Tonight I was witness, in my opinion, to one of the most amazing finishes in NBA history. Two teams who combined have won the NBA championship for the past 5 years, the LA Lakers and the San Antonio Spurs are tied in the West Semifinals series 2 - 2. The Lakers blew a 16 point lead in the 4th and managed to stay up by 1 with less than 5 seconds left, Tim Duncan gets double teamed and throws up an shot, and I swear he didn’t even look at the hoop, from just behind the foul line and nails it. Spurs up by one with 0.4 (that’s point four) seconds left in the game. Spurs win right? Not so fast. Gary Fisher threw up one of the most amazing game winning shots I’ve ever seen, and in one of the biggest games (in my opinion) of the 2004 playoffs. I yelled so loud my throat still hurts.
I think Shaq summed it up the best in his post game interview, when asked, “What do you make of this amazing finish?” Shaq replies, “One lucky shot deserves another.”