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Kevin Durant’s Last Free Throw Was A Good Idea With Poor Execution

It's probably a good thing there was pretty much no time left. This is all irrelevant, but watching Kevin Durant's second free throw, after Steve Blake missed on the other end, effectively ending the Lakers' changes, was pretty great. The free throw wasn't great. But the visuals were.

His first attempt looked normal and was nothing but net. This gave the Thunder a two-point lead. And then there's the second free throw...

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Pretty obvious he’s trying to miss on purpose. But ... woopsiedoodle. Gotta hit rim. I guess it was a swish, at least!

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