Carlisle lost this game and the series during that 8.5 seconds.
That sounds like an overreaction but it really isn't. Taking that game 1 would have been absolutely huge. More than anything it gives you belief you can do it. Also after a tough 7 game series i expected them to be tired, they somehow kept the energy going or at least the shots making, but now they blew it, I think getting up for another road game after that gonna be tough and they are going to indy down 0-2.
I remember in the Knicks Sixers series when the Sixers were up 6 with a minute left in game 2 and somehow lost (thanks in part to the refs) and I was like, 'That is gonna cost them the series'. And even tho they blew the Knicks out in Philly game 3, that loss still doomed them.
Big moments like that are what swing things, and it can be hard to recover from being on the wrong side of them
But, Im not sure what Carlisle could have done, they never had the chance to foul as the ball never touched the floor, if you foul before the ball gets in i think you get a technical FT and the ball so you don't want to do that either
“This loss is totally on me. With 10 seconds in regulation, we should’ve just taken the timeout, advanced the ball, found a way to get it in, made a free throw or two, and ended the game.”
Coach Rick Carlisle following the Game 1 loss
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