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The best defensive play in Spurs history

This one has it all: huge stakes, a dangerous rival, split-second timing, preternatural reaction time, perfect execution, and a happy ending.

It happened in 2014, on the 31st of May, in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals as the Spurs played the Thunder in Oklahoma City. The first five games of the series had all been blowouts. San Antonio took the first two going away, but Serge Ibaka didn't play. OKC answered with a couple of no-doubters after Ibaka's miraculous return had people making jokes about Sam Presti's announcement that he would "be out for the rest of the playoffs.