Should there have been enough time for Derrick White to put up the Game 6-winning tip-in with 0.1 seconds left on the clock?
That’s the debate NBA fans — Miami Heat die-hards, mostly — are having on Sunday morning after the Boston Celtics miraculously escaped Saturday night’s contest with a win to force Game 7 on Monday in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Let’s rewind: With the Celtics up 102-100, Al Horford was whistled for a foul on Jimmy Butler. Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla challenged the call and Butler ended up with three free throws instead of two since he was behind the arc when the foul occurred.
But — and here’s the more important part — the clock went from 2.1 seconds left after the foul to 3.0. Should it have been 2.9 seconds? Less?
That extra 0.1 seconds made all the difference. And Heat fans are MAD:
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