San Antonio Spurs 96, Phoenix Suns 110: A Dragic death from 15 feet
by Jesse Blanchard



AT&T CENTER–The night belonged to Goran Dragic, but the story of his momentous fourth quarter started long before he hit his first three-pointer. It began in the first half when working with an 18-point lead, the San Antonio Spurs needed only 15 feet of rope to hang themselves.

Mirroring Game 2, the San Antonio Spurs gave a dominant first quarter performance that they failed to sustain. The moment Manu Ginobili’s step back jumper ended the first half to give the Spurs a fragile six-point lead instead of the large double-digit advantage they once held, the game was over.

From that point on, there were any number of inevitable story lines the Phoenix Suns could have written in taking a commanding 3-0 lead in the series, Dragic was merely the vessel through which they were carried out.

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