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Jalen Rose’s Reaction to Erik Spoelstra’s Errant Timeout Instantly Became a Meme
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Jalen Rose’s Reaction to Erik Spoelstra’s Errant Timeout Instantly Became a Meme

Jalen Rose found himself experiencing an unwelcome flashback at the end of the Miami Heat’s 123-121 loss to the Detroit Pistons at Little Caesars Arena on Tuesday night.

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra made several uncharacteristic errors in the final 1.8 seconds of Miami’s overtime loss. After the Heat gave up an easy game-tying alley-oop to Jalen Duren on an inside pass, Spoelstra tried to call a timeout to set up a play. The only problem? Miami had no timeouts left, granting the Pistons a technical free throw and possession of the basketball, giving them the victory.

Rose, a Detroit native who was part of the “Fab Five” at Michigan in the 1990s, was in attendance and seemed haunted by a famous 1993 game in which his teammate made the same mistake.

In the 1993 national championship game between Rose’s Wolverines and North Carolina, Michigan star Chris Webber found himself cornered and called a timeout with 11 seconds remaining. But Michigan ran out of timeouts, resulting in a technical foul and giving the Tar Heels a national title.

A real nightmare for Rose.