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Если бы сегодняшнюю игру Portland “Trail Blazers” проиграла, то пятая игра в серии playoffs, которая будет играться в понедельник, была бы чисто формальной. Вряд ли Dallas “Mavericks” упустила бы победу.

И, если честно, то сегодня, после третьей двенадцатиминутки, вряд ли кто-то в Портланде верил, что игру можно выиграть.

Кроме вот этого парня.

Он один и выиграл эту игру. Несмотря на то, что баскетбол — игра командная.

There were 20,357 in attendance at the Rose Garden on Saturday. Ten years from now, there will be 50,000 saying they were there. That’s how big this was.

It was crazy. I’d say it was unbelievable, but that doesn’t do it justice. I called the game on TV, and can’t wait to go back and watch it just to see what the heck I was saying. I really don’t remember.

It was only the third time in the shot-clock era that an NBA team came from 18+ down, enterting a fourth quarter, and won a playoff game. You know you’ve done something special when you start tossing out terms like “in the shot-clock era.” Yes, it was also the largest fourth-quarter comback in Trail Blazers playoff history.

We’ve seen big comebacks before. Sometimes you can feel them coming. This one? Sorry. Admit it. You didn’t see this coming. Not this way. Not on this day.

Полностью.