One of the best games of the season was a millisecond or two from reaching immortality status, but the Boston Celtics will gladly take it.
The Celtics defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 110-107 on Saturday in a back-and-forth game that ended up tied with 5.9 seconds remaining. It was Boston ball and the team predictably opted to put the final shot in Jayson Tatum's hands.
Tatum hit a 3-pointer to put the Celtics up 3 with 1.3 seconds left. The Sixers had no timeouts left, so they soon inbounded the ball to Joel Embiid, who dribbled once then threw a three-quarter-court heave that somehow went in.