The hottest bar of the moment is 001, which at street level looks like nothing more than a dimly-lit buzzer on a black door.
Deng's free throw at the other end with seven seconds on the clock proved to be enough when Lorant missed a shot on the buzzer to tie the game.
The Liberty won a first-round series in 2004, knocking out the then-defending champs on a buzzer-beater in the decisive Game 3, but then came up short in hard-fought three-game series in the first round in 2007 and the conference semifinals in 2008 during the Shock's run to their last title.
Lucious stood on the court after the buzzer sounded, stung by the final half-second.
The Blue Devils topped Kentucky in the 1992 East Regional final on Christian Laettner's buzzer-beater in perhaps the greatest game and shot in the tournament's 75-year history.
Like November's first meeting between the teams at the Maui Invitational, won 72-71 by Butler on Rotnei Clarke's buzzer-beating 3-pointer, it came down to the final shot.
That streak will almost certainly end Monday, with the 9-0 Hoosiers coming off a stunning, buzzer-beating victory over No. 1 Kentucky on Saturday.
You gotta love this crazy man and the hype. (Not to mention his miracle put-back on a Kobe Bryant miss at the buzzer to win Game 5 between the Suns and Lakers in the Western Conference Finals.) Who else but Artest, in a trademark bizarre post-game interview, would attribute his championship performance to his psychiatrist?
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In that game they secured overtime on Mario Chalmers' three-pointer at the buzzer and cruised to a 75-68 victory over Memphis, at the time coached by Calipari.
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New York was 9 of 12 on 3-pointers in the first quarter, with Copeland hitting one at the buzzer to make it 36-23.
With 0.9 seconds left Griffey left defenders Cody Zeller and Christian Watford behind on an inbounds play from the baseline, took the pass from Brandon Paul and delivered the uncontested buzzer-beater for the Illini.
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