By Mark Giannotto; WASHINGTON POST

The game-tying free throw hadn’t yet gone through the net, but Friendship Tech senior Jaleel Lee was already plotting the team’s next move. Lee told point guard Kenneth Tyree he would pass the ball to him, but that Tyree would have to take care of the rest.

So once Thurgood Marshall hit a free throw to tie the score at 73 with 3.4 seconds left in regulation last Tuesday, Lee did as he said and inbounded the ball. Tyree then took four dribbles, evaded two defenders and heaved a shot from one step inside the half-court line as the buzzer sounded.

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