Aka the Coolest. Hopefully you were lucky enough to throw on ESPN 2 last night to catch Oklahoma St. vs. Texas which was certainly the most entertaining basketball game of this calendar year and finished 105-103 in triple OT. Personally myself I had finished up watching the episode of Rome, which I missed on Sunday due to 24, at 11 and turned on ESPN 2 and figured I would just watch the closing seconds of the game and then hit the sac. But fortunately my sleep was delayed for another hour.I Missed It But Sportscenter Didn't
If you watched Sportscenter this morning and caught the Top 10, then you saw a freakish three from Byron Eaton on a heave ho hook from out of bounds after an arrant pass and the shot clock running to zero. It's ESPY worthy. You could try for days and not hit that shot.
Down 5 with 55 Seconds
That's when I flipped on the game, coming right back from a timeout the Longhorns had the ball down 5 and got the ball to Kevin Durant for a long three from his enormous wingspan, bang. Down two. The Longhorns then fouled JamesOn Curry, why the O is capitalized is beyond me [shaking my head], who proceeded to hit one of two which was followed of course by the Longhorns banging one of their dozen of clutch threes and Curry clanging his buzzer beater attempt off the glass. OT, cool.
Crowd Like Atmosphere
Throughout the overtimes everyone in the stands in front of the camera was standing up and in the lower portion of the picture giving the feel of sitting in the stands and watching the game.
3 Buckets in 15 seconds
Now in the 1st overtime the Longhorns scored a bucket to tie it up, which was quickly followed by OK St. busting the press resulting in a sweet alley oop, followed by DJ Augustine flying down the court blowing by everyone and knocking down a twisting layup with his back to the hoop.
More 3s
The Longhorns buried threes from everywhere to stay in this game. Durant hit a bunch, so did Abrams, their big white center pulled down a missed three walked to the corner of the court and knocked down a three, the Longhorns even hit a miracle forced three with the shot clock reaching zero.
Improbable Comebacks
In every overtime OK St. got off to a a lead only to let the Longhorns scratch and claw back into it, really at minimal fault of their own. The Longhorns just made buckets, pressured the ball increasingly well on their full court press and even had a blocked shot by Durant which lead to a fast break and himself dunking to tie the game up in the 2nd overtime. OK St. had a great chance to win at regulation, the first OT, and the second OT but just couldn't put the nail in the coffin. After the 2nd OT concluded ESPN showed a classic shot of Boggan walking back to the bench shaking his head with a look of "I can't friggin believe we're still playing this game."
Awesome Ending
The whole time I'm watching this game I was thinking to myself this game is so fun to watch it deserves a classic ending and it was delivered. Down 2 with the Ball the Longhorns throw up a terrible shot, however Durant positions himself perfectly nails the putback AND 1 and then knocks down the free throw. Then the Sooners come down the court in a mess and completely unorganized and Boggan steps into an offbalanced three and knocks it down. Just a classic game.
Boggan Durant BattleThis kid Durant is special, he's basically Tracy McGrady, a little taller without the back problems. He can handle the ball shoot over anyone, knock down the three, this kid is special. But he was not to be outdone by Boggan, who is stronger in the post, hit some circus layups, and knocked down some silky midranged jump shots. The back and forth dual between these two was a show in its own right.
2 Questionable 3s
To me it looked as if the three JamesOn Curry as well as Boggan hit in the 3rd overtime came with their toe on the line, aka not a three. But I have yet to see a replay for Curry and they didn't give the closest of replays for Boggan's game winner, but personally from the quick view I had I thought both were 2s, thus the game should have been tied.
Instant Classic
If anything is an instant classic it was that game last night and man am I glad I threw on ESPN 2 last night.
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