Twitter erupts after Anunoby's game-winner saves Raptors' season
OG Anunoby's miraculous buzzer-beater to give the Toronto Raptors a victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals put the Twitter machine into high gear.
By hitting the shot after Kyle Lowry's cross-court inbounds pass with 0.5 seconds remaining, Anunoby had just a little time to spare to avoid a longtime NBA rule.
OG had a whole .2 seconds to beat the Trent Tucker rule. Easy.
— Eric Nordquist (@madproducer1) September 4, 2020
OG Winner x Titanic. 🎶❄️#WeTheNorth #NBA pic.twitter.com/lwkERDkLCe
— Tim and Sid (@timandsid) September 4, 2020
14,000,605 realities with only one outcome in which the @Raptors win and OG saves the series. pic.twitter.com/RlJmJ1vJkr
— J.E. Skeets (@jeskeets) September 4, 2020
The shot injected new life into the Raptors. Rather than going down 3-0, they climbed back into the series.
The Celtics: “We’re about to go up 3-0!!!”
— #RingerNBA (@ringernba) September 4, 2020
OG and the Raptors: pic.twitter.com/gtudmU9oyz
Live look at the Raptors pic.twitter.com/J3YXiFcPCj
— 929ESPN (@929espn) September 4, 2020
Then there's the general demeanor of the cool, stoic Anunoby.
Raptors season on the line.
— Faizal Khamisa (@SNFaizalKhamisa) September 4, 2020
OG Anunoby:pic.twitter.com/aKFlLvIKuk
“It was cool.” - OG pic.twitter.com/Nh9TF5gPGo
— Nelson Campana (@nelcam) September 4, 2020
OG after literally the biggest shot of the #Raptors season pic.twitter.com/vf1hbmdIAh
— Candace Buckner (@CandaceDBuckner) September 4, 2020
Lowry, as usual, was the star of the reaction shot.
"Mentally I'm here" pic.twitter.com/pUkNOxmOGi
— ESPN (@espn) September 4, 2020
Kyle Lowry looked directly at the camera & smiled like a ‘90s sitcom intro pic.twitter.com/FHb18qHPAo
— Christopher Hudspeth (@CEHudspeth) September 4, 2020