Bill Simmons on Ray Allen's Clutch Shot in the 2013 Finals | Ringer Moments | The Ringer
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- Join Ringer founder Bill Simmons as he recounts being in the building for Ray Allen's 3-pointer that changed the NBA forever.
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It's awesome and absolutely ripe for self-parody later
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That’s why they did it.
@@theringertY for recognizing Jokic… The guy deserves more.
Give me Bill in front of a camera taking about great moments in sports ALL DAY.
Kyle turn the CZcams camera on!!
I mean Ben!
It’s feeling like 2019 again
Only took 3 years to bounce back from Covid
I don’t get it
@@danielroth3714 the content that this channel produced during 2019 was so good and similar to this.
Make the ringer great again
my thoughts exactly. zoom era was not the best time for the ringer
wow, that's a genuinely amazing photo of Bill at 9:04. if that were me i'd have that framed lol
Yeah, that pic is cold
I had the EXACT thought bro 💯🔥
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. 😅
CZcams is having a moment House!
it just is!
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.
bro yes
Dude I'm so excited for these
Too bad the rest suck. 🤷😆
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!
Those comment sections were poorly moderated, and devolved into a cesspool for politics and racist tirades... I for one don't miss it.
@@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.
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.
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
this is your SB50 for seahawks fans lol
Yup. What a numb feeling.
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.
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.
@@Sethsters man… that sounds like such a nice core memory for you guys 👏
The CZcams camera piece!
Please god please make more content like this. This is similar to what people started reading, watching and listening to Grantland/The Ringer for.
Nobody from ESPN showed this much love for the NBA like Bill Simmons
Finally, Bill decides to make videos!
4 minutes in and this is FANTASTIC. Will be the biggest basketball channel on the site if this continues! Classic Bill
Agreed, greatest shot of all time 🐐and it’s not close!
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.
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.
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!
He was tippie-toeing!
As a Spurs fan... god damn it.
But man, 2014, when they came back and swore vengeance -- that was sweet.
Love this. Please make many more.
Love this content
Good job by you Bill!!
Love these new commentaries!
Love this format - more please
PLEASE KEEP MAKING THIS KIND OF CONTENT
this is great. Bill's an amazing storyteller. thanks!
Amazing content
I love all Ringer content. This is awesome. I love the picture of Bill squatting down in the stands watching the play.
Bill with his arms crossed in front of Andre the Giant with his arms crossed is beautiful.
We need more of these Bill please
As a lifelong spurs fan, I've always said Ray's shot was retribution for Bruce Bowens defense from 05 playoffs.
I can't express how much I enjoy this style of content
We need more of these
I second this, we need more of this kind of content!
Game 6 Duncan was him turning into 1985 Kareem. He was gonna be FMVP. 5-5
More of these please!!!
THIS IS THE CONTENT WE NEED!
This is great content
We love Bill Simmons ❤
This was fantastic!
Love this content.
More of this please. Some of the best sports content I’ve seen.
"There was a moment when..."
We need more of this content
Great video
“Ray Allen practiced this shot thousands of times” -and has the calf muscles to prove it.
Damn you, Bill for making me relive this.
That shot was awesome
Love this
Please do more of this Bill
more, more, more of this kind of stuff, the longer the better
bill Simmons is such a great story teller
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.
Kyle has upgraded the Tik Tok camera!!!
Hey Bill, great content.
Love this! Giving the vintage / greatest peaks series vibes
The slow motion of ray 's shot is poetry in motion
Really cool content by Bill
When Ray Allen saved LeBron's legacy.
more of this pls :D
The Pacers took the 2013 Heatles team to a Game 7 in the ECF. They were that good. Killer D and barely enough scoring. But I remember cursing Roy Hibbert for not having worked on his post game enough.
And yes the Spurs blew it in 13. Pop took Duncan out, Bosh got the rebound and hit Ray right in his pocket while he's moonwalking.
And yes, Duncan had a better career than Kobe.
Its close they have the same number of rings Duncan has more MVPs and finals MVP but Kobe is higher on the all time points list and averaged More points. They are neck and neck in all NBA selections
This is great 👍🏽
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!
More of this please
Spurs fan. Watched this live. One of the most vivid memories I have.
These are great! You should do the Pedro all star game performance with russillo
Me and My dad watched live, one of those moments you dont forget
Damn cool idea. As. a video producer this must be fun to work on.
More of this content!
Finally some real content
Greatest shot of all time
Cool idea for a series!
Push this stuff more 💯💯💯💯
One of the most underrated teams of all time is this SA team.
How?? They won the title the very next year. 😅
My two favorite Finals series of my lifetime: 2011, 2013, 2016.
GREAT CONTENT!!! More more more more (to quote travis kelce)
This is awesome!
Can’t wait for the Russillo one of these !
Great torture device Bill! (Spurs fan here)
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 😄
Need one of these on Game 6 Klay Thompson in OKC 2016 WCF & the Dame Lillard Buzzer Beater vs OKC
This feels like grantland again love it more please!
Greatest shot ever.
This was the one bill! Now please do redraftables 2.0 and book of basketball video content 🙏
Bring back the NBA season preview!!!
FINALLY. Pre-Covid Ringer vibes 🐐
Allen saved his team's season with one shot.
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!
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.
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.
As heartbreaking as the shot was as a Spurs fan, the 2014 ass kicking was a better redemption.
Painful if you're a Spurs fan -- still. Only going back and watching the 2014 Finals highlights makes it feel better. Spurs dynasty under Tim has had some monumental setbacks/low moments: season-ending injury for Tim in 2000, Fisher's .04 shot, the phantom Manu foul on Dirk, being up 2-0 on the Thunder in 12, and this, as Bill Simmons calls it, the greatest shot in NBA Finals history. I'll throw in the CP3 runner in 15, the Zasa cheap shot on Kawhi too even if it's post-TD. But damn if the Spurs aren't a resilient franchise. It's just undeniable.
Manu's was not a phantom foul lol
@@GarlicOasisI know, there’s literally 5 different pictures of Manu’s hand on Dirk’s wrist as he’s putting the ball in the hoop
And yet, your franchise wound up being able to draft 3 of the greatest big men in the history of the NBA in 3 different decades with the #1 pick (Robinson, Duncan and (potentially) Wemby)
Y'all have had some incredible fortune over the years.
"Phantom Foul," he said...😅😂🤣☠️
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.
This rules
Bill is absolutely right. It is the greatest shot in the history of the NBA.
Man this is the basketbal content we need, not another jordan/bron/kobe out of context take
Jalen and bill should do the draft thing they used to do omg GRANTLAND was AMAZING
That was a 3 by the greatest shooter at this point in history. She shortest highest percentage from the corner. It tied the game wit 5 secs left. Spurs has plenty of time and a WHOLE GAME to overcome that. People act like udonis hit a turnaround fadeaway from half court in game 7 to win the series n save Born legacy. Bron hit the game 7 shot 1v1 vs klaw the best wing defender peakwise in history