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Annoyed by the outcome of Game 1 of the 2013 Finals, LeBron James was even more so by the way Tony Parker had concluded the debates that night: a miraculous shot with the board in the last tenth of possession, after having come close to losing the ball several times and even putting one knee on the ground, to put the Heat at +4 with five seconds remaining.
LeBron James: “It was the longest possession of my life”
“I feel like it lasted forever too” admitted the Frenchman after the meeting, he who was the author of 10 of his 21 points in the last quarter. ” It was crazy. I thought I lost the ball three or four times, nothing turned out the way I wanted. In the end, I was just trying to take a shot. I felt it when the ball left my hand. I’m glad he came home. “
A shot difficult to take for the Heat, defending champion, defeated at home. But Ray Allen was going to give Spurs back the change a few days later …
