With 0.9 seconds left in Game 5 and trailing by just one point, Antawn Jamison threw the ball into Gilbert Arenas for a desperation shot, but head coach Eddie Jordan was yelling for a timeout.  Had the Wizards called timeout, they could have advanced the ball to halfcourt, giving themselves an opportunity for a catch-and-shoot shot from closer range.

"In that situation, it was just a shock to the system and we just didn't handle it as well as we should have," Jordan said.

Arenas took the blame for letting the timeout go unused.

"I called for the ball and I tried to get a shot off," Arenas said. "I totally forgot about a timeout. I wish I would have run a little further because they were celebrating thinking we were going to call a timeout. I would've run out, Antawn could have thrown it and maybe something else would have happened."