E Pluribus Unum

Pistons battle from behind but Kobe Bryant nails a three-pointer with seconds left in regulation to tie the game. After that, it was all-Lakers in OT as they beat the Pistons 99-91.

Mitch Albom (from his article entitled, The Empire Strikes Back):

[F]or those [Pistons fans] who might say, "Hey, it's not so bad, they played it really close," well, I think I can speak for the Pistons here. There are no moral victories. In fact, the close ones hurt more than the blowouts. And to have had the Lakers in such a precarious position and to fall victim to the very thing they had been so good at avoiding -- the long, miracle shot -- well, that hurts even more.