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Grizzlies defeat Magic to win 2015 Orlando Pro Summer League Championship

By John Denton, OrlandoMagic.com

Orlando Magic White, a team full of free-agent and Development League hopefuls, saw its dream of a perfect week and an unlikely championship come to an end in heartbreaking, sudden-death fashion on Friday.

When point guard Russ Smith flipped in an off-balanced, left-handed hook shot in the second overtime period it gave Memphis a 75-73 defeat of Magic White and the championship of the Southwest Airlines Orlando Pro Summer League.

Per league rules, games that go into a second overtime period are decided in sudden-death fashion. Smith, one of the standouts for the week for his fearless play, improvised on the game-winner and converted the shot over the outstretched arm of 6-foot-11 center Keith Benson.