{"id":61428,"date":"2025-05-28T12:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T12:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/61428\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T12:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T12:15:13","slug":"ray-allen-had-cold-response-when-asked-about-his-epic-game-6-three-pointer-for-miami-heat-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/61428\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray Allen had cold response when asked about his epic Game 6 three-pointer for Miami Heat in 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How NBA legend Ray Allen felt when he nailed his iconic Game 6 three-pointer for the Miami Heat.<\/p>\n

From 2011 to 2014, the Miami Heat<\/a> made four straight NBA Finals, thanks to the Big 3 of LeBron James<\/a>, Dwyane Wade<\/a>, and Chris Bosh<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, aside from the trio, the Heat were also home to some talented role players<\/a>, including NBA legend Ray Allen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Allen, the 10x All-Star has one of the most iconic shots to his name in NBA history during Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"SanPhoto by Kevin C. Cox\/Getty ImagesRay Allen on his epic Game 6 three-point shot<\/p>\n

Allen\u2019s three-pointer had huge consequences as to this date<\/a>, fans believe if it wasn\u2019t for that shot, the Heat would have lost the 2013 NBA Finals.<\/p>\n

But what did Allen think of his shot? Well, he revealed his thoughts on it during the postgame conference of Game 6 in 2013.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s tough, but believe it or not, I work on it quite often. I try to put my body in precarious situations coming from different parts of the floor, different angles to try to get my momentum going, moving forward,\u201d Allen said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI honestly can say I gave myself a great opportunity, a great chance to make that shot. And it wasn\u2019t unfamiliar to me positionally.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it went in, I was ecstatic. But at the same time, I was expecting to make it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Allen\u2019s confidence was evident in his skills<\/a> as he wasn\u2019t nervous despite the chance of winning the ring on the line.<\/p>\n

What made Ray Allen attempt the three-pointer<\/p>\n

Prior to Allen\u2019s three-pointer, the Heat were down 95-92 with less than 20 seconds left on the clock. Considering the Spurs already held a 3-2 lead in the series, losing the game would have meant getting sent home for the Heat.<\/p>\n

Keeping that in mind, nothing less than a three-pointer would have sufficed for the team and Allen was well aware of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need a three. Two points isn\u2019t going to cut it. So my mental checklist is really to have my legs ready and underneath me, so when the ball comes, if it comes, I was ready to go in the air,\u201d Allen continued<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo that\u2019s pretty much \u2013 once I get my legs there, I let the ball go. I\u2019m going to give myself the best chance to make it,\u201d the 2x NBA champ concluded.<\/p>\n

After Allen\u2019s game-tying three-pointer, the Heat registered a 103-100 OT win over the Spurs. They finished the job in Game 7 as Miami won back-to-back NBA Championships.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How NBA legend Ray Allen felt when he nailed his iconic Game 6 three-pointer for the Miami Heat.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3778],"tags":[7,1409,144,295,189,3881,6,4106,1131],"class_list":{"0":"post-61428","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-heat","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-eastern-conference","10":"tag-heat","11":"tag-miami","12":"tag-miami-heat","13":"tag-miamiheat","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-nba-legends","16":"tag-ray-allen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114585411832344476","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}