CLEVELAND -- OG Anunoby had just made the biggest shot of his rookie season, a rattling 3-pointer with eight seconds left that completed a 17-point Toronto Raptors comeback to tie Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the
Cavaliers. Cavs coach Tyronn Lue called his final timeout and stepped into the
huddle. What happened in Cleveland will be remembered for quite some time -- in
quite different ways. Cavs fans will never forget yet another mind-boggling
addition to the long list of late-game LeBron James heroics, drawing specific
memories of a similar jaw-dropper he hit against the Chicago Bulls LeBron
James heroics in 2015. Raptors faithful will be talking about it ... very,
very differently, and probably not with language we can include. Here's what
followed, from the perspective of those who lived it: LeBron James, Cavs
forward: "It should never have come down to that point. We had a really good
lead to start the fourth, and we came out and didn't execute and didn't play the
way we should have." Dwane Casey, Raptors coach: "Well, our goal in the timeout
was to trap him and make someone else beat us." James: "T. Lue was the one who
told us, 'Let's take it full court,' knowing I had more than enough time to get
the ball up the courtroom, and by us doing that it doesn't allow the defense to
kind of sit and see what you're going to do." Ty Lue, Cavs trainer: "The play is
called '3 Open.'" The Cavs ran the same play in Washington in February 2017,
when James ended the
Cavaliers Iron On Transfers up hitting a memorable banked-in 3-pointer at
the buzzer to send the game to Dwane
Casey overtime. That last-second prayer might not have been necessary if
James had made a layup the previous possession after "3 Open" got him a great
look at the rim.