The story of Ron Artest first season in Los Angeles will be highlighted by his buzzer-beating, game-winning bank shot that gave the Lakers a 103-101 victory in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals. The basket helped Artest make up for a bad miss minutes earlier that would certainly left a lasting impression, albeit a negative one.
VIDEO: Ron Artest’s Game-Winning Buzzer-Beater Takes Him From Goat To Hero
For Silver Screen and Roll, SB Nation’s excellent Lakers blog, it was a simple matter of redemption.
21 seconds. That's how much time was left on the shot clock as Ron Artest launched an ill-advised three pointer which drew nothing but iron. The Suns rebounded the ball, and scored a ridiculous off glass 30 foot 3 pointer to tie the score at 101 with 3.5 seconds left. If the Lakers were to have lost this game, Ron Artest would undoubtedly have been the goat.
Instead, Artest enjoyed the adjulation of his teammates:
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