It appeared he had some favorable timekeeping as well, as the clock appeared to start late. Though he had only 0.8 seconds left to shoot, our analysis with replay and a stopwatch indicated that it took him 1.6 seconds to catch the ball, gather it, turn and release the game-winner, and that nearly two seconds passed between the time he caught the ball and the time the buzzer went off.
Perhaps this is all considered normal -- there's bound to be a lag time before the clock operator triggers the start -- but as long-time Portland columnist Dwight Jaynes told me after the game, "I want that guy to time the rest of my life."
If you look at this picture
He caught the ball, landed to the ground then squared up and shot it. Now you can't do that with 0.8 seconds unless the clock starts late.. Derek Fisher's shot was a prime example of that, Derek did it all in one motion. I doubt that the NBA can do anything about this, but little things like this happen all the time. It was the Rockets game to lose, they played bad, Portland deserved to win.
