Speaking of LeBron's buzzer beater for the win tonight (Only his second of career), I suddenly thought of what happened in 2004 with the Lakers and the Spurs in game 5 of the WCSF.
Lakers up by one. tim Duncan Scores with 0.8 left on the clock, which was incorrectly allowed to tick down to 0.4. See the replay below, it is clear. Then Derek Fisher hits the game winner.
There is also this short version, filmed by a fan. I like it because you can hear the crowd groan when he makes it. Evil, aren't I?
Similarities and differences. Two game changing shots in the last second. However, if Duncan misses his shot, Spurs lose. If Turkoglu misses his with one second left, it's overtime. Clock will run out while ball bounces out.
LeBron's shot kept them from going down 0-2 and headed to Orlando. Fisher's shot kept the Lakers from going down 3-2. I still like the Lakers chances to win that series, game 6 is in LA, and the Lakers had solved the Spurs by collapsing on Parker and Duncan. Lakers had let a big lead get away. I have seen plenty of delusional Spurs fans say the shot was illegal, it wasn't. They also claim they win the series with the Lakers, and go on to win a title. Sorry, no one would have beaten Detroit that year. So LeBron's shot may turn out to be a bigger one than Fisher's, depending on the outcome of that series. Either way, it was hype for the NBA, "Where Amazing Happens". 4 close games, with 3 last second shots to win or tie. Only one did the trick.
I'll look for a video of the two shots tonight later. However, the Nuggets and Magic are for real. So are the Lakers and Cavs, and now the burden is on them to prove it.