As bad as the last couple possessions looked, I also attribute it to good coaching and good defense.
Everyone knew Butler was trying to throw to halfcourt and call timeout. How many times is that easily done....but Gonzaga actually defended it and forced a timeout and then a catch (60 feet away from the basket) and travel.
Gonzaga's inbounds was bad but they also had no timeouts so a 5-sec call would have been even worse. He threw it up to a guy with a significant height advantage and the guy just got completely outmuscled. It bordered on a foul with a little push at the end.
In all honestly before that final shot was probably a foul. A lot of contact produced by the offensive player to make room for the shot. But of course neither of those is gonna get called esp in a situation like that.
What a game and what a win.
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