carolinajazz
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After a pair of Jack free throws made it 95-94 Nets with 29.9 seconds left, Curry missed a layup and Young grabbed the rebound.
Then things got weird.
With the shot clock off, it appeared the Nets understandably expected the Warriors to foul them. But when Golden State didn’t, the Nets seemed confused, and didn’t try to advance the ball. Eventually Jarrett Jack realized what was happening and started to move it up court, but by then the referees had called an eight-second violation, giving the ball back to Golden State.
Jack made up for that lapse by deflecting a Curry pass on the ensuing possession, and after Young caught the loose ball and was fouled, he made a pair of free throws with 9.9 seconds remaining to make it 97-94 Nets.
Hollins then had a decision: whether or not to foul to keep the Warriors from attempting a game tying 3-pointer. The Nets didn’t, though, despite having two great opportunities to do so. First, Young didn’t grab Draymond Green when he caught his ball with his back to the basket on the initial inbounds pass, and then Joe Johnson didn’t foul Andre Iguodala (a 60 percent foul shooter) when he caught a pass from Green.
Not doing so proved costly, as Iguodala rose up and buried a game-tying 3-pointer with 5.5 seconds left.
https://nypost.com/2015/11/15/nets-blow-chance-to-beat-undefeated-warriors-fall-in-ot/
Then things got weird.
With the shot clock off, it appeared the Nets understandably expected the Warriors to foul them. But when Golden State didn’t, the Nets seemed confused, and didn’t try to advance the ball. Eventually Jarrett Jack realized what was happening and started to move it up court, but by then the referees had called an eight-second violation, giving the ball back to Golden State.
Jack made up for that lapse by deflecting a Curry pass on the ensuing possession, and after Young caught the loose ball and was fouled, he made a pair of free throws with 9.9 seconds remaining to make it 97-94 Nets.
Hollins then had a decision: whether or not to foul to keep the Warriors from attempting a game tying 3-pointer. The Nets didn’t, though, despite having two great opportunities to do so. First, Young didn’t grab Draymond Green when he caught his ball with his back to the basket on the initial inbounds pass, and then Joe Johnson didn’t foul Andre Iguodala (a 60 percent foul shooter) when he caught a pass from Green.
Not doing so proved costly, as Iguodala rose up and buried a game-tying 3-pointer with 5.5 seconds left.
https://nypost.com/2015/11/15/nets-blow-chance-to-beat-undefeated-warriors-fall-in-ot/