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As Paul Pierce's last second shot went through the net, all the two and a half hours of anxiety and cautious excitement saw its reaper. An overtime in a Game 6 on someone else's home floor after playing well enough to have control of the game surely meant more disaster and a likely, knife-twisting anticipation to do it all again in Game 7.
As Hawks fans, shoot, Atlanta fans, we've seen plenty of celebrations on our home floors and they seldom included the home team. We've watched Astros and Magic, Bulls and 49ers and so many others all dance around on our fields and courts, sending us to next year and right back into will-we-ever negativity and sadness.