I'm not a basketball fan and know very little about the sport and this was an incredibly moving and well-written story about the human tale behind a transient s

I'm not a basketball fan and know very little about the sport and this was an incredibly moving and well-written story about the human tale behind a transient sport moment. I guess you need to know that getting a ball-sized object through a ball-sized opening from 80 feet is an INCREDIBLY unlikely thing to occur, something the article spells out, but it's only the entrypoint into a story about how sporting event contests and insurance work, how players relate to fans, how players protect themselves, and how normal people's lives can be changed by even those transient moments. It's beautiful writing.