Chris Paul's last-ditch, stigma-shattering moment against the Spurs deserves a deep rewind
“Chris Paul can’t win big games,” is a sentiment that haunted Chris Paul from his time as a baby-faced Hornet all the way until his robustly-bearded Clipper years. His inability to lead the Clippers to a conference finals allowed the critics to go off, and keep going off.
And while the opening round of the playoffs doesn’t, on its own, grant access to the conference finals, the 2015 Clippers-Spurs series provided Paul with a chance to prove that those critics wrong.
A seeding system that has since been scrapped gave us perhaps the best opening round ever. The Spurs and Clippers were separated by just one game. It was a series of veterans with a proven track record (Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili) vs. young guns getting desperate to win together (Blake Griffin, Chris Paul, DeAndre Jordan). It was old knees (Duncan, Parker, Ginobili) vs. young knees (Griffin, Paul, Jordan). It was the confident reigning champs Spurs vs. the “we have good regular seasons” Clippers.
And what do you know, the series went down to game seven. The final moments of game seven, in fact. It was time for Chris Paul to win a big game, or cement his legacy of coming up short.
Let’s rewind.
Written and produced by: Clara Morris
Directed and Edited by: Joe Ali
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Can we punch people in Seattle in the gut with a "What happened to the Supersonics" before the OKC story?
It might not be long ago enough, but Mike Hughes’ kick six in the UCF vs USF 2017 game
I would love to see a deep rewind of the 2002 world cup final with Oliver Kahn fumbling the ball after Rivaldo's shot and Ronaldo opening the score for the Brazilian 5th title... There's so much highs and lows in one single moment.. Oliver Kahn historic run as a goalkeeper being named the best world cup player, the underappreciated Rivaldo being once again the unsung hero and Ronaldo going from the risk of retirement after his serious knee injuries to the top of the world and the redemption after the 1998 world cup fiasco in the final against France.
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can someone explain why the commissioner of the nba had to approve the chris paul trade?
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Please do a deep rewind of the Shot Raptors-Philadelphia!!
The Chris Paul untitled will be excellent
Duncan had 5 rings at this point
Btw the Clippers lost to the spurs. Manu hit a buzzer beater
I just know Secret Base HATES the Suprs hahaha there is not a single good rewinder for the Spurs. And there will probably be a collapse someday.
He is still overrated
This lady sounds like bart Simpson
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Damn this voice is annoying. Only the main guy makes these videos good
C'mon are you guys hating on the Spurs? 0.4 then this? Why not make a video about Tim Duncan's uncredited quadruple double or how he never won a DPOY award despite anchoring majority of the best defensive teams of all time. You also didn't state the fact that a 39 year old Duncan was dominating both DJ and Blake this series. Also this wasn't as significant as other events in NBA History. Why can't you make videos on if TD didn't get injured in 2000 then The Lakers might not have a championship or when from 2003-2007, Spurs should have won 5 if not for a 0.4 shot or a Manu foul on Dirk in game 7. Haters!
I don't know if it's fair to call this shot "stigma-shattering" considering they would go on to blow a 3-1 lead against the Rockets in the next round, meaning they still never made it past the 2nd round lol.
If u think the Spurs hack a DJ was bad, watch DJ and Dwight Howard in a free throw shooting contest in the second round
He makes the shot
Or do it on dame's buzzer beater against the thunder
Do a rewind on kwahi's buzzer beater against the sixers
So this channel used to be sb nation right
I remember this game it was the same night as that Floyd and pac man fight
did blake injure himself there?
They need to find a new female to read these. The one they have reading doesn’t intrigue the ears.
The underlying problem: Doc Rivers
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Well it’s time for the Flippers to move back to San Diego
If only the NBA wasn't owned by China
This Kawhi guy seems promising
We just gonna ignore seeing Blake Griffin going for a dunk and hitting the ground immediately after that buzzer 🤣
Do a rewinder on the Danny green shot
Shoutout to Blake for almost breaking his neck with that putback attempt
I kinda think the embrace of Duncan afterwards was even more memorable. Even though I dislike the Clippers, seeing CP3s emotions come out in that moment was something heartwarming
Well done Claire (sp?). ESPN quality
Imagine if Chris Paul missed and Blake griffin got a series winning putback 😂
this wasn't a moment in history. the clips still never won a second round. the next series they blew a 3-1 lead. they even did the same thing this year.
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This was one of the better rewinds I've seen in a while. PS Clara's voice is giving me Bart Simpson vibes "EAT MY SHORTS"
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clara morris' voice is annoying
Is this being narrated by a little boy? Serious question.
Biggest choker in modern NBA history. Something about CP3 that rubs folks the wrong way
I believe Blake was out the rest of the playoffs after trying to do that nonexistent putback.
Why do you guys hate my Spurs? Every rewinder with them, ends with them taking an L lol
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Seeing Aaron Baynes and not seeing a big deal about him made me concerned for a second
I love this Video but garbage ending...
After Paul hit the shot the Spurs called their final timeout to draw up a play. As they were inbounding the buzzer mysteriously went off resulting in them showing their play without a timeout to draw up another one. The only tome I’ve seen that happen in an NBA game in crunch time.
You did amazing with the whole setup!
Division winners no longer determine seed FWIW
Freaking awesome video my favourite player
I remember this was the night of Mayweather vs Pacquiao and my friends and I went to pick up the pizza where they were actually showing this game... good thing pizza was delayed cus we stuck around for the few minutes and went crazy when CP3 hit this layup the Pizza Hut employees were probably thinking wtf is wrong with these kids but that was an unforgettable sports night
And then we blew a 3-1 lead to Josh Smith and the Houston Rockets good times :(
"Everyone was glad he was alive" dont do my mans danny green like that 😂😂
I always thought this was a woman's voice but apparently just a small Mexican man 👨 Edit: sorry "height challenged hispanic male" Edit edit: my bad "vertically challenged latinx person of color"
That was only five seasons ago? It feels like forever ago, especially now with Kawhi Leonard now on the Clippers and Lob City completely gone (CP3 traded, Blake traded, DJ leaving in FA).
Why is Boris drinking a beer at 3;38
Probably the greatest first round series in NBA playoff history!
I mean they still didn’t prove themselves, they lost the next series in sad fashion
You REALLY need to do a deep rewind on Maradona's Hand of God goal....
You could do Fresno State winning the 2008 College World Series and Miracle on Ice as well.
MLB: 2004 ALCS (Red Sox vs. Yankees, Game 4, 5, or 7) 2004 NLCS (Astros vs. Cardinals, Game 5 or 6) 2004 NLDS (Astros vs. Braves, Game 4) 2006 ALCS (A's vs. Tigers, Game 4) 2007 Colorado Rockies NL Pennant run 2008 Tampa Bay Rays AL Pennant run 2015 ALDS (Rangers vs. Blue Jays, Game 5)
NBA: 1995 ECSF (Pacers vs. Knicks, Game 1 or 7) 1997 WCF (Rockets vs. Jazz, Game 6) 1998 ECF (Pacers vs. Bulls, Game 4) Memorial Day Miracle 2002 WCF (Lakers vs. Kings, Game 4 or 5) 2006 ECQF (Wizards vs. Cavaliers, Game 5 or 6) 2006 WCQF (Lakers vs. Suns, Game 4) **2007 ECF (Cavaliers vs. Pistons, Game 5) 2009 ECF (Magic vs. Cavaliers, Game 2) *2011 Finals (Mavericks vs. Heat, Game 2)
College basketball: Gonzaga vs. Florida, 1999 West Regional Semifinal George Mason vs. Connecticut, 2006 Washington D.C. Regional Final Kentucky vs. Duke, 1992 East Regional Final 1993 National Championship Game 2008 National Championship Game Gonzaga vs. UCLA, 2006 Oakland Regional Semifinal
NFL: '98 NFC Championship Game (ATL vs. MIN, Gary Anderson's miss) '02 NFC Championship Game (TB vs. PHI, Ronde Barber's pick six to close out Veterans Stadium) '04 AFC Divisional (NYJ vs. PIT, Doug Brien misses 2 GW FGs) '06 AFC Championship Game (NE vs. IND, Colts finally beat Patriots in playoffs) River City Relay followed by missed XP (NO vs. JAC, week 16, 2003) Bottlegate (JAC vs. CLE, week 15, 2001) Minneapolis Miracle
Annoying ass voice
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I love these videos a lot but I hate that they end the second whatever the video's about happens. Would love to see a bit more of the final play/the reactions, whatever. But great work as always!
Hmm, so hitting one game winner in the first round makes up for all the other choke jobs? Well, for the Clippers it's really all you can hope for.
Man sadly clippers choked and lose to the rockets next series after this one
Do Maradona's Hand of God in tribute to him
Didn't Blake get injured off of that last rebound attempt?
Back in the day Donald Sterling would have been a hippie
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I just wanna be the 1000th comment
CP3 is too good to win a title. It might sound crazy but he's a monster but he's short. Short players need a balanced team to lead. If it wasn't so blatantly obvious that he was the best player on his teams he'd probably have had a chance to win it all
And then they blow a 3-1 lead the next round lol
C'mon Secret Base, give us Spurs fans some non-painful content! .4, T-Mac's comeback, game 6 and now this. It hurts guys, give us at least the Ginobili block on Harden, the Horry shot in game 5 of the 2005 finals, Duncan's clutch takeover in overtime of game 6 in the 14 WCF, I'll even take the Horry hip check in 2007! Just give us something!
This was better then the Mayweather fight
Amazing video.
7:03 "Everyone is glad that he was alive". I see what you did there, you're not slick 😭😭😭
If the Spurs won that series. Golden state might have lose WCF Vs the Spurs and probably have back to back champion.
I saw this live
I want the other narrator
I fcking hate remembering those fcking injuries!
This was an amazing video! This was an amazing series!
I hope I am not the only one who cries watching a basketball video.
"A fistful of rings, thumbs don't count." Am I wrong, or did the Spurs in fact win a fifth ring sometime in the late 90s?
This is what its like as a spur fan, either going to finals or getting upset
"GOOD HE GOT IT" *Breaking news, Clippers star Blake Griffin has died after trying to secure a basket and then falling to the ground.
CP3 committed an offensive foul to get that game-winning basket over Duncan, but as they say, if the refs don't call it, it's not a foul.
Blake griffin Clippers GOAT 🐐
Your voice sounds sped up lmao
do a video about matadona's "god hand"
This is too political. Saying Donald Sterling is super racist is bullshit. He's moderately racist.
Beef history: Chris Paul vs all of his former teammates.
Have y’all made one for Ron artest’s 3 against the Celtics? If not we need one on that
Idea for vídeo: since Maradona recently past away, make a rewinder of his goal against England in 86
Cp3 is a loser though. And he kissed a tone of games in the olayoffs through injuries
Moral of the story: play Chris Paul when he's hurt
Obvious that this woman doesn’t like Chris Paul