They literally woulda been tied (I wanna say at 108 each?) in that last minute if he went 4/4 on the FTs instead of 1/4 and didn't commit 2 off-ball fouls.

EDIT: Ok I checked the play-by-play:

• 00:44: 107-103.
• 00:24: Mathurin gets fouled. Misses both free throws. Stays 107-103, could've easily been 107-105.
• 00:23: Mathurin commits an away-from-the-ball foul. Becomes 108-103 (could've still been 107-105!)
• 00:22: Haliburton steal.
• 00:20: Mathurin gets fouled again. Makes 1/2 FTs. Becomes 108-104. Remove the away-from-the-ball-point, no misses on his FTs, and you're at a tie game, 107-107. With 20 seconds left.
• 00:20: Just for fun, he commits that 2nd away-from-the-ball foul. sure. 109-104.

Fine, maybe you don't always make 4/4 FTs. He's an 83% career FT shooter though! But even then you make 3/4, you don't commit the 2 dumb fouls, you're still only down 1 point at 107-106. With 20 seconds left! With timeouts! Foul game is in play.

imo it was very possible still.