Rasheed Wallace Forces OT
Posted on March 27th, 2007 by
Sick shot, totally reminds me of the Chauncey Billups half court lob against the Nets in the playoffs a few years ago to force OT.
Flip Saunders was trying to stay optimistic.
He turned out to be a prophet.
With his Detroit Pistons facing what appeared to be an impossible deficit, Saunders tried to give them a last-second pep talk.
“I told them that strange things happen,” the Pistons’ coach said. “We might as well try to get something crazy.”
Did they ever.
Rasheed Wallace scooped up a loose ball and hit a 60-foot buzzer- beater to force overtime, then added another key 3 to help the Pistons defeat the Denver Nuggets 113-109 Monday.
The Nuggets appeared to have the game won as they prepared to inbound the ball at midcourt with a 98-95 lead and 1.5 seconds to play.
Marcus Camby’s short pass, though, was tipped by Tayshaun Prince, and Wallace threw up a desperation two-handed set shot that banked in as the buzzer sounded.
“We shoot those all the time before the game,” Wallace said. “This one went in, but it isn’t like it won a championship or anything.”
Wallace tried to claim that he called the bank shot, but was drowned out by the jeers of his teammates.
“OK, I’m lying about that,” he said with a laugh. “But I’ll take it either way.”
