SAN ANTONIO — J’Wan Roberts extended his hands. Settle down, he begged.
Yes, this was impossible.
Yes, this whole swirling, bizarre night was on the verge of alchemy.
Yes, this was about to be the night that Houston pulled off a comeback so stunning, so jarring, that it will take everyone — specifically those souls in Durham, N.C. — a lifetime to sort out.
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But settle down, Mr. Roberts said. A 23-year-old man, Roberts arrived at this moment with all appropriate prefaces. He spent the previous two hours trying to stay in front of Cooper Flagg’s deep bag of spins and crossovers. He spent the entirety of this season working endlessly on his
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