GIF: LeBron hits clutch three to sink Warriors in epic showdown
Oh. My. God.
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That there would be LeBron James capping one of the most incredible games of the NBA season so far with a game-winning 3-pointer with 0.1 seconds left on the clock.
In the end, the Miami Heat won 111-110 against the Golden State Warriors, but to be incredibly cheesy, we all won in this one. Well, except the Warriors. They lost. But the Heat won, and so did anyone watching.
It looked for a while like the Warriors offense may be struggling again. The Heat led 57-46 at half and were cruising, even without Dwyane Wade. And then the Warriors ripped off a 20-4 run over a 6:43 stretch of the third quarter.
That set up an incredible fourth quarter that saw the Warriors take the lead for a short time. The Heat stormed back to a nine-point edge with 6:13 to go, but Golden State slowly fought back once again, tying the game on a Steph Curry jumper with 47 seconds to play.
One possession later with the Heat leading 108-107, Curry drove the lane for an And-1. But the 14 seconds left on the clock were a few too many and James went to work with that three, icing the game.
That bucket gave James 36 points on the night. He also added 13 rebounds and nine assists, his standard near-miss triple-double. Curry, meanwhile, finished with 29 points on 8-of-14 shooting with five boards and seven dimes. He's pretty good, too.
We're still catching our breath. What a game.