'You can take a timeout, let them get set. You let them review whatever play they think we’re going to run. And there’s a great chance we don’t get a quality shot like Jamal got.' - Michael Malone on not calling timeout at end of Game 2 By BennettDurando
, Bruce Brown pulled down a rebound after Jimmy Butler missed a jumper, giving the Nuggets an opportunity they had clawed several minutes for:It was 111-108 Heat. Miami had led by as many as 12 late in the fourth quarter before a furious Denver rally, which culminated here.Instead of stopping the clock and advancing the ball, the Nuggets brought the ball up while time waned. The last possession resulted in a Jamal Murray step-back 3-point attempt, which rimmed out at the buzzer.
“I think is dependent upon the situation,” Malone said when asked for an explanation. “Their half-court defense was giving us a lot of trouble in that fourth quarter. You can take a timeout, let them get set. You let them review whatever play they think we’re going to run. And there’s a great chance we don’t get a quality shot like Jamal got, which was on line and, from my perspective, looked like it had a great chance of going in. And we’ve seen Jamal make shots like that before.
Murray finished the night 7 for 15 from the field and 3 for 8 from 3-point range, with 18 points. He had made a 3 moments earlier to cut the deficit in half. “I think you guys have seen me hit that shot enough,” Murray said when asked whether he liked the no-timeout decision. “It was a good look. Just didn’t go down.”
“I think he got off a decently good look,” said Butler, who was guarding Murray on the shot. “Kind of like a high pick-and-roll isolation, and I just contested it. Pretty glad that he missed it to give us a 1-1 series tie going back to Miami.”
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