Heart-Stopping Finale: Thunder vs Cavaliers | Last 3:47 Madness | October 27, 2023

Alexander here in the second half, a little bit of pressure goes a long way. Benefests, jazzy with the Cavaliers if needed, Mitchell clears himself, he's got it. Yes, come off the pit, square your shoulders to the target, knock it down. 38 for number 45, Colgren, in toward Mobley, lost it momentarily, missed the shot, Mobley held his ground, grabs the rebound, the Cavs have the basketball, they enjoy an eight-point lead. The defense, the defense, the defense, stepping up when it has to. Mitchell directs traffic, he wants a Levert screen, he wants to be guarded by Giddey, now he gives to Levert who's wide open. Three to go. Giddey, it's the three baseline, Struess is there, Struess cuts him off, Giddey tries it again, that time he throws it off the side of the backboard and hits Struess in the face. Max appears no worse for the wear, he hit two big threes early in this fourth quarter. There you see the turnover disparity, big reason why the Cavs have this eight-point lead. Closed the door defensively, that doesn't hurt either. Donovan Mitchell now has another 40-point gain. You can see he's focused on every shot now, he's getting his legs under, shoulders to the target, knocking it down. Gilchrist Alexander inside as that knocked away and out of bounds. Mitchell finished last regular season with four straight 40- Shea's hot. Notably, Gilchrist Alexander has not taken a free throw all night. Last season, he shot the third most in the entire NBA, nearly 11 a game, he shot him at 90% as once again Levert's there, he knocked it away. Shea Gilchrist Alexander gets it back, feeds Dort for a wide open three and Dort makes no mistake. Boy, that's a huge, huge shot. Here as we close toward the two-minute mark, Dort cuts the Cavalier lead to seven. Yeah, that was a shot that they sorely needed because if it didn't go down, Cavs really would have been in an advantageous position. Dort extends now on Mitchell, Mitchell to the basket, Mobley with the follow, Cavaliers 1-0-2, Thunder 93. Understanding what's going on on the floor, so important, Mobley knew exactly what to do and follows it up and throws the hammer down. Gilchrist Alexander cans another three, two for two for long range, 32 points, 11 rebounds for the all-NBA first-teamer. 100 seconds to go. Yeah, he's a gamer. The Cavs are trying to slam the door here. Mitchell draws a double, finds Mobley, Mobley twists in toward Holmgren, knocked him back and draws the foul. Not only get the challenge, they get the basketball here and in a two-possession game, it's Cavs 1-0-2, Thunder 96. Thunder pick up a big possession right here. Williams, finds Joe, Joe to the foul line, back to Williams. They say the threes are the one thing you cannot give up. Wade, Mobley, Levert and Struess make up the Cavalier five, lobbed into Evan Mobley. Mobley's guarded by Holmgren, Struess runs through, takes the pass, missed the shot, he got knocked down, back on the Thunder, they can tie with a three. Holmgren, got it. Oh my goodness. Clutch shot after clutch shot from long range by the Thunder and we're tied at 1-0-2. Wow, boy, it is amazing. Cavs now got to dig down deep. Mitchell into the forecourt, the Thunder have executed a 12-2 run. Mitchell bothered by Doherty, threw it away, picked off by Williams. The Thunder have hit their last four threes here down the stretch. Around the horn, Dork drives, pushed it up, he gets it to go. Lou Gorda has given the Thunder the lead and the Cavs will use their last timeout. Niang to trigger, the Cavs are out of timeouts, Mitchell has to come and get it. Once again, he's watched by Dork. Mitchell pulls up, tough shot, grabbed by Holmgren, Mobley going for a foul as he tried to take it away. It's a really difficult team to handle as Gady to trigger, finally gets it in to Gilgis Alexander. The Cavs trap, looking to knock it away. Oh my goodness, a lot of contact is waiting. It could have been a foul. Cavs another steal, Williams into the backcourt. Acoro goes after him and there's the foul. The two possession games. Mitchell stops, fires a three and hits. Six seconds left, it's a one-point game. Again, the Cavs will go for a quick steal and a foul. Marc Digno again takes a timeout. He finds Gilgis Alexander who gets tangled up and a foul is called. He makes it a two-point game. George Niang re-enters, another long distance threat. Remember, the Cavs have to go the length of the court here without a timeout at their disposal. Cooley makes both. Niang, baseball's one ahead for Levert. Levert off to Mitchell. Mitchell into the forecourt and it knocked away. Mitchell goes down, he's favoring a leg.