TBT

It’s April 27th, 2014. Liverpool is playing against Chelsea at Anfield, and they’re on an 11-win streak. At the moment, Liverpool is 1st on the table with 5 points ahead of the 2nd placed Chelsea. Only three games until the end of the season, and Liverpool is the favorite to win the Premier League title since 1990. Liverpool fans believe that their wait for the title will finally be over in a matter of weeks. 

The referee blows the whistle, and the game begins. From the start of the game, Chelsea plays relentlessly and stalls the game by wasting time on set-pieces. Tension rises as minutes pass by, and something unexpected happens at the end of the first half. 

Liverpool’s captain, Steven Gerrard, fails to control the ball after a pass from Mamadou Sakho and slips. The ball rolls to Chelsea’s striker Demba Ba, who has a clear path to Liverpool’s goal. Even though Gerrard does his best to stop the Senegalese striker, Ba manages to put the ball past Simon Mignolet in front of the Kop. The fans can’t believe what they just saw. Liverpool did their best to get back into the game, but Chelsea beat them 0-2. 

Unfortunately, the club from Merseyside ended the 2013/14 season in second place, and the now-infamous Gerrard slip proved quite costly for them.  

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It’s June 19th, 2016. Game 7 of the NBA Finals series is played between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Cavs, led by Lebron James, look to win their first-ever NBA championship. Meanwhile, the Warriors and the “Splash Brothers” could win back-to-back titles after finishing the regular season with a record for the most wins in history (73-9).  

The game is tied at 89:89. With 1:56 left on the clock, Kyrie Irving misses a floater, and Iguodala rebounds the ball and starts the Warriors’ fast break. The only Cavs player who can stop the fast break is J.R. Smith, who starts running fast toward his basket. 

Lebron stands beside the Warriors’ bench and starts running after Iguodala and Curry, who are on the left side of the court. Iguodala passes the half of the court and makes a pass to Curry, who gives the ball back to Iguodala by making a bounce pass. 

Then, Iguodala gets past J.R. Smith and goes in the air. Iguodala does a double pump before releasing the ball for a layup. However, Lebron has other plans as he chases down Iguodala, soares into the air, and makes a game-defining block. This Lebron’s block is undoubtedly one of the greatest defensive plays in the history of basketball. 

Game 7 ends with 93:89 in favor of the Cavaliers.  

The Cavs and Lebron James did the unthinkable by defeating the seemingly invincible Golden State Warriors in a seven-game thriller, winning the franchise’s first NBA title. 

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It’s 1965. Game 7 of the Eastern Division Finals is underway between The Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers. 

The Boston Celtics are leading by only one point (110-109), and the 76ers regain possession after Bill Russell fails to make an inbound pass. Only 5 seconds are left until the final whistle. 

Philadelphia 76ers legend Hall Greer has the ball in his hands as he prepares to make an inbound pass. Greer sets his eyes on Wilt to pass him the ball, but the defensive maestro Bill Russell is in front of Wilt, and Greer changes his mind. While Greer looks to which player he’ll pass the ball, Boston’s K.C. Jones jumps up and down and waves his arms in front of Greer, hoping five seconds will go by. 

Then, to see better, Greer jumps and shifts his focus to his teammate Chet Walker, who’s seemingly open to scoring the game-winning point, but Havlicek covers him. However, since Havlicek is a couple of feet off from Chet Walker, Greer has a chance to make the clutch pass.

After counting to four in his head, Havlicek looks over his shoulder, anticipating Greer’s pass, and moves into the passing lane. Havlicek jumps and tips Greer’s lob pass away from Walker and toward his teammate, Sam Jones. After receiving the ball, Jones dribbles it until the game ends. 

The legendary radio announcer Johnny Most was ecstatic as the game was coming to an end. So, when Havlicek tipped the ball to Jones, Most’s iconic line echoed through the airwaves: “Havlicek stole the ball!”

The Boston Celtics became NBA champions that year, beating the LA Lakers 4-1 in the Finals series. 

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