to go. A chance to move up in the West End. 7.2. Wolves down one. Anderson to inbound. It's Towns. Five on the clock. Driving on Collins. On the attack. He's fouled on the way to the rim. Pressure free throws coming. One more for the lead. This is what he wanted. Yes. This is what he wanted. Says, I'm built for this. He's been waiting 52 games to get back. And in a crucial situation for his team. In this post-season push. Two clutch free throws from Carl Anthony Towns. 3.6. This game important for Atlanta. They're currently eighth in the East. Trying to secure their positioning. We know how big this game would be for the Wolves. Hunter to work it in. Collins gives it back to Hunter. Missed everything. Yes. Most likely to have a breakout season by NBA GMs. For this campaign. 24-15. With three to go. 109. 102. So was Mitchell. Mitchell down the other way. In the basket. Traffic. Donovan to the roof. And Mobley throws the hammer down. That's 109. Cavaliers 104. What a night for Evan Mobley. And the Cavaliers cap it with a victory. Dan Witte looks to get loose. O'Neal stands still free. Struggled from distance on Tuesday and in the first half. Done the job here in the second half. Harris has been a big part of that. LeBert with under two to go. Far out of the way to the basket. And draws a foul off the big free throws here for LeBert. With a buck 52 to go. The Cavs down 112-104. Attacking that hoop. Getting inside. Mobley doing a good job of following up after we attack the hoop. And then LeBert just going strong inside. Gets fouled from behind. Strong drive there by LeBert. LeBert. Basketball of his Cavaliers career over the last couple of weeks. The Cavs are teaming with the Greater Cleveland Food Bank for this year's Cavs Food Drive presented by Trusted Sec. Bring non-perishable foods and canned goods to all remaining March home games or donate directly at Cavs.com slash food drive. LeBert over his last six games averaging over 18 a contest. Shooting threes at over 51%. 28 assists. 14 steals. Leased a steal his last nine games. Still looking for his first tonight. See if he can get one here, AC, in the final 145. Get a possession back to the Cavs, which need them desperately with 100 seconds to go now. That's exactly what has to happen. Need to stop right here. Dinwiddie dancing with the ball up top. A big offensive rebound. Bridges now will slow things down, take some more air out of the basketball. Shot clock resets to 14. Bridges underneath. By LeBert. There's that steal. LeBert. And it's a four-point game. LeBert seems to always come up with a steal when you need it. His defensively, he's off the chart this season. Cavs look for another stop. Here's Dinwiddie. Watched by Allen. 60 seconds to go. The shot clock shows six. Dinwiddie trying to set up Allen to the basket. Trying to dump off the class and explodes past O'Neal. See if we can get a stop here. They've gotten stops each the last two times down. A couple of turnovers. Stops also without a shot. Dinwiddie. Picked up by Allen on the switch. Dinwiddie. Drives. Floats it up. O'Neal has had a huge night for the Cavs. He gets set to inbound. Donovan Mitchell. 28 points in his back pocket. Cross over Claxton. Makes it a 114-112 game. The Cavs now will press up defensively. They look for a steal. Whipped on a foul. Whoa! Vinny Smith almost fell out of bounds. Reckons remaining. Did exactly what they had to do. Get stopped. And the guard put her in a great trap to get that ball free there at the last defensive sequence. That was a super defensive effort by both Garland and Mitchell. Joe Harris comes into the ballgame. J.B.'s yelling, let's go, let's go. Mitchell's had to stay in the line for the tie. Archea in-game player profile. Mobley has been brilliant tonight. 26 points, 16 rebounds. Not done yet. Seven-tenths of a second. Mobley stands in front of O'Neal. The Cavs need a stop. Team finals games, 176 playoff games. He was just showing us what happened. 18 lead changes. And Beats got 42. The Splash Brothers have 41. Early double team. Shot clock at five. You can't allow an offensive rebound after you've done such a great job making a miss. Just have to find someone and crush them. Check them. Put a body on them. Pull. Shot it and beaned. I think Joel Embiid thought he was going to pass at him. Probably surprising. He had challenged him. 14 of his 28 are here in the fourth for Jordan. Maxey with a quickness. His runner is an air ball. That's where he lives. Chase Center on their feet. The Doves, 29 and 7 in this building. Stops. Ryan Sayers working on Draymond. Tough shot. He made it. What? That's the NBA. Good offense can beat good defense. It's the way the sport is set up. The degree of difficulty was through the roof on that shot. Tied again. Curry. Lean in. Jump on. He got it. They're just feasting off this drop cover. As the sixes are in off these ball screens. Valvation on their feet exhorting the defense. Ryan Sayers hides behind Embiid. Rises from the elbow. What a game. We've got a three-minute ball game even at 110. There's a lot of offensive talent on display tonight. Two men jump in step. Looney to Draymond. Play it corner. Three. 44.9. This will probably be the most impressive win of the season for the Warriors. What they've had to overcome tonight. Tyrese Maxey. Embiid. Step. To clay. Corner. Three. You can live with because you've got one of the greatest three-point shooters taking it. Maxey back to Embiid. Draymond's watching. So is Looney. Goes to the egg. Knocked away. Got it back. Shot clock at five. That, too, made that even tougher. Smart. Monster trip. Curry to the rim. And back out to pull. Three. Play is lit up. Maxey, Embiid, and Tobias Harris. They've been standing the last four minutes at Jay Center. Maxey coming down the line. Went straight up without fouling, too. Use the clock and play the possession game. Up five with the ball. Shot clock at ten. Draymond set that screen. Two men jump in step. Curry, the escape dribble. Step. Little push shot. Tobias Harris. Face up on Looney. Hanging, bumping, and he'll get it. Years. David and Goliath action tonight, if you can win this one. Down five. They like not to foul Steph initially. Now they do. Tried to get this shot up. A little four-court press. He was going to single-handedly be the press breaker. This is all about execution here. You're hitting free throws. You're using clock. To your point, Kay, you're up a couple possessions here. Now the greatest free thrower in the game to the line. This is the luxury of having great free-throw shooters in games like this. You can just rely on them. You know that the sixers have to keep fouling and just try to get it to your best free-throw shooters. Steph, Clay Jordan Poole. Jordan led the NBA in free-throw percentage last year. He's a slacker this year, 87%. Steph at 91, and he drops both in. Hurry with 28. Clock to run. Maxey will launch the three. 15 seconds. Hold on to the seven-point lead. To have a small Warrior team come up with a win like this, this gives you a lot of confidence. It's Clay misses a free throw. And so Minnesota, that is for the season tiebreaker. Then New Orleans, San Antonio. Jokic for the one-game road trip. OKC and SAC. What a next couple weeks for the Warriors. Doves come from 11 down. Overcome and beat 46-point game. Philadelphia 76ers.