With 3:03 left in the game, Dorian Finney-Smith hit the 2nd of two free throws to put the Mavericks up six. Not an insurmountable lead by any stretch of the imagination and certainly much closer than it seemed like the Spurs would be after going down 18 points in the first quarter. Three minutes is plenty of time to make some magic happen and six points, after all, means that this was only a two-possession game. Two possessions go our way and we’re right back in this, right?
Let’s talk about the phrase “two possession game” real quick because it’s a phrase that has been giving all of us poor schmucks hope for a long time now.