KEVIN DURANT'S LAST SECOND SHOT FINISHES THE TORONTO RAPTORS IN DOUBLE OT - ALL-MET ELITE

KEVIN DURANT'S

LAST SECOND SHOT

 FINISHES

THE

 TORONTO RAPTORS

IN

DOUBLE OT 

 ALL-MET ELITE

MONTROSE CHRISTIAN HS.

ROCKVILLE MD.

Thunder forward Kevin Durant hit a game-winning three-pointer with 1.7 seconds left in double overtime to defeat the Raptors 119-118 in Toronto on Friday.


The shot capped a wild game full of disputed calls and pushed Durant over the 50-point mark for the second time this season. The five-time All-Star finished with 51 points (on 15-for-32 shooting), 12 rebounds and seven assists in 52 minutes against the Raptors. He had seven points in the decisive double overtime period.


“We couldn’t go another overtime,” Durant told reporters afterwards. “I had to live with whatever happened. You had to get out of there. I wasn’t trying to go to another overtime. I pulled up for it, it looked good when it left my hands and God guided that thing to the basket, man. That was the craziest game I’ve ever been a part of.”


As the clock ticked down under five seconds, Durant dribbled to his left, creating a little space to set up a deep three-pointer. The 31-footer swished home with less than two seconds remaining, silencing the Air Canada Centre crowd and drawing a happy headlock from teammate Serge Ibaka.


The NBA’s scoring leader became the first player in the last five seasons to score at least 50 points twice in the same season. Back in January, Durant hit for a career-high 54 points against the Warriors. The last players to crack 50 points twice in the same year? Cleveland’s LeBron James and Miami’s Dwyane Wade, who each scored 50-plus points three times during the 2008-09 season.


The last player to match Durant’s stat line of 51 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists was Bulls legend Michael Jordan, who tallied 54 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists in a loss to the Lakers on Nov. 20, 1992.