What if Tony Parker’s shot goes in? 2013 Game 6

Everyone remembers the Ray Allen three, but during that review Popovich subbed Duncan in, which isn’t legal since a review isn’t a dead ball. The NBA confirmed it after the fact. Duncan was on the floor for Parker’s miss at the buzzer.

If that shot falls, the Spurs win the Finals on an illegal sub.

Protests have been used in regular season games like the Heat/Hawks scorer’s table error in 2008 that got the last 51.9 seconds replayed. Knicks and Blazers both filed in 2024 and got denied, with the league basically saying the error existed but there was time to overcome it.

But those are all regular season games with an easy fix. None of them are a title-clinching Game 6 with the trophy already out and confetti falling.

So would the NBA actually undo a championship after it airs live, or does it just get buried the second the celebration starts?

210pinchespurs | Spurs

40 | 3 hours ago

Guess we’ll never know 😔

HesiPullup | Suns

11 | 3 hours ago

– Jayson Tatum

OddToba

13 | 3 hours ago

— Kanye West

Fletch71011 | Bulls

1 | 3 hours ago

Didn’t Duncan miss an easy lay in prior to the Allen 3 or am I misremembering the game? That was the bigger what if. He was visibly pissed with himself which you rarely see.

Edit: that was game 7, nevermind

https://youtu.be/JTPahCLHWpc?si=UgENmfzvitjmzYcg

Neptune28

5 | 3 hours ago

The missed layup and tip-in was Game 7. Kawhi and Ginobilli missed free throws late in Game 6 that would have sealed it.

msc49 | SAS

4 | 3 hours ago

I think thay was game 7 but yes, he got upset with himself and slapped the floor missing a shot at the rim against Battier.

Fletch71011 | Bulls

2 | 3 hours ago

Ya I found it. You NEVER see him make a mistake like that. Had to be so hard for him. Two attempts as well.

kangario

4 | an hour ago

Honestly, those look like tough shots to me. It’s not a lay up. It’s a hook shot over a really good defender in Battier. And then a tip attempt from not that close with a defender between him and the rim

Fletch71011 | Bulls

3 | an hour ago

They’re tough shots for mere mortals, but the best PF of all time does not miss those. He probably hits at least one of those 99 times out of 100.

210pinchespurs | Spurs

2 | 3 hours ago

Bro chill out I don’t wanna see that shit 😭

StrategyTop7612 | Clippers

19 | 3 hours ago

The championship would probably stand

Flimsy-Jump-8153 [OP]

9 | 3 hours ago

That’s my immediate thought. After the celebration starts there’s no way they’d snatch the trophy back La La Land style. It’s just interesting to think about as there’s no precedent

Affectionate-Art9780 | Nets

2 | an hour ago

+1 for the La La Land reference - Moonlight FTW

Imaginary-Hyena2858 | Thunder

11 | 3 hours ago

No shot in hell the NBA replays the end of a Finals game after already handing the trophy over. Would just be bad optics for the league

mkvelash

7 | 3 hours ago

Is that the series where Kawhi missed a free throw that would have put them up by 4 points?

Neptune28

14 | 3 hours ago

Both Kawhi and Ginobili missed late free throws that would have sealed the game.

HiBoobear | Suns

6 | 3 hours ago

What if Kawhi made his free throws? That’s what I remember. Idk maybe I’m misremembering though..

fisheggsoup | Jazz

3 | an hour ago

You’re not, but Manu missed his too.

HiBoobear | Suns

1 | an hour ago

I couldn’t remember exactly how it went down, but I definitely remember spurs missing free throws down the stretch. I feel like it doesn’t get mentioned enough. Mostly because of Ray Allen’s shot lol

Neptune28

7 | 3 hours ago

Would they replay the final seconds? If Parker missed and Duncan tipped it in. There’s been instances where the final seconds of a game was replayed before.

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0 | 3 hours ago

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OddToba

2 | 3 hours ago

Not true. They’ve forced a re-do after the game has ended before.

Neptune28

1 | 3 hours ago

https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=3192421

Next-Supermarket9538 | Pacers

3 | 3 hours ago

The NBA is a business so it would likely do what was in the best interests of the business. In this case I imagine that would be to sweep it under the rug like they did the early 2000s ref gambling scandal.

Ok_Explanation1697

2 | 3 hours ago

If the world is different then the world is different.

krnhydra | Rockets

2 | 3 hours ago

James Harden once made a dunk that the scorekeeper didn’t count in an overtime loss. If that game doesn’t qualify to get replayed no game ever will or should.

Neptune28

1 | 3 hours ago

https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=3192421

krnhydra | Rockets

1 | 3 hours ago

Yeah that happened way before the Harden incident under a different commissioner. Look into the Harden incident, it’s just never going to happen again.

UndercoverDimension | Heat

2 | 2 hours ago

Spurs win the title, NBA admits the mistake but it gets forgotten.. Spurs also don’t have the motivation to repeat the following year. Maybe Miami wins it over OKC in 2014, who knows but never defending a championship would be a stain on their 4 year run.

meeksybaby | Raptors

1 | 3 hours ago

They would have a celebrity boxing match. 12th man from each bench has to lace up and throw hands for their teams destiny. All sponsored by Kalshi.

cortouchka | Spurs

2 | 2 hours ago

Aron Baynes was our 12th man. Spurs win.

Yayoo_5

1 | an hour ago

VS Udonis Haslem ?

YameiHaMashiach | Trail Blazers

1 | 3 hours ago

They don’t even undo regular season games much less a championship for that reason

Neptune28

3 | 3 hours ago

They did in this case: https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=3192421

YameiHaMashiach | Trail Blazers

1 | 3 hours ago

Damn i forgot about that one. But yeah that was almost 20 years ago

HoldEm__FoldEm

2 | 3 hours ago

Yes, they have done it.

HenrikCrown | Pelicans

1 | 3 hours ago

The Spurs had an illegal man on the floor against Dallas in the playoffs too

But the Mavs won that game so it didn’t matter

2 times is too many instances especially for a “well-run” organization like the Spurs

CrazyRecording3247

1 | 3 hours ago

They brought the trophy out because they assumed it was over…there’s no way in hell they reverse or review anything of that magnitude in that moment after it’s done

mw19078 | Lakers

1 | 3 hours ago

what if my dick was neon backlit

Makaveli84 | Lakers

1 | 2 hours ago

That’s really an interesting question to ask

thy_armageddon | Knicks

1 | 2 hours ago

I imagine he still buys all the creepy life-size Marvel statues he has.

ObiOneKenobae | Knicks

1 | 2 hours ago

Tangentially related, but I feel like no one ever talks about the fact Parker was playing on a torn hamstring.

sugarfreelime | Spurs

1 | an hour ago

I would have like a solid 50 days less of being depressed

rapelbaum | Heat

1 | 21 minutes ago

They win the chip and because of the butterfly effect, Wemby would be selected by the Heat. 😁

aromatic-energy656

0 | 3 hours ago

It gets buried with promises to do better next time like how in the premier league Liverpool wrongly got a goal disallowed by VAR an they ended up losing that match cause of it

tdsjay

0 | 3 hours ago

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WildPhilosopher6171 | Knicks

1 | 3 hours ago

Kiss

ShadesNGlades

-2 | 3 hours ago

Reading way too deep into a what if homie

Flimsy-Jump-8153 [OP]

3 | 3 hours ago

It’s fun to think about, who cares

ShadesNGlades

1 | 18 minutes ago

Spurs lost. Reality wins. Now go do something productive.

OddAssembler

-3 | 3 hours ago

Imagine ‘what iffing’ about something from 13 years ago. You are mentally ill dude go seek help

HoldEm__FoldEm

5 | 3 hours ago

Uhh, this isn’t that big of a deal man. It’s just discussion.

Neptune28

1 | 3 hours ago

What if Len Bias didn’t die? Would Jordan and Bias be the rivalry?

Flimsy-Jump-8153 [OP]

1 | 3 hours ago

mfs say “seek help” over the most innocuous shit lol