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Watch: McConnell tackles Ibaka to prevent game-winner

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports / Reuters

T.J. McConnell momentarily lost his mind.

In an all-out effort to prevent a game-winning layup in the dying seconds of a tied game, McConnell tackled Orlando Magic power forward Serge Ibaka with a dangerous drag-down under the net.

Ibaka stayed down for a while before getting up to drill the go-ahead free throws earned from McConnell's flagrant-1 foul.

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