THE FUSE

The clock at Portland's Memorial Coliseum read 0.7 seconds when Vinnie Johnson rose from 14 feet and let the ball go. It dropped through the net, the Detroit Pistons won 92-90, and a city had its second straight NBA championship. The shot earned Johnson a new nickname, 007, to sit beside the one Boston's Danny Ainge had pinned on him years earlier, the Microwave, a tribute to how fast he heated up the moment a coach sent him off the bench. The night of June 19, 1990, was the defining athletic moment of his life. It is not the reason he is worth a reported $500 million (about 700 billion naira) today.