EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- When Nets coach Lawrence Frank walked into the huddle to explain how he wanted his team's final play run in Game 6, the most surprised guy on the bench was Richard Jefferson. That play had been designed for him, not Vince Carter.

Jefferson wasn't the only one stunned by the final play call -- or with the way his final possession went. The coaches for the Toronto Raptors, like everyone else in the building, expected the final shot to go to Carter. And when the ball went to Jefferson, they were convinced he'd go to his right. But Jefferson made the winning basket by driving right, spinning left and finishing with his left hand.
"That was the first time in the whole series he scored going left," one of the Toronto assistants told me outside the Toronto locker room. Even Jefferson himself didn't quite believe he finished with his left hand, asking a TV cameraman in the locker room afterward to play back a shot of his game-deciding bucket with 8.3 seconds left so he could see for himself.
Nets win 98-97 to move onto the semi's.