Watch: Joe Johnson buries game-clinching dagger in Clippers' hearts
Iso Joe. Money. #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/PUfpYnKrPi
— NBA (@NBA) April 26, 2017
Joe. Freaking. Johnson.
The ageless wonder they call Iso Joe burned the Los Angeles Clippers for the umpteenth time in these Western Conference quarterfinals, sticking a free-throw-line jumper with under 20 seconds to play to give his Utah Jazz a two-possession lead - and, ultimately, a win - in the series' pivotal fifth game on Tuesday night.
Johnson, who also won Game 1 at the buzzer and is now 8-of-10 from the field during crunch time in the series, left Clippers owner Steve Ballmer (who'd been dancing maniacally moments earlier) looking positively catatonic.
The faces pic.twitter.com/FpXa20xST1
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) April 26, 2017
The Jazz now return home to Utah with a 3-2 lead and a chance to punch their tickets to the second round for the first time since 2010.
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