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NBA. N othing B ut A mazing. The Scene. It’s 1993, Game 7 of the second round playoffs between the Houston Rockets and the Seattle Supersonics. The game goes into overtime. With 13.6 seconds left, Houston has the ball and trails by only one point….

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  1. NBA Nothing But Amazing

  2. The Scene • It’s 1993, Game 7 of the second round playoffs between the Houston Rockets and the Seattle Supersonics. • The game goes into overtime. With 13.6 seconds left, Houston has the ball and trails by only one point…

  3. Rockets are inbounding, and everyone knows the ball is eventually headed to Hakeem Olajuwon.

  4. The strangest ending in NBA playoff history? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEGvKVNoJ8E&t=16m50s

  5. Not so amazing? • Let’s back up and watch closer….

  6. As you can see, there are five Rockets players on the court. Which makes sense. This is basketball.

  7. The ball is inbounded and the clock starts running.

  8. Naturally, the Rockets work it in to Hakeem as quickly as they can.

  9. But Hakeem gets trapped, and he kicks it back out. However, something strange also happens here. Something very, very strange.

  10. A Rockets player comes onto the court. From the bench. A sixth player. And nobody notices.

  11. The player is a little-used bench guy named Winston Garland — #22.

  12. As the Rockets' attempted game-winner bricks off the rim, Garland is actually not that far away from rebounding position. A slight change in the bounce of the ball and he could've had the rebound.

  13. HE EVEN PROTESTS THE OUT-OF-BOUNDS CALL. Dude! You're not even supposed to be in the game! Don't draw attention to yourself!

  14. Why'd Garland do it? He told Strauss: • “I was just trying to will us to win. Whatever we needed to do, whether it was cheering or helping up a teammate. That was my goal, probably, that was my purpose in walking on the floor.”

  15. Watch it again - The strangest ending in NBA playoff history? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEGvKVNoJ8E&t=16m50s

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