If there’s ever a situation on a basketball court that calls for a moment of either existential crisis or spiritual reflection or maybe probably both, it’s standing between the ball and the basket as Russell Westbrook bears down on you in transition.
“When Westbrook has enough, you know what’s going to happen,” Dwyane Wade said.
Put yourself in that position for a few seconds, just as Goran Dragic found himself late in the fourth quarter Thursday night.
Feel helpless? Sad? Defeated?
If there’s ever a situation on a basketball court that’s on a real Winston Churchill, getting tapped on the shoulder to do a very special thing at a special moment, sort of level, Dragic was right there.