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A ‘Hail Mary’?

To this day, Phelan said, he’s constantly asked about the play by people who recognize his name. He said everyone seems to remember where they were when they watched it unfold, and often — because it happened the day after Thanksgiving — those people were surrounded by family.

“I guess I’m the poster child of never give up,” he said. “You've got to do the best you can right up until the end, because it might turn out good.”

- Hail Mary passes remain most exciting plays in football, LATimes.com, December 25, 2017.

3. The Cleveland Cavaliers and Toronto Raptors, the two best teams in the Eastern Conference last season, showed some early-season rust but still managed an exciting finale Friday night.

Kyrie Irving scored 26 points including the winning three-pointer with 44.3 seconds remaining and LeBron James added 21 as the Cavaliers staved off several fourth-quarter Toronto comeback attempts to defeat the Raptors 94-91.

"I think it was a good test for us," said James. "It's fun to have games like that throughout the regular season. It sharpens your sword.

"This is a (Toronto) team that we know is going to be very good throughout the season. (A) good road win for us early in the season."

DeMar DeRozan, who combined with Jonas Valanciunas for 72 points in Toronto's season-opening win over Detroit, led the way again with 32 points on 12-of-28 shooting. Kyle Lowry had 17 on five-of-16 shooting while Valanciunas had 10 points on 5-of-15 shooting and 17 rebounds.