It was the moment that defined the race for the final homecourt spot in the East, a dribble hand-off from Al Horford to Kyrie Irving that resulted in a go-ahead lay-up with 0.5 seconds left to play.
Though quite obviously aided and abetted by botched defense, the simple action also got an assist from Irving’s skills of deception, as well as geometry. By leaving the trap way too early out of concern for getting back to Horford, Myles Turner gave the league’s leader in clutch-time field goals an open path to the basket.