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After Trade, George Hill Apologized to Cavs for Missed Free Throw in NBA Finals

George Hill played just a total of 56 games in a Cleveland Cavaliers uniform, but his time with the team featured one of the most infamous sequences in NBA history.

And that's something that has stayed with him even as he leaves town.

On Friday, the Cavs traded Hill to the Milwaukee Bucks in a three-team deal that included 2016 NBA champion Matthew Dellavedova returning to Cleveland. As he said goodbye to the Cavs, Hill extended an apology, via The Athletic's Joe Vardon, for missing a potential game-winning free throw against the Golden State Warriors at the end of Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals:

"Sorry I couldn't get it done when I was here for the Finals, missing that free throw, but it's nothing but love.