<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Bryn-Forbes-Michael-Redd-Ray-Allen-Buc-ks.jpg"></figure><h1>Ray Allen, Michael Redd, and Bryn Forbes? Historic shooting night lands him team record</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-03-11T21:32:45-08:00">March 11th, 9:32pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-03-11T21:32:45-08:00">March 11th, 9:32pm</time><address><a>Dijo Songco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Move over Ray Allen and Michael Redd, there’s a new sharpshooter for the Milwaukee Bucks in the name of Bryn Forbes. The Bucks reserve guard lit it up against the New York Knicks on Thursday with a historic shooting night to outdo Allen and Redd. Forbes erupted for 21 points in 18 minutes off the bench and didn’t even miss a shot from long distance.</p><p>Forbes was automatic from downtown and was 7-of-7 from three-point country in the Bucks’ 134-101 blowout rout of the Knicks. According to the <a href="https://twitter.com/Bucks/status/1370225285287849985">Bucks’ Twitter account</a>, this made the 27-year-old Forbes as the only player in Bucks history to knock down seven three-pointers without a miss.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Most 3's in Bucks history without a miss. <a href="https://t.co/xMn2pl4Ayw" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/xMn2pl4Ayw</a></p><p>— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bucks/status/1370225285287849985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 12, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Forbes did end up missing two shots from the field that put a dent on what would’ve been an immaculate shooting performance.</p><p>After spending his first four years in the NBA under the tutelage of Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs, Forbes has become an impact player for the Bucks this season as they try to contend for an NBA title. So far, Forbes has been a dependable option off the bench and has even made it to the Bucks’ starting lineup six times in less than 40 games so far.</p><p>The streak-shooting Forbes has been hitting at a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/bryn-forbes/a9990911/stats">career-best 46.7 percent from long distance</a> this season before their game against the Knicks, and that was certainly in full display on Thursday.</p><p>The Bucks have been looking for shooters to spread the floor and help Giannis Antetokounmpo operate and they’ve certainly found a gem with Bryn Forbes in their roster.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Ray Allen, Michael Redd, and Bryn Forbes? Historic shooting night lands him team record

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image_2021-03-04_234047.png"></figure><h1>Ray Allen gets into NBA cards game flexing epic purchase, card maker reacts</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-03-04T07:22:57-08:00">March 4th, 7:22am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-03-04T07:42:45-08:00">March 4th, 7:42am</time><address><a>Julio Luis Munar</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cards</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Getting a Logoman card signed by your favorite player is definitely the dream for any collector. The card itself, which is already a thing of beauty, is made even more valuable by an on-card autograph, especially if it’s done by a Hall of Fame-level star. </p><p>That dream recently came to life. In this case, it isn’t just any run-of-the-mill card enthusiast who snagged a monstrous banger. In fact, it’s the person on the card itself – <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/ray-allen/3684">NBA legend Ray Allen.</a></p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="instagram-media"><div style="padding: 16px;"><p> </p><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div><div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div><div style="padding-top: 8px;"><div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 14px;"><div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 20px; width: 20px;"></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"></div><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 144px;"></div></div><p> </p><p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CL5hKgGBni_/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" rel="noopener" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A post shared by Ray Allen (@trayfour)</a></p></div></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>That dream recently came to life. In this case, it isn’t just any run-of-the-mill card enthusiast who snagged a monstrous banger. In fact, it’s the person on the card itself – NBA Legend Ray Allen.</p><p>In an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CL5hKgGBni_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link">Instagram post</a>, Allen showcases his newly-acquired 2004-05 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual NBA Logo Autograph card. It features Allen, his former teammate with the Milwaukee Bucks, Michael Redd, and both of their signatures inscribed onto the card. At the center are two NBA Logoman patches from their game-used jerseys to complete the look of this exquisite item.</p><p>In the caption, Allen thanked Fifth Down Sports Cards for making this deal possible while giving a shoutout to Redd. He also added that trading cards are a great way to reminisce his past as a basketball player, which is forever immortalized in the card he just obtained.</p><p>In a perfect twist of fate, the card’s designer would end up thanking both Allen and Fifth Down Sports Cards in the same IG post. Karvin Cheung explained that during his time designing the card, he never expected that Allen was going to be one of the stars on it. He added that seeing his work making its way to Allen after 15 years is a dream come true.</p><figure><img src="https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/60406918b421e3027042c647/1170x1170/178cac4dd79bc6920d97d85a59762dc7/image.jpeg.jpg"></figure><p>This goes to show that in spite of the massive heights this hobby has reached, there will always be room for a feel-good story to happen anytime. It won’t be too long now before other big names in the NBA join the hobby, as Allen recently has.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Ray Allen gets into NBA cards game flexing epic purchase, card maker reacts

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/image_2021-02-28_223545.png"></figure><h1>Ray Allen speaks out on desire to bring back the Seattle SuperSonics</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-02-28T06:43:53-08:00">February 28th, 6:43am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-02-28T06:43:53-08:00">February 28th, 6:43am</time><address><a>Benedetto Vitale</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Seattle SuperSonics<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/roster"> became t</a>he Oklahoma City Thunder back in 2008, but there’s always been much clamor to bring back the historic franchise. Several athletes are chomping at the bit to potentially becoming part-owners, with Ray Allen being one of them.</p><p>Allen is considered to be one of the best three-point shooters of all time. He played for the Sonics from 2002 through 2007. Afterward, he played for the Boston Celtics where he joining Kevin Garnett, Paul Peirce, and Rajon Rondo then played for the Miami Heat with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh. By the end of his career, Allen walked away winning a championship with both organizations.</p><p>Now, six years into his retirement, it seems <a href="https://landonbuford.com/2021/02/27/ray-allen-joins-long-list-of-athletes-interested-in-owning-a-stake-in-seattle-supersonics/">Allen is ready to become an owner of an NBA franchise</a>:</p><blockquote>“I would love for Seattle to have a team, and I would love to be part of the ownership. When I left Seattle in 07, so many were disenchanted with the ownership, and the one thing that I told them was, this is something people all over the world in any city with a sports team. People were upset with the then owners, and I told them, listen,I wear Seattle on my chest, but I only wear it for a brief time. When I leave, this is your city. You always have to fight for your city, for your team, and the pride of what it is. You cannot lose a sports team in your city because it is a community resource. As an adult you have your frustrations and things that piss you off the dynamics, the politics, but we do things for the kids.”</blockquote><p>Seattle is notoriously known for being a city with a hardcore fanbase. When the Sonics moved to Oklahoma City, it came as a major shock to Sonics fans. With momentum being built on potentially reviving the Sonics franchise, it’s possible fans get their team back sometime in the future. Having Ray Allen lead the way could be exactly what needs to happen to make this come to fruition.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Ray Allen speaks out on desire to bring back the Seattle SuperSonics

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Lakers-news-The-real-reason-Ray-Allen-Kobe-Bryant-never-talked-trash-to-each-other-Thumbnail.jpg"></figure><h1>The real reason Ray Allen, Lakers legend Kobe Bryant never talked trash to each other</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-02-10T06:28:03-08:00">February 10th, 6:28am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-02-10T06:28:43-08:00">February 10th, 6:28am</time><address><a>Jeremy Chua</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Former NBA veteran Ray Allen reminisced on his playing days seven years after he decided to hang up his sneakers. Allen went on to share insights on his encounters with late Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant as a member of the Boston Celtics from 2007 to 2012.</p><p>Despite the countless battles, the two players never went at each other and only showed respect on and off the floor. Allen admitted as much:</p><blockquote>“Honestly, no. Between me and Kobe, there wasn’t any trash-talking. There was a mutual respect. The trash-talking just never happened between us,” Allen said via <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-great-ray-allen-talks-kobe-bryant-nets-big-three-and-pedicures-with-lebron-james/">CBS Sports</a>.</blockquote><p>The longstanding rivalry between the Celtics and Lakers was rekindled when Allen joined Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett back in 2007 to form the pioneering Big Three of the modern era.</p><p>At the same time, Bryant was also in his prime as an established star of the Lakers. The two teams met in the 2008 NBA Finals, where the Celtics won a 4-2 series victory over the Lakers, with Pierce winning Finals MVP after KG won Defensive Player of the Year in the regular season.</p><p>The two teams crossed paths on the championship stage once more in the 2009-10 season. Bryant and his Lakers squad avenged their previous loss and emerged victorious against their rival with a 4-3 series win. The Purple and Gold snagged their second consecutive title as Bryant was named Finals MVP.</p><p>Allen and Kobe unfortunately never faced each other in the NBA Finals again, but the legendary sharpshooter did win one more NBA title. After packing his bags to join LeBron James and the Miami Heat in 2012, Allen played a key role in the Heat’s 2013 title run, with everybody remembering <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-lebron-james-still-calls-ray-allen-to-thank-him-for-hitting-clutch-shot-in-2013-nba-finals/" rel="noopener">his epic clutch shot</a> in Game 6 of the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs. Miami wound up winning in seven games.</p><p>At the end of the day, Ray Allen’s story about Kobe Bryant shows how both of them had the utmost respect for each other despite being rivals on the floor.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

The real reason Ray Allen, Lakers legend Kobe Bryant never talked trash to each other

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Lakers-LeBron-James-Heat-Ray-Allen.jpg"></figure><h1>Lakers star LeBron James still calls Ray Allen to thank him for hitting clutch shot in 2013 NBA Finals</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-02-09T13:49:18-08:00">February 9th, 1:49pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-02-09T13:49:52-08:00">February 9th, 1:49pm</time><address><a>Skyler Carlin</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>LeBron James is still dominating at 36 years old for the Los Angeles Lakers, but he still remembers the shot that won him his second NBA title. While speaking about James’ remarkable play this season, Ray Allen revealed that James and Erik Spoelstra <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-great-ray-allen-talks-kobe-bryant-nets-big-three-and-pedicures-with-lebron-james/">still call him to thank him</a> for hitting the clutch three-point shot in the 2013 NBA Finals.</p><blockquote>“Oh yeah, they do. They definitely do. And I owe them a debt of gratitude for accepting me into the fold. They already had a championship environment, and to welcome me in to help them get to the next level, that’s what true winners do. They always continue to find ways to win by any means necessary. They’re always willing to learn and get better. There hasn’t been a year that’s gone by where either one of them hasn’t mentioned 2013 to me. They’re always grateful for my input.”</blockquote><p>Back in 2013, the Miami Heat had a remarkable roster that was led by the trio of LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh. In Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs, the Heat were facing elimination.</p><p>After a clutch three-point shot by James, Miami was down 94-92 with nearly 20 seconds remaining. Kawhi Leonard would then go to the free-throw line for San Antonio, making one of his free-throw attempts, leaving the door open for a game-tying shot.</p><p>LeBron James would then proceed to attempt the game-tying three, only for him to miss and Bosh to grab the offensive rebound. Bosh would find Ray Allen making his way to the corner and Allen would <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-video-ray-allen-rewatches-clutch-performance-2013-finals-family-reacts/">force the game into overtime</a> with five seconds remaining as they were beginning to bring out the Larry O’Brien Trophy.</p><p>The Heat would win the series and James would win Finals MVP for his efforts against the Spurs. Despite Allen not being a prominent starter on Miami’s roster that season, LeBron James realizes how big of a role he played in him winning one of his four NBA titles.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2013-14 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
9.6	2.8	2.0	0.1	0.7

2013-14 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
9.6	2.8	2.0	0.1	0.7