A day prior to Game 3 of the NBA Finals, Wayne Pratt took the ball in his hands from an inbounds pass, took a couple of dribbles, gathered the ball and lofted a jumper from well behind the three-point line of the left wing — calling “game” snappily after his opponent yelled “he ain't gonna do it” — and watching the ball fall swiftly through the net, the same way his son, Kevin Durant, would a day later in the biggest stage of them all.

Pratt celebrated as his opponents watched in despair after daring to doubt the 2014 MVP's father in a clutch situation.

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Come Wednesday night, it wasn't a four-on-four with lazy defense or the high-school measurements of a pick-up game at Bowie Sports Fit's gym; rather the spotlight of a jam-packed Quicken Loans Arena, down two points with 45 seconds to go, when his son buried an identical three-point dagger that silenced the crowd in attendance and is considered to date the biggest shot of his 10-year NBA career.

Coincidence? — Maybe.

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But there's something to be said about the clutch gene running in the family and Durant's pull-up game is just as deadly as his father's.

From gym rat to NBA superstar, the willingness to take the big shot at the biggest stage hasn't changed a bit for the Golden State Warriors forward, heading into Game 4 with a commanding 3-0 lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers and much more to prove in his overall legacy than local bragging rights at an open gym.