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Billy Donovan hilariously plays dumb about final play (Video)

May 2, 2016 by Larry Brown • Comments
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If postgame press conferences were a game of poker, the chips would have been pushed all-in on Billy Donovan because the OKC Thunder head coach was so clearly bluffing with one of his answers.

All anyone could talk about after the Oklahoma City Thunder escaped with a 98-97 victory over the San Antonio Spurs was the incredibly wild ending, which included Dion Waiters pushing Manu Ginobili; Ginobili stepping on the out of bounds line; Russell Westbrook having his jersey grabbed; and a Spurs fan holding Steven Adams’ arm. There were so many angles to that nutty play there’s no way someone who watched the game — much less coached in it — wouldn’t know what you were talking about.

Yet that’s exactly what Donovan tried to convince the media of:

Billy Donovan would make a great politician pic.twitter.com/re94FY9kPD

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) May 3, 2016

C’mon, Donovan. Who do you think is actually buying that?

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