Bill Simmons on Ray Allen's Clutch Shot in the 2013 Finals | Ringer Moments | The Ringer

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this is the kind of content the Ringer can and should do, not only for football but for all sports, music, cinema, pop culture, etc

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We've got 9 more episodes coming, some are sports-related, and some are music/movies/pop culture-related. Thanks for watching!

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It's awesome and absolutely ripe for self-parody later

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That’s why they did it.

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@@TheRingerNBAtY for recognizing Jokic… The guy deserves more.

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Give me Bill in front of a camera taking about great moments in sports ALL DAY.

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It’s feeling like 2019 again

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Only took 3 years to bounce back from Covid

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I don’t get it

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​@@danielroth3714 the content that this channel produced during 2019 was so good and similar to this.

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Make the ringer great again

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my thoughts exactly. zoom era was not the best time for the ringer

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Nobody from ESPN showed this much love for the NBA like Bill Simmons

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wow, that's a genuinely amazing photo of Bill at 9:04. if that were me i'd have that framed lol

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Yeah, that pic is cold

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I had the EXACT thought bro 💯🔥

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I'm sure there is a blown-up version hanging in his bedroom right above the bed Bill pretends to sleep with his wife in. 😅

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Kyle turn the KZbin camera on!!

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I mean Ben!

[@jaxsonsdad79]

8:33…this is precisely why I say Sasha Vujacic never gets enough credit. Comes off the bench ice cold, Game 7 of the Finals, 81-79…stuffs both FTs to seal the title for the Lakers. One of the most unsung clutch moments ever.

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That's why idk why Pop put Kawhi in the game knowing he's not a very good free throw shooter and that it would be lot of pressure on a 21 year old. I would've just put Gary Neal in there like how Phil but Sasha.

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I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH I LIKED THIS! Listen, I was a massive fan of Grantland and feel similarly about The Ringer. But the one thing that is missing in each site was/is missing is - this - the ability to send comments along. I feel like someone at The Ringer (perhaps yourself) will read this. With The Ringer, there is no community dialogue going on (Bill, I am certain you are aware of this as you are the most savvy of the content providers and weighed pros and cons). Anyway, toward the piece itself, the ability to distill what happened in a single moment in a sport and explain what it meant then, and going forward, is the type of content real fans care about!

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Those comment sections were poorly moderated, and devolved into a cesspool for politics and racist tirades... I for one don't miss it.

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@@thaat1 I never got involved, but felt those folks were at least accessible. That was my only point. Like you, I hate when people try to make a point that has exactly nothing to do with the spirit of how content is offered.

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Dude I'm so excited for these

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Too bad the rest suck. 🤷😆

[@robbieba]

Absolutely unforgettable game and Bill nailed the atmosphere in the arena that night. As a lifelong Miami Heat season ticket holder, that game is hands down the best I've ever witnessed. Sitting just 25 rows up from where Ray Allen hit that miracle shot, the tension was palpable. When Kawhi Leonard was at the line for those free throws, my dad was ready to call it quits and head out. But I insisted, 'No way we're leaving now.' It felt like a nightmare unfolding before us-our championship hopes hanging by a thread. That shot, though? Pure magic. It's not just a great moment in NBA history; it's THE greatest shot ever made, and I'm forever grateful to have been a part of that electrifying night.

[@BB-wg3tw]

Absolutely! In the arena before the first 3, there was a palpable sense that the game was indeed over. The ropes around the court that Bill mentions a few times laid out what everyone was thinking. I was amazed how many folks headed for the exits. And then somehow the magic happened!

[@yohanjohn100]

This moment is still so tough for me to watch as a spurs fan… just almost made me not be able to watch basketball again for a while… but it’s also what made the 2014 win so emotional

[@justinyb90]

this is your SB50 for seahawks fans lol

[@briandavey1139]

Yup. What a numb feeling.

[@cdman882]

Why? Of course it’s a coaching mistake. Everyone makes them. But there’s no guarantee Duncan gets the rebound. I believe Duncan was out there when Miami had their first miss-make three 20 seconds earlier. Not to mention without this the 2014 title likely doesn’t exist. Best bounce back ever. Pop had them locked in. They eviscerated the Heat and ended the Heatles.

[@Sethsters]

I was on my honeymoon in Jamaica when this happened. My wife went to sleep but told me to wake her up if the Spurs won. I woke her up with like a minute left. “We’re gonna win!” I said giddily. But it has a happy ending, because on June 15, 2014 my wife and I celebrated our one year anniversary in NYC. That evening we watched the Spurs beat the Heat in game 5 to clinch the title.

[@yohanjohn100]

@@Sethsters man… that sounds like such a nice core memory for you guys 👏

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4 minutes in and this is FANTASTIC. Will be the biggest basketball channel on the site if this continues! Classic Bill

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KZbin is having a moment House!

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it just is!

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i remember thinking

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Finally, Bill decides to make videos!

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Please god please make more content like this. This is similar to what people started reading, watching and listening to Grantland/The Ringer for.

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Classic Bill Simmons this kind of basketball analysis is why he is head and shoulders above any other basketball journalist/reporter/presenter no screaming nonsense at the camera just facts and great description..

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Listening to Bill talk about the NBA is actually more entertaining than the NBA. And that's how I consume the NBA nowadays. Highest compliments to Bill.

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Bill Simmons is hands down the best NBA analyst / historian.. glad he is off ESPN now too . he can speak his mind

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The KZbin camera piece!

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I love all Ringer content. This is awesome. I love the picture of Bill squatting down in the stands watching the play.

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This is what I wanted to see on the winner just great history of both basketball and football. If you have regular episodes like this, it will kill it.

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Love this content

[@Jags2Riches]

Agreed, greatest shot of all time 🐐and it’s not close!

[@brooklynwino]

Watching Ray hit that shot was such a gut punch that it STILL hurts in the year 2024. Thanks, Bill for making me relive the pain!!! 😭Seriously though, love the content! Hope to see more like this!

[@Sethsters]

It was a confluence of events that will probably never be replicated and if you played it out in a simulation it would happen 1 in a million. 1. Manu goes 1/2 from the line: 2. LeBron misses 3. Despite having 4 Spurs all in the area and at least 2 of them with their hands on the ball, Miami taps it out to LeBron who hits second attempt. 3. Kawhi goes 1/2 from the line. 4. LeBron misses again. Bosh fights through traffic to secure the board, tosses it out to Ray for the corner 3 to tie. Two missed free throws and two offensive rebounds. If the Spurs get any one of those things to fall in their favor they win. Instead they went 0/4. Brutal to watch in real time and just as brutal to relive a decade later.

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Good job by you Bill!!

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I could watch this kind of content all day long

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PLEASE KEEP MAKING THIS KIND OF CONTENT

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Love this format - more please

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More of this please. Some of the best sports content I’ve seen.

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bill Simmons is such a great story teller

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This is content FOR THE PEOPLE! More of this, please.

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We love Bill Simmons ❤

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THIS IS THE CONTENT WE NEED!

[@Sethsters]

Damn you, Bill for making me relive this.

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I can't express how much I enjoy this style of content

[@lancewilliams8001]

The slow motion of ray 's shot is poetry in motion

[@g1rlchild]

As a Spurs fan... god damn it. But man, 2014, when they came back and swore vengeance -- that was sweet.

[@Moviestillbaby]

I was in Miami for that game and remember watching him score that 3 pointer at some random sports bar. Everyone went WILD. It was amazing!

[@bradantcliff740]

“Ray Allen practiced this shot thousands of times” -and has the calf muscles to prove it.

[@NoName-cn3cp]

Spurs fan. Watched this live. One of the most vivid memories I have.

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this is great. Bill's an amazing storyteller. thanks!

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He was tippie-toeing!

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Love these new commentaries!

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Jalen and bill should do the draft thing they used to do omg GRANTLAND was AMAZING

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This is great content

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Me and My dad watched live, one of those moments you dont forget

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We need more of these Bill please

[@nickcabrera3047]

As a lifelong spurs fan, I've always said Ray's shot was retribution for Bruce Bowens defense from 05 playoffs.

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Love this! Giving the vintage / greatest peaks series vibes

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I’m here for video essays! Well done

[@dablonz6852]

My two favorite Finals series of my lifetime: 2011, 2013, 2016.

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I second this, we need more of this kind of content!

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Game 6 Duncan was him turning into 1985 Kareem. He was gonna be FMVP. 5-5

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Amazing content

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I was watching and I was crushed because my cousin is the biggest Spurs fan and I wanted the Heat to win. I remember texting him "GAME 7 get ready". He texted back that he wasn't watching because he knew the Heat was going to win that game 7.

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more, more, more of this kind of stuff, the longer the better

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Bill with his arms crossed in front of Andre the Giant with his arms crossed is beautiful.

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Love this. Please make many more.

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These are great! You should do the Pedro all star game performance with russillo

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Please do more of this Bill

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This feels like grantland again love it more please!

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We need more of these

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One of the most underrated teams of all time is this SA team.

[@Vic-Vega]

How?? They won the title the very next year. 😅

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Need one of these covering the moment everything changed on The Big Pic. CR’s watershed moment. A true black swan event. It’s one of the best things to happen at The Ringer; it just is.

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More of these please!!!

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That shot was awesome

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We need more of this content

[@Riles3152]

I remember taping this game so that I could watch it after getting off work. I didn't know what happened until I got home to watch it. I was rooting like crazy for the Spurs to win because I didn't (and still don't) like LeBron or that Heat super team. Seeing the Spurs come SO close to winning the title, after CLEARLY proving to be the better team up until that last few seconds, until Ray hit that 3 to tie it, was devastating 😂. I remember telling myself after they lost and it really hit me, "I can't believe they just lost that game!!" One of the wildest NBA finals games I've ever seen, and the only team that came anywhere near as close to winning the title without actually winning it, was the 88 Pistons, In the famous sprained ankle Isiah Thomas game. Just like the Pistons, the Spurs wound up winning the title the next year, against the same team they SHOULD have beaten the year before.

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Need one of these on Game 6 Klay Thompson in OKC 2016 WCF & the Dame Lillard Buzzer Beater vs OKC

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This was fantastic!

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Bill is absolutely right. It is the greatest shot in the history of the NBA.

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"There was a moment when..."

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Really cool content by Bill

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Damn cool idea. As. a video producer this must be fun to work on.

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Hey Bill, great content.

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Finally some real content

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Even as a Lebron and Yankee fan I've enjoyed Bill Simmons articles and podcasts. He is a die hard Boston fan but keeps it real even when he is bias..

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This is awesome! Can’t wait for the Russillo one of these !

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Love this content.

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Great torture device Bill! (Spurs fan here)

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It’s just so classic Bill to still somehow give credit to the Celtics. I would expect nothing less.

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Kyle has upgraded the Tik Tok camera!!!

[@alexanderh2345]

I was visiting family down in Miami and we were watching in my uncle’s garage where he had a projector and a massive screen. When Ray Allen hit that shot I jumped up so high I almost knocked the projector off the holder it was hanging from. My uncle had to fix it real quick so we didn’t miss the last five seconds. But we were all celebrating. It was pure pandemonium in the room. Great memory. Basketball kind of died after that in a way. The league became all about three’s, woke politics, and super teams. Maybe it’ll come back around, but idk. And LeBron started acting like he was the greatest thing since sliced bread and calling himself the goat. That still belongs to MJ, but those LeBron-Heat teams were super fun to watch. I’ll remember those days fondly. I am from Denver so I’m happy with the Nuggets right now ofc 😄

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This is great 👍🏽

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FINALLY. Pre-Covid Ringer vibes 🐐

[@prashanthsarma5895]

At 10:23, I wanted to correct Bill Simmons so bad. Ray Allen actually has diagnosed OCD and has stated it helps him with is shooting.

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Greatest shot of all time

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This was the one bill! Now please do redraftables 2.0 and book of basketball video content 🙏

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Greatest shot ever.

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More of this please

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The music volume levels are too low. I feel it should ramp up at certain points but instead it just stays flat. Love this kind of content tho!

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I wish you could re edit this so that from one angle, Bill's arms are crossed like Andre and in the other angle, his fists are up like Rocky

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GREAT CONTENT!!! More more more more (to quote travis kelce)

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Love this

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Chris breaking down Neil going through the hospital in Heat opening up doors with his elbows and shit

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Allen saved his team's season with one shot.

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Bring back the NBA season preview!!!

[@MrBungle222]

As a Spurs fan, fuck you but great video. I think Sean Elliots memorial day miracle shot was better/harder to make but the stakes for Rays is unmatched.

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Great video