Buckley: A rainbow shot rattled in. PJ Haggerty had no doubt it would.
Memphis guard PJ Haggerty had a lot to celebrate in Memphis' win against North Texas on Sunday, Jan. 5, including 27 points that featured a big late-game 3-pointer. (Nikki Boertman/AP Photo)
Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
It was pouring outside, the temperature plummeting as a dead-of-winter cold front blew through Memphis.
Inside FedExForum, a rainbow appeared.
It came from the right hand of PJ Haggerty, dropping — from about 30 feet away — out of thin air and into the basket, brightening Tigers coach Penny Hardaway’s outlook as he began to realize it was one of those nights something good was simply destined to fall Memphis’ way.
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