A Marcus Morris game-winner, a Kevin Garnett prediction and a one-of-its-kind rally punctuated a wild finish to Tuesday's Thunder-Celtics game in Boston.
Morris splashed a 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds remaining in regulation to help give Boston an improbable 100-99 win after it trailed by six points with 24.7 seconds to play.
The Celtics trailed by 5 with 16.8 seconds to go and won.
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) March 21, 2018
Entering today, teams were 0-884 this season when trailing by 5 or more points in the final 20 seconds of the game. pic.twitter.com/pgZ87K2gbv
Adding to bizarreness, OKC's Carmelo Anthony had a chance to put the game on ice with 8.4 seconds to go, but he missed two free throws. That gave the Celtics life, and former Celtics star Kevin Garnett a chance to call Morris' shot — sort of.
IT'S LIT: KG PREDICTS @MookMorris2's GAME-WINNER IN BOSTON LIVE!!! 🔥🔥🔥#KGArea21 pic.twitter.com/QSekyj7hLM
— KG's Area 21 (@KGArea21) March 21, 2018
Afterward, Morris showed the kind of confidence you'd want from the guy who just knocked down the game-winner.
Marcus Morris on if he had any hesitation before taking winning 3: “Hesitation? I don’t even know how to spell that s***.”
— Adam Himmelsbach (@AdamHimmelsbach) March 21, 2018
It was a good win for the Eastern Conference's No. 2 seed (48-23), which was playing without point guard Kyrie Irving (knee), and a brutal loss for the Thunder (43-30), who are trying to keep up with the rest of the playoff-hungry teams in the West.