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November 08, 2002
unbelievable..
i think i just witnessed the most unbelievable basketball play this season..
so the wiz played host to the shaq-less lakers tonite and played a good game. they were cruisin to an easy win w/ a double-digit lead in the 4th. then, as they always do the lakers made a run..
thanks to two missed free throws by an errant jordan, the purple-and-gold finally seize the lead for the first time w/ 2.9 secs left on a frickin horry 3-pter (show me a non-laker fan who actually likes horry)! un-frickin-leviable..
so now everyone is thinkin one of two things:
1) jordans gettin the ball..
2) damn, the lakers won again..
wutever the case though--and of course no disrespect to basketball-god--it surely seemed to be a laker victory..
and then, the unbelievable took place..
stackhouse inbounds the ball to bryon russell, who settin a screen immediately dumps it off to a streakin stackhouse who then rises for the uncontested and buzzer-beatin DUNK!!
DUNK??!! at the BUZZER?? are you kiddin me?? who tries that??
if it were me, i wouldve laid it in. get the ball out of my hands. two-point-nine seconds!! was it good? did the buzzer go off?
yeah, the ball was clearly thru the hoop before the clock went out and so the wiz walk away w/ a gasp of relief..
esp mj. cuz he couldve been the goat of the game. although he was hot all game--firin turnaround-fadeaway after turnaround-fadeaway--he shanked two-of-four free throws down the stretch. in fact, he WAS the goat--which is a good thing cuz now he will make sure it doesnt happen again..
anyways, that play isnt that crazy. as a matter of fact, its very well-designed and ive seen it before. remember, jordans most famous shot at the buzzer? at cleveland. oh craig ehlo. pumpin fist and scissor kick in the air afterwards..
well, the possession leadin to that shot by the cavs was ehlo inboundin, then immediately runnin in for the easy lay-in. funny thing is, it was doug collins who was coachin the bulls back then--mustve taken notes that nite..
anyways, tonite the play worked for three reasons (wut, am i tryin to replace bill waltons job as an analyst now?):
1) jordan cuz he was the decoy who set a post-screen for..
2) russell catchin the inbounds (russells gonna take the shot??) so..
3) stackhouse could run to the basket uncontested after inboundin..
stack was probly stupid for actually dunkin it cuz 9 out of 10 times it wouldve been too late. but tonite, hes the hero..
and im glad--teach that jordan-guy to hit his free throws..
Posted by cpaik at November 8, 2002 11:22 PM
Comments
dood...that game was freaking insane...i coudln't believe the sequence of events...do u kno another time when a dunk won a game?...remember 98-99 duke vs cincy?...i think kenyon martine dunked it home to beat us that game...the only other loss we had besides the uconn final...how sad
Posted by: joe at November 9, 2002 01:45 AM
Chars, I was going to echo what Joe said. Dont you remember that Duke/Cincy game during our senior year? If memory serves me correctly, it was one out of two games Duke lost that year. The first was Cincy in Alaska and the 2nd, we drove a total of 25 hours to watch.
In any case, all I remember is that Ely was the inbounder. So with about 3 seconds left, he inbounded the ball martin, who then passed it back to Ely for the give and go. In the process Trajan langdon(who else would help us lose a big game?!?? BTW, he's also playing in Italy now) lost him and then Ely summarily dunked it for the easy win. Almost exactly like tonight's finish.
Posted by: Alpo at November 9, 2002 02:43 AM
stack just wanted to make the fans like you even more nervous about the last shot. haha...
hope all's well
Posted by: mungmungdog at November 10, 2002 12:36 AM
Best post yet. I don't watch or follow basketball, but I feel like I was still there with ya!
Posted by: chris at November 11, 2002 09:33 PM
What about J. Williams recent performance? Hey, how cool is this, my friends have been season ticket holders to the Bulls (even through the really nasty years) and are gonna let me go to a game...great seats, so excited! Oh yea, thanks for being such a faithful xanga pal, you're the only one who gives me eprops!
Posted by: secret agent at November 11, 2002 10:32 PM