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Matt Barnes ignores coach’s pleas to call timeout, hits reckless half-court game-winner anyway

by Jake Whitacre
Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports

So what’s sillier here?

  1. Matt Barnes hitting this shot from half court, even though he had time to spare?
  2. Dave Joerger trying and failing to call a timeout before Barnes hit the shot? You can see Joerger running on the court looking for the timeout here:
Joerger 2

Either way, it somehow still worked and the Grizzlies pulled out a 93-92 win. Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.
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