It’s Game 6 of the NBA Finals. With eight seconds left, your team leads by three with a chance to win the title. Time winding down, the opposing team heaves up an attempt from beyond the arc. They miss—but miraculously come up with the rebound. The clock now at 5.2, they kick it back out to the corner and try again. This time, it goes in, leading to an eventual OT loss for your team and a Game 7 failure two days later.
In other words: Your team choked.
Such was the case for San Antonio Spurs fans after Ray Allen hit arguably the greatest shot of all time in 2013, winning LeBron James and the Miami Heat their second championship in as many years.