Basketball is a fast-paced, energetic game where the score can change in favor of either team in a matter of moments (possibly multiple times). In the end of an even game, those of weaker natures faint and those of tougher natures at least tremble with their knees.
With the final siren, a kick from half court and the ball miraculously falls into the basket. Scoreboard shows three points for the lucky team and the score changes in their favor. Crowd goes wild (or falls to the floor). Histories like this are written on scoreboards all over the world.
The following chapters feature six endings to games that have shaped the history of the world’s most famous basketball competition – the American NBA. Enjoy!
It is amazing how long a single second can sometimes be. Both players and spectators who witnessed the fifth Western Conference semifinal game in 2004, when the San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Lakers squared off, could talk.
With the Spurs leading 2-0 after two at home, and the Lakers falling behind 2-1 in the third game of the series on their home floor, the Spurs fell just short in the fourth meeting. Four-tenths of a second before the final buzzer, Tim Duncan put the ball in the visitors’ basket and San Antonio led 73-72, however Los Angeles managed to turn the score in the remaining time.
Hero of the last minute of the fourth game of the series was Derek Fisher. Thanks to his goal, Los Angeles managed to equalize the score 2:2, and having won the next two games, they moved on to the Western Conference Finals, where they beat Minnesota 4:2. In the NBA Finals, however, they failed to beat Detroit.
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