John Starks forced several jumpers, including an airball late in overtime with the Knicks trailing by a point.

And in each victory, the Trail Blazers trailed late in the fourth quarter.

Trailing late in the fourth quarter, Eli Manning recorded a touchdown pass to tight end Jake Ballard to pull the team within five.

In this case, however, the foundation was balloon number one, sent aloft with the first tether trailing under it late in the year of 2001.

Rutgers trailed late in the third quarter, 21-17, but plowed their way to the West Virginia 30 on 13 plays.

And it might be especially dangerous to wind up trailing late in the game against the stingy defense of the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.

The Suns trailed by as many as 22 points late in the third quarter before rallying within five on a 3-point shot by Finley with 36.1 seconds left.

Still trailing late in the period, exactly three minutes after McEwen's goal, John Tonelli scored a goal to tie the game and sent it to overtime.

Scalabrine was referring to the rebound of a missed 3-point attempt by Richard Jefferson late in the second overtime with the Nets trailing, 111-110.

From that point forward, no longer was the forward pass an obscure weapon, or a little-used gimmick to be used when trailing late in games.