DubsVault resurfaced clip
- DubsVault posted the final seconds of Game 3 from the 2015 Western Conference first round. - The clip attracted large engagement on social, drawing hundreds of thousands of views. - Fans are resurfacing the moment as one of the crazier clutch shots in recent playoff memory. (x.com)
A 2015 playoff ending is back in circulation because it captured Stephen Curry missing once, getting the ball back, and tying Game 3 from the corner with 2.8 seconds left. (espn.com) The play came on April 23, 2015, in New Orleans, with Golden State down three after Anthony Davis split two free throws with 9.6 seconds remaining. Marreese Speights grabbed Curry’s first miss and kicked it back out before Curry fired over multiple defenders. (nba.com) That shot tied the score at 106-106, forced overtime, and finished a 20-point fourth-quarter comeback. Golden State won 123-119 and moved ahead 3-0 in the first-round series. (espn.com) Curry finished with 40 points, seven made 3-pointers and nine assists in 43:51, while Klay Thompson added 28 points and Draymond Green had 17 rebounds. Golden State outscored New Orleans 39-19 in the fourth quarter and 15-11 in overtime. (basketball-reference.com) The sequence keeps resurfacing because it landed near the start of the Warriors’ title run under first-year coach Steve Kerr. Two nights later, Golden State completed a four-game sweep and advanced to the Western Conference semifinals. (nba.com) That postseason ended with the Warriors beating Cleveland 4-2 in the National Basketball Association Finals for the franchise’s first championship in 40 years. Kerr later said that first-round series helped convince the roster that “this is now” rather than a future project. (basketball-reference.com) (nba.com) The original moment was chaotic even before the replay loop turned it into a social-media staple. Steve Kerr said after the game the shot was “as good as it gets,” and ESPN’s recap noted Golden State had previously been 0-358 in shot-clock-era games when trailing by 20 to start the fourth quarter. (espn.com) The clip’s appeal is that the possession contains two endings in one: a miss that looked decisive, then a second chance that changed the game anyway. Eleven years later, the replay still ends with the same image — Curry in the left corner, release high, defenders closing late. (sportsillustrated.com)
