With apologies to Gary Harwood I’m tired of seeing him taking Michael Jordan’s picture after “the shot” at the Coliseum in Richfield. Of course as a Cleveland sports fan the scene is burned into my brain after all these years. Perhaps “The Chosen One” has now eased my pain.
I may still need to see Jordan’s shot from time to time but at least now it will probably be shown with LeBron James buzzer beater against the Orlando Magic in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals.
If you missed the game you had to have lived under a rock Saturday not to have seen the sequel to “The Shot”. ESPN couldn’t go more than 10 minutes without replaying it and every newspaper in Northeast Ohio has some version of it on the front page.
I happened to be working the picture desk Friday night and a roar went up in the newsroom when the ball ripped through the net.
We weren’t the only newsroom that erupted as the clock struck zero. ABC affiliate WEWS-TV in Cleveland happened to be signing off their 11 pm newscast when LeBron hit the shot. Even the video of this was shown as part of the ESPN LeBron mini series Saturday. I won’t ruin it for you if you haven’t seen it. Its short but sweet.
Enjoy and Go Cavs
that was great! thanks for posting that, I was watching the game and that’s pretty much on par of what happened in our household!! great shots from phil and ed! amazing what 1 second can do to a town!
-lisa
Bob,you may be interested in my photos of the Jordan SHOT, I’ll link you to the pictures on my web site but you are welcome to use them on the ONPA site if you wish.
I was assigned to the Bulls end and shot the picture of Ehlo shooting the basket with Jordan defending that brought the CAVS up to 100 points when the Bulls called that time out with one second to go.
In anticipation of a jubilant Cavs bench I changed to a wide angle lens and got to the Cavs end just in time for a picture of THE SHOT.
What is nice about it is that the scoreboard is in the picture showing the score as Cavs 100 and Bulls 99 with the clock at 1 second. Both Jordan and Ehlo are in the air, Jordan is about to release the ball and the rest is history.
I just wish I had A shot of James miracle basket like that, it would make a nice pair on my mantle.
http://corrr1.com/shotok.jpg
http://corrr1.com/shot1ok.jpg
….Ott