This is how it ended for Reggie Jackson last year:
Down two, seven seconds remaining and with the entire floor to work with, Jackson’s top of the key three falls harmlessly short.
Game. Series. Season.
In Cleveland, he found a team that wouldn’t budge or fold; a team on a mission. For Jackson - in his first full campaign in a leading role - the entire postseason could be viewed as baptism under fire; one test after another with each learned lesson playing an essential part of personal and team growth.