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Video: Pau Gasol blocks Ray Allen to save victory

Los Angeles Lakers Pau Gasol drives between Boston Celtics Brandon Bass and Celtics Jermaine O'Neal in the first half of their NBA basketball game at TD Garden in Boston

Los Angeles Lakers Pau Gasol (C) drives between Boston Celtics Brandon Bass (L) and Celtics Jermaine O’Neal in the first half of their NBA basketball game at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts February 9, 2012. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL)

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Don’t you get the feeling Pau Gasol wants to yell, “who is soft now?” after this.

Both Allen and Gasol made the smart play here. Often when a game-winning shots — and Paul Pierce got off a shot he can make — players stand around and watch. Allen got in position to make the play and Gasol didn’t quit on it. Smart veterans, those two.

For fun, here’s maybe the play’s biggest highlight, and should be used in ads for German knee procedures.

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