“That Ray Allen shot was brutal”: Patty Mills expands on how Tim Duncan’s Spurs were haunted by the Heat legend’s greatest clutch shot in NBA history

Patty Mills was a core member of Gregg Popovich’s Spurs for close to a decade, they achieved a lot of success including a championship.

San Antonio Spurs, with that gritty trio of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili, made their return to the Finals in 2013, after failing in two previous Conference Finals trips. Patty Mills was one of their “catch and shoot” snipers.  

They were playing LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh looking to repeat with the Miami Heat. 

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The Spurs were leading the Finals series 3-2, and were looking to finish their Championship run that day. They were up 3 in the last few seconds of Game 6 before Ray Allen’s dagger took the game to overtime.

Patty Mills says the Ray Allen shot was the most deflating moment of his Spurs career

Through 10 seasons of NBA player, Patty Mills has been a member of several playoff runs by the Spurs. He’s a 1-time champion, and he would’ve been a 2-time champion if it wasn’t for that dagger.

Skip Bayless keeps saying that was the shot that saved LeBron James’ legacy, which is nonsensical. But what is factual is how devastated the Spurs were by that shot, and how they never recovered from that blow. Patty Mills talked about it on the JJ Redick podcast today:

“The shot was brutal. At a point in the fourth quarter, security is pulling out a yellow tape to stop people from storming the court (after Spurs wins the game), and then seeing Larry O’Brien being pulled out, ‘wohh, we are about to win this’.”

“and then sure enough, the trophy rolls back, the yellow tape goes away, and we are going to game 7.”

Miami would go on to win the game 6 in overtime and then Game 7, 95-88 to give LeBron James and Co. their second championship in 2 seasons. 

That Ray Allen shot has since scarred every Spurs fan out there.

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Akash Murty

An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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