That's why I said probably. I'm not saying it wasn't important. It could have changed the outcome, but we still could have won despite the miss. There were 39 seconds left after the miss. We could have got a defensive stop and then scored again to tie or lead. So my point is, you can't put the loss on that one play.
It would have been more memorable if it was a last-second or even last-possession shot. But it wasn't. There were still two possessions after that.
And, as others have pointed out, it never should have come to that anyway. If you had to point to one play that decided the series, Game 6 end of regulation would be it. Actually there were several events in those 28 seconds that were more important than the Duncan miss: Ginobili missed FT, Leonard missed FT, Diaw replaces Duncan, not intentionally fouling, two offensive rebounds given up, Ray Allen 3.
Put the loss on any of those before you put it on the Duncan miss.


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