READ MORE:<\/strong> AFL star cops long suspension at marathon hearing<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Ricciardo caught in middle as F1 rule drama erupts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Wallabies icon slams 'soft' Melbourne forwards<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n After the Mavericks took the lead on PJ Washington's dunk with less than three seconds left, the Cavs, out of timeouts, inbounded the ball to Evan Mobley, who passed it back to Strus – whose barrage of four threes in a span of 67 seconds down the stretch brought Cleveland back from a 10 point deficit.<\/p>\n Strus then took a dribble before launching his shot from well beyond midcourt.<\/p>\n As it swished through the net, Strus was tackled to the floor by his celebrating teammates as the home crowd erupted.<\/p>\n Strus said he knew it was good from the moment it left his hand.<\/p>\n "The last five felt pretty good," he said.<\/p>\n "I felt a rhythm and it's fun when you do that. Every time I shot it, I felt like it was going in, and it was. Same with the last one."<\/p>\n Donovan Mitchell scored 31 points, Strus added 21 and Jarrett Allen 19 for the Cavs, who improved to 12-3 since January 26 following a win many of them will long remember.<\/p>\n "Man, just to see it go through, especially what he did for us in the fourth, it had to be him, too," Mitchell said.<\/p>\n "You dream of a shot like that. So for him to get that after what he did for us, the whole fourth quarter, man."<\/p>\n Strus said the play wasn't designed but just unfolded.<\/p>\n "Don (Mitchell) wasn't in the game so somebody else had to do it," he joked.<\/p>\n According to Basketball Reference, Strus' sensational shot is the second longest game winner in the three point era (1979-80).<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1762687501200728317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n Devonte Graham made an 18.5m shot for New Orleans to beat Oklahoma City in 2021.<\/p>\n Truth be told, Strus wasn't all that impressed by his heave.<\/p>\n He made an even longer game winning shot in college.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1762677974107578722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n "Yeah, at my Division II school I made a three quarter court shot to win the game," he said.<\/p>\n Luka Doncic had 45 points and 14 assists a day before turning 25 for the Mavericks.<\/p>\n Kyrie Irving added 30 for Dallas, which lost for just the second time in 10 games.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/TasMelas\/status\/1762664181298299106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n "Incredible shot. That was just an incredible shot," Doncic said.<\/p>\n "It was my fault, I should have pressed forward (on Strus). I thought we played a good game, but that was rough, obviously."<\/p>\n Doncic added nine rebounds, finishing one shy of his 11th triple double.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByTimReynolds\/status\/1762667375059489175?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n With Doncic making a three pointer, Dallas reeled off 10 straight points to take a 108-98 lead with less than five minutes left.<\/p>\n The Mavericks were still up by double digits when Strus got hot, making four threes in just over a minute to pull the Cavs within 113-112.<\/p>\n "That two minute span was intense for us," said Irving, who made the biggest shot in Cleveland history in game seven of the 2016 NBA Finals.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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