• Bob Feerick’s buzzer-beater gave the Capitols a 57-55 win in Washington

• The Caps opened the game on a 23-1 run, but the Warriors clawed back to take the lead in the third quarter and held it into the fourth to make it a game

• Washington held the ball for over a minute at the end of the game before Feerick’s winning shot

• Warriors head coach Eddie Gottlieb argued that the shot came after the final whistle but his protests fell on deaf ears

• Joe Fulks scored a game-high 20 points

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