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"He said if he was going to go down, he was going to go down in Larry Bird's jersey," Oklahoma County District Judge Ray Elliott said Wednesday. "We accommodated his request and he was just as happy as he could be.

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According to an interview with Jordan Snipes, the actual plan wasn't to heave the ball. The score was tied with a few seconds left and the other team on the free throw line. They were assuming that the free throw would go in and that they'd be down 90-89, but the shot misses. They plan they had wasn't taking into consideration what they'd do if they missed so he got a little frazzled and the only thing he could think to do with the ball was to grab it and hurl it full court down to the basket.

Here's the footage of that shot (Windows Media Player):
http://wm.gannett.speedera.net/wm.gannett/...uperbbshot1.wmv

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Just as long as the Lakers do not win or anything like that.


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