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10th October 2020
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It was now up to Green, who won NBA titles with San Antonio and Toronto in 2014 and 2019. Despite shooting at just 33% in the entire post-season, Green had played well in the Game 4 win and would have been confident of dropping the three with such a clear look.
James' pass was lower than he would have liked, meaning Green had to take a quick bounce to set himself up. His shot was a couple of inches short, though, and bounced back off the rim.
All was not lost, though, as Markieff Morris grabbed the offensive rebound with over five seconds to play. The pressure told on Morris, however. Having contributed just one point from his 23 minutes on the court, he turned down a simple pass to Green and a tougher one to James and attempted the step-back jumper.
His effort fell about a foot short and that was the ball game. The Heat added two more, from the free-throw line, and it was left to James to try and miss with a half-court Hail Mary attempt as the buzzer sounded.
"I've always played the game the same way since I was a kid and I've had success doing it," James reflected after a tough loss. "And I won't let a play here or a play there change my outlook on the game and how I play the game.
"I mean, if you just look at the play, I was able to draw two defenders below the free-throw line and find one of our shooters at the top of the key for a wide open three to win a championship. I trusted him, we trusted him, and it just didn't go. You live with that. You live with that. It's one of the best shots that we could have got, I feel, in that fourth quarter, especially down the stretch with two guys on me, Duncan Robinson and Jimmy, and Danny had a hell of a look. It just didn't go down. I know he wishes he can have it again. I wish I could make a better pass. You know, but you just live with it."No hiding place for Green, then, but the Lakers will have another chance to close out the finals on Sunday night [Monday morning from 12:30am GMT]. As for Butler, he admitted he was spent after his team's win, but he vowed the Heat would bring it again for Game 6. "We're still fighting. We're in it to win it, we're not backing down, we're not scared of nobody."
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