The crowd had been revived. The energy had been restored. The building shook. The Dallas Mavericks were shaken.
“Let’s Go Lakers!”... “Let’s Go Lakers.”
With one minute left in a roaring comeback for the ages Wednesday night, the Lakers were on the verge of overcoming a 20-point fourth quarter deficit for their finest moment of the young season.
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They grabbed a two-point lead. They grabbed the ball. They had stolen a victory.
And everything went dumb.
LeBron James, amazing again with 16 points in the final dozen minutes, clanked a foolish three-point shot.