Portland Trail Blazers guard Scoot Henderson displayed his mountain-moving confidence at the Moda Center Thursday night as he sunk the Utah Jazz with a midrange fadeaway with just 0.1 seconds remaining. From the moment Henderson got the ball in the backcourt with under 15 seconds remaining in a tie game, he had eyes to win it himself.
“I was going to end up taking the last shot,” Henderson told reporters after Portland’s 122-120 win. “I had the ball in my hands. You dream of plays like that.”
Operating out of the pick-and-roll with Portland center Deandre Ayton, Henderson attacked Utah big man Walker Kessler, stopped in the lane abruptly to send the 7-footer flying by, and pivoted into a turnaround jumper.