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a game saving play there's nothing else like it in basketball block by game a block throws it up for eight shot blocked BYO a steal quick does to land stolen by bur and a cut to DJ yeah the a game saving shot is this the dagger but have you ever seen a life saving play this is McCall Riley senior forward for the University of Alabama in the late 2000s and he's playing in the SEC tournament it's the biggest game of his life up to this point game on the line down three with 2 seconds left on the clock and he's about to hit a shot that not only nearly saved this game for his team but quite possibly saved the lives of thousands of people Riley for three we're hearing some rumbling behind us the building is uh rocking a bit situations like this uh dome stadium is is the best possible place that you could be I hope you're [Music] right today's video is sponsored by DraftKings football season is here and my partners at DraftKings are ready to make your Sundays even better right now all new 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Alabama Squad but on this particular night he was hot and cold the entire game he got off to a slow start but piled up 13 points in the final 12 minutes of the first half followed up by a handful of misses and zero points in the entire second half at least up to this point this was Mall's last chance at this he was a senior his team was on the brink of elimination his number was being called and he answered Riley for three the was coming with their season on the line Mcall Riley rattles in a threo buzzer beater to send the game into overtime the fans explode Mississippi state is stunned this game's going into overtime but right as overtime tipped off fans at home noticed that their TVs were becoming d distorted the broadcast signal of the game degrading and getting worse in that moment they had no idea what was going on but while something special was unfolding on the court Devastation was about to unfold just outside of it as overtime gets underway there's an emergency report that a massive storm was building up just west of the Georgia Dome where the game was being played within a few minutes the storm had developed into an ef2 tornado with Winds of up to 130 mph at first fans and players with in the arena were unaware of what was going on outside but very quickly the situation became apparent to everyone State basket G is fouled by Stewart that's a block and uh we're hearing some rumbling behind us there's some concern the building is uh rocking a bit the storm becoming so strong that it shook the Arena and ripped through panels on the roof fans in attendance that night said it sounded like a freight train was ripping through the roof of the Arena Ben hansboro Mississippi State guard and brother of former tarhill and NBA player Tyler hansboro said he thought he was hearing a tornado or a terrorist attack which is quite an odd combination of guesses but the man didn't know what was going on cut him some slack officials had to stop the game as the tornado ripped past the arena in the surrounding downtown area fans quickly began to head for the doors but the arena staff told them they needed to stay inside because outside it was far too dangerous to even try to get out of the building and within a few minutes the tornado had passed through causing more damage than the staff and Engineers on site had initially thought it wasn't until later that Weather Services were able to track the path of the tornado and its destruction where they came to the Bleak realization that this tornado came within just 100 yards of the Arena wiping out everything in its path downtown and causing a half a billion dollars in damage the worst realization came a couple days after when a body was found amongst the debris of the tornado proving that this was a fatal event but it could have been far more catastrophic if McCall Riley did not hit his game tying shot to send the game into overtime nearly 20,000 fans would have exited the arena directly into the path and at the exact moment the tornado hit thousands of people would have been in danger the downtown area that was wrecked by the tornado would have been filled with people what could have unfolded in the following moments would have been devastating but thanks to a buzzer beater these fans stayed in their seats safe and Away From The Storm the game went into overtime and the streets were essentially empty an unbelievable sequence of events that undoubtedly saved the lives of countless fans and attendants that night about an hour after the tornado had passed the game resumed and finding themselves in an eerily similar situation as they were at the end of regulation Alabama went back to Mcall for one last shot this time to win it all and this time he missed it the kid was devastated so close to Leading his team to a playoff win and coming up short mcll may not have hit the game-winning shot he was hoping for but what he did do was something far greater because he hit possibly the first and only life-saving shot and that ladies and gentlemen is the butterfly effect when one seemingly insignificant occurrence has Rippling effects leading to some consequential event sometimes long after the initial event and this is just one of many Butterfly Effects within the world of basketball that you have to see to [Music] believe nearly 5,000 mies away from the US Serbia has grown to become a hot spot for basketball Talent despite their love for soccer and relatively small population their influence over the basketball world has been a remarkable feat over the last few decades and among the countless young Serbian hopefuls looking to make a name for themselves in hoops it would eventually be Darko milic a player who didn't leave much of an impact on the court who would inadvertently alter the story of basketball forever not by himself but through a young kid who had no plans of even playing the sport back in 2006 Darko milic was beginning his fourth season in the NBA and by this point he had already been labeled as a huge draft bust he had fallen out of the rotation in Detroit the hype of him being a generational Prospect had long wore off and well it didn't help that the multiple future Hall of Famers chosen after him in the draft were blossoming well ahead of schedule on the court he wasn't really able to offer the Pistons much at the time but off the court Darko had the opportunity to offer a fellow Serbian everything that same year Jay Smith assistant coach of the University of Detroit Mercy was looking for players to fill his roster one of the players he had his sights on was a 6'6 forward out of Serbia named Nea Smith offered the kid a scholarship but moving across the world to play basketball in the US was a massive leap for the young Prospect he could take the scholarship and make the move or he could stay in Europe and take a shot at a career in professional basketball uncertain about what decision he should make nania got in touch with a friend and fellow Serbian born player who had already made a similar transition from his home country to play play basketball in the states Darko milic now milic not only assured nman that he should take the opportunity he also took him into his home and gave him time to acclimate to American life without being on his own and over the course of that season their friendship grew neia would go to Pistons games throw parties at darko's house and even had access to the resources Darko had gained in his time in the NBA Darko had created an entry point to American basketball for nman that otherwise wouldn't have existed unbeknownst to him nearly a decade later his generosity would Aid another young Serbian Prospect with his journey to the US after finishing his college career Nea played one season in the Premier basketball league in the US before moving back home to play professionally in Serbia where he played his last season in 2012 a relatively unremarkable career to most fans but one that sparked inspiration in his younger brother Nia growing up Nicole yic was always interested in basketball but it was never really his calling as we all know now horses and horse racing are where his true passion Lies by the time Nola had become a teenager he was competing at the amateur level in horse racing pursuing the sport as more than just a hobby in interviews Nola has stated that Growing Up Racing was always a priority over basketball until he witnessed his brother's Journey his transition to the US the connections he made and the level he had reached in the sports that for the first time making a career out of basketball materialized into a possibility for a young nicoa yic and so at 14 years old Nola made the decision to forego any aspirations of becoming a horse racer and put all of his efforts into basketball now 15 years three MVPs and an NBA championship later turns out that was probably the right decision if it wasn't for Darko opening his doors for an old friend from Serbia Nicole's brother may have opted out of college in the states he may have stayed home and pursued other interests as his only real tangible Avenue Post high school was at Detroit Mercy he would have never made the difficult transition to America his Collegiate and pro career in hoops may have never happened the inspiration he gave to his younger brother would have gone in a completely different direction and we may have never gotten one of the greatest basketball players of all time leading up to the time he was drafted and even recently Darko has given words of wisdom encouragement and advice to Nico yic continuing to be a valuable friend to the yic family long after he helped neia nearly two decades ago after 10 years in the NBA dark michic retired a champion with 10 solid Seasons to his name he never shook the label as being the guy that shouldn't have been drafted second overall and one of the greatest draft classes ever and although he never gave fans quite what they were expecting coming into the league he gave us something a whole lot better one of the greatest players to ever touch a basketball o Ellie is lucky here now watch what happens and watch him go at a right there he goes right back at and you see Scotty Brooks is happy and right here look at him go up this is Mario Ellie former guard for the Houston Rockets and he's on path to winning his first NBA championship this is Danny a and he's not happy about it but this second round matchup between the Rockets and the suns in the 1994 playoffs was heated right from the jump coming off of finals appearance in the previous season the suns were being pushed to the brink by a tough upand cominging Rockets team the Suns took the first two games of the series but in game three Houston completely blitzed them in a 16-point blowout but in the midst of these games a smaller battle was taking place between Mario Ellie and Danny a tensions were building as the play got more and more physical neither of them willing to budge leading to this moment towards the end of game three an exclamation point on a blowout win this was Mario's third bucket of the entire game and yet that didn't stop him from letting a hear every single detail about it but with the Rockets up double digits and time winding down this game was far too Out Of Reach for a and the Suns to change the outcome so instead a few plays later a does something that would change the course of NBA history this game is going to wind down to a whimper for Phoenix Elijah on putting the cherry on the Sunday 118 to2 a just tried to Rifle the ball in and he and Ellie is mad I wonder if he did well that was a bit of an overreaction in a moment of frustration Danny a decides if I can't beat him I'll just hurt him the man Zips a fast ball right at Mario hitting him directly in the face he then proceeds to play it off like it was an accident an took the low road and beamed the guy when his guard was down and this one decision changed the direction of this entire series if the win in game three didn't give the Rockets enough motivation seeing their teammate get sniped by a notoriously dirty player was enough to get them going little did a know this decision would have much greater ramifications because watching all of this take place was this guy Robert ay aka Big Shot Bob aka the man with more rings than Michael Jordan and ory was appalled by Ang's actions so much so that from this day forward aie despised a and his dirty tactics years later ory even went as far as saying he hates Danny a and he wasn't afraid to let everyone know it fortunately for him the next season Danny a retired from the NBA where he could no longer bother aie or anyone else until the Phoenix Suns hired him to be the assistant coach the very next season in 1996 but the changes within the Suns organization that year did not end with the coaching staff they were also looking to part ways with their Superstar Charles Barkley so on August 19th 1996 just 3 months after Ang's hire Phoenix traded away Barkley to the Houston Rockets for Sam Cassell Chucky Brown Mark Bryant and Robert ay two years after that fateful inbounds pass the guy who aie hated so much was now his coach and as you might expect this did not last very long despite their now professional relationship Orie was not going to hide his feelings about Ane practices were heated games were even worse and just 30 games into his time with the Suns ory's disdain for AE was put on full display for the world to [Music] see on Sunday night he did this to his coach Danny a in a moment infamously known as the towel throw Robert Ory tosses a sweaty towel in a his coach's face completely dismissing him in the process look at the disgust on ory's face he really did hate that man and in that moment there was absolutely nothing a could do about it what punishment could possibly be enough for such an action after serving a two- game suspension for the towel episode Robert Ory was supposed to be back in the Phoenix uniform tonight instead he's La bound 72 hours later Robert Ory was no longer on the Suns an unbelievable Coincidence of a transaction considering a said the trade had nothing to do with the towel incident the team Orie was traded to a young Rising team in the Los Angeles Lakers who signed Shaquille O'Neal and drafted Kobe Bryant just 6 months prior and it was in LA where aie would grow his Legend as one of the biggest clutch shot makers in NBA history shots that were the deciding factor in championships and plays that solidified the legacies of both Shaq and Kobe during their three Pat if Danny a doesn't rifle a pass at Mario Ellie Robert Ory never grows to ha the man there's no tension between the two of them or he never throws the towel and he never gets shipped off to the Lakers completely altering and very possibly preventing a three p Championship run half a decade later all of this because Mario Ellie got a tough bucket and a had to crash out in the final moments of a playoff game that was already decided years later Robert was asked if he regretted throwing the towel or if he would change anything about that incident a changed man Robert said yeah of course if he could do it all over again he would have thrown a brick and that is the butterfly effect when one person's action spur a series of events that leads to something much much bigger [Music]