Now that’s what it’s about. That. The last 3 seconds of Gonzaga-UCLA or, indeed, all, because it was a refined basketball game, back and forth, back and forth, much better than anyone expected, and now this shot …a 40-foot bench shot, not far from midfield, Lordy! – raised it into something even bigger, an all-timer, a game you will remember as long as you breathe.
Really. I know it sounds like the kind of overcooked hyperbole I said after watching a phenomenal last-minute, championship-winning shot, but I’m afraid that blow might be true.
It was so good. Watch him now if you haven’t seen him before. I’ll wait here.
Did you scream in your TV room? Of course you screamed. The shout sounds different in Westwood. It sounded different in Spokane. But it was a scream.