Winning 3 never far from Vince Carter's mind

Posted Apr 27, 2014
None of us knew it, but Vince Carter had been holding on to the corner jumper he missed in Game 7 of 2001 Eastern Conference semifinals against the Philadelphia 76ers for 4,724 days. The missed jumper didn't consume Carter, but he has worked on that particular shot every practice since then -- always waiting and hoping for redemption. (ESPN.com)

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