As Ryan Arcidiacono sped over midcourt, amid the din of 74,340 people both screaming and holding their breath at the same time, he heard one distinctive voice — Kris Jenkins screaming at him.
“I just heard Kris yelling, ‘Arch, Arch, I’m open,”’ Arcidiacano said.
The guard flipped the ball to the trailing Jenkins, who caught the ball in stride, squared his feet and let the 3-pointer go.
And time paused, if it didn’t stop altogether, as nearly 150,000 eyeballs inside the building turned to the basket as the ball flicked off Jenkins’ fingertips and headed on its trajectory toward the rim.
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