5 best photos from the Mavs' buzzer-beater Game 3 win over the Spurs

The final second of Game 3 between the Dallas Mavericks and the San Antonio Spurs was an amazing reminder of why the playoffs are the most wonderful time of the year.

Regardless of the outcome of the series between the top-seeded Spurs and the No. 8 Mavs, the 109-108 win will surely go down as a Dallas favorite for a very long time.

San Antonio's Manu Ginobili gave his team a two-point lead with a driving layup with 1.9 seconds on the clock, but like most of the game - where the lead changed 18 times - nothing was a sure thing.

Vince Carter found the corner, and things got very, very loud at American Airlines Center as the triple, with less than a second on the clock, put the Mavs on top.

USA TODAY Sports' Kevin Jairaj captured the moments right after the ball left Carter's hands: