vadim sharifijanov
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i'm not talking about just when momentum shifted in a series. i'm talking about when something happened in a competitive series and one team literally didn't win again, or when everything was going right for one team and it completely shifted to the other team for the rest of the series.
for those who watch basketball, we just saw this in the NBA finals. at the end of game 1, with the game tied and the lebrons on the verge of stealing away home court advantage, george hill clangs a free throw that would have given them the lead, then after grabbing the rebound, j.r. smith thinks they're ahead and instead of calling for a timeout, runs out the clock while lebron screams at him. golden state blew the cavs away in overtime, en route to a fairly uncompetitive sweep. shades of nick anderson bricking four straight free throws and karmic payback for draymond green punching lebron in the nuts.
i just finally watched the 1993 habs documentary so these two are clear in my head:
game 2, 1993 finals. kings up 1-0 after gretzky scored all four points in game one. they call illegal stick on marty mcsorley, desjardins scores his second of the game on the PP. desjardins scores again in OT, habs also win the next three.
but here's another one that i had no memory of. pre-game warm up, game 3. hextall tries to do his usual pre-game routine at center ice but montreal goon mario roberge won't let him cross center ice. according to several habs players in the doc, hextall was rattled for the rest of the series. habs win four straight, the rest is history.
the weirdest thing about this? according to h-r, roberge didn't even play in game 3. in fact, he only played in three games that entire playoffs. a sports illustrated article from '93 corroborates what the documentary showed though.
which ones do you remember? throw me all of your aaron rome references, i can handle it.
for those who watch basketball, we just saw this in the NBA finals. at the end of game 1, with the game tied and the lebrons on the verge of stealing away home court advantage, george hill clangs a free throw that would have given them the lead, then after grabbing the rebound, j.r. smith thinks they're ahead and instead of calling for a timeout, runs out the clock while lebron screams at him. golden state blew the cavs away in overtime, en route to a fairly uncompetitive sweep. shades of nick anderson bricking four straight free throws and karmic payback for draymond green punching lebron in the nuts.
i just finally watched the 1993 habs documentary so these two are clear in my head:
game 2, 1993 finals. kings up 1-0 after gretzky scored all four points in game one. they call illegal stick on marty mcsorley, desjardins scores his second of the game on the PP. desjardins scores again in OT, habs also win the next three.
but here's another one that i had no memory of. pre-game warm up, game 3. hextall tries to do his usual pre-game routine at center ice but montreal goon mario roberge won't let him cross center ice. according to several habs players in the doc, hextall was rattled for the rest of the series. habs win four straight, the rest is history.
the weirdest thing about this? according to h-r, roberge didn't even play in game 3. in fact, he only played in three games that entire playoffs. a sports illustrated article from '93 corroborates what the documentary showed though.
which ones do you remember? throw me all of your aaron rome references, i can handle it.