Certainly when Mihajlovic scored with a deflected free-kick midway through the first half, the tie seemed won - and that was when the doubt kicked in.
New Jersey, it seemed, had this game won when Harris held the ball on the sideline at halfcourt waiting to inbound it with a 111-109 leandand 1.8 seconds remaining.
He swatted away three match points; he even won when he seemed to lose.
Liverpool secured the trophy for a fifth time and left Benitez admitting his team had won "when all seemed lost".
Though the war often seemed impossible to win, when the political will was mobilised strange and implausible things began to happen.
Mars seemed to predict his win when he shouted "let's go Beyonce, let's do it," as she paused before announcing the victor.
Guess we need to give him the benefit of the doubt here, but it's hard to think of Ramirez as someone constantly giving 100% and focused only on winning, when he seemed so distracted by his failure to get an extension, and when his constant list of injuries, if nothing else, at least became suspicious.
This is why some people refer to the bipartisan political class as "The War Party," and with plenty of justification.It certainly seems that "The War Party" is winning when it is necessary to explain to the guy or gal manning or womanning the "progressive" Center for American Progress Twitterr account, that the outcome of Libya's civil war has no bearing on its legality.
But, thanks to this week's results, Mr Bush is the master of his own destiny, and he has yet again shown that he can win when the odds seemed against him.
Now, though, he seems to get that a president wins when he boxes in his adversaries, forcing them either to compromise on his terms or to risk the political consequences of appearing intransigent.
