Los Angeles Lakers guard Danny Green missed a game-winning, last-second shot in an NBA Finals game and some people lost all sense of decency.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – "It's a basketball game. People are emotional. Fans are emotional,” Green said Sunday morning about eight hours before Game 6 between Los Angeles and the Miami Heat. “I hope they don’t take it that seriously. I hope that they are that passionate about voting or getting justice for these people who deserve justice or get some better change in the country.
"It’s just a basketball game at the end of the day and they’re taking out their emotions and they need someone to blame. It came down to the last play and of course I’m the easy target.” With 7.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter of Friday’s game, Green missed a wide-open shot from the top of the 3-point line on a pass from LeBron James and the Lakers trailing 109-108.“Basketball wise, it was a good look.” Green said. “I had more time than I realized. I should’ve taken more time. I probably rushed it a little bit. I was a little off balance. But we got a good look. We had a second opportunity. Trying to come out and play back again.
“But any person that plays sports and any person that plays basketball knows that it doesn’t come down to that last play. It’s never on one play.” Green, who is battling a hip injury, struggled with his shot through the first three games, making just four of 20 3-pointers. But he made four of his next 10 leading up to his final shot in Game 5.
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