The Golden State Warriors had themselves a hell of a first half at home against the New Orleans Pelicans in Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals on Saturday night.
Draymond Green nearly had a first-half triple-double and the Warriors offense scored at will, even without Steph Curry in the lineup. A 24-2 run in the second quarter pushed Golden State’s lead close to 30 in the dying moments of the second quarter before Darius Miller grabbed a rebound and hit a crazy buzzer-beater for the Pelicans to make it 76-55 at the break.
The arc on this shot is super impressive, in that it’s almost nonexistent. He two-hands this right at the perfect angle so that it goes through the net in a hurry. If you weren’t paying attention, you’d think it just skimmed the bottom of the net and nothing more.
Rajon Rondo hits a near court-length buzzer-beater to close out the first half https://t.co/sbB2W0VOhT
— Douglas Pucci (@SonOfTheBronx) April 29, 2018
The officials reviewed the shot to see if it left his hands before the buzzer, but Miller got it off in plenty of time. In fact, he’s got a tenth of a second or two to spare.
It probably won’t be much consolation for a team that really struggled to slow down the Warriors on offense, but it’s a nice little highlight for what was a dreadful half otherwise. It’s not often a buzzer-beater that long and exciting isn’t exactly thrilling: it merely cut the Golden State lead to 21.
