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The perfect bitter loss.
Except for 0-2, the Los Angeles Clippers led EVERY SECOND of the game last night UNTIL the Minnesota Timberwolves tied it with a three pointer at what turned out to be (with a .6 second correction) 1.5 seconds remaining. This three pointer AT THE BUZZER won it.
(Courtesy of friend Barret, our seats were far below this camera and midcourt. Friend Brandon, a Clippers fan from Minnesota, couldn’t lose.)
I feel the agony of Clipper fans, but as a Knick fan, the “perfect bitter loss,” will ALWAYS be 6’10” Charles Smith not dunking in Game 5 of the ’93 playoffs against the Jordan/Pippen Bulls. Tied 2-2 in the series, but down 95-94 with seconds left, Smith has the ball under the basket and…
He. Kept. Trying. To. Lay. It. In.
“Smith, stripped, Smith stopped, Smith Stopped again!”
Oh, the humanity.
An outcome most Clippers fans are quite accustomed to.