The Golden State Warriors trailed the San Antonio Spurs 103-100 with 8.7 seconds remaining on Monday night, when Draymond Green received an inbounds pass just in front of half-court.
With roughly eight seconds to work with, and with Steph Curry also on the floor, Green threw up a wild shot from near half-court and bricked it. The Warriors lost 105-100.
As the Warriors’ announcers for NBC Sports Bay Area explained, Green thought he could draw a shooting foul, which would result in three shots.
After the game, Green called it “the smartest dumb play in history.” He added that it was a “very smart play that ended up being dumb as hell.”
It’s worth noting that Green was 0-for-2 on free-throws in the game, and is shooting 76.0% from the charity stripe this season (to go with 71.1% for his career). So the odds of him making three straight free-throws wouldn’t be great even if he’d gotten the foul call. But his thinking is at least understandable, even if the decision was quite questionable- again, especially with Curry on the floor. Heck, look at how Curry ended the first quarter in this very game:
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The Warriors fall to .500 (12-12) with the loss and face the Spurs (14-10) again on Tuesday night in San Antonio.