On one hand, baskets get missed all the time. In reality, the chance of a player making a shot is less than the odds of him missing. And in a clutch moment, many players rise, but not all.
On the other hand, it was Ray Allen.
Ray Allen is a clutch three point shooter, so much so that he held the record for the most three-pointers in an NBA Finals series until the 2013 Finals when Danny Green outshined him.
Maybe that was what did it for him.
The Spurs were up in Game 6, ready to claim their 5th NBA title on the road in front of Miami’s capacity crowd.