Josh Tarver missed 10 shots for the Vancouver Volcanoes Sunday night.
Exactly zero of them will be remembered.
What fans on hand will recall are the two he made when his team needed him most.
After the Volcanoes rallied from seven points down in the final two minutes, Tarver knocked down a 3-pointer to tie the score with just more than 20 seconds left in regulation. The 21-footer sent the game into overtime, and in that extra period, the former Oregon State guard put Vancouver up by four after slithering his way to a lay-up on an isolation with under a minute to go.
The final result was a 129-123 win over the Olympia Reign at the O’Connell Sports Center.
The victory itself was not significant. The way it happened was.
“You always want a momentum game going into the playoffs,” said Tarver, who finished with 17 points and nine assists. “We didn’t panic. You win a game like that, and it gives a little boost.”