Red Lake basketball community still celebrating 'the greatest comeback' 20 years later

Robert Smith, proudly wearing his Red Lake Warriors T-shirt, blended into the sea of red that filled Williams Arena Thursday. He sat next to his wife and three of his five children, believing the Warriors boys' basketball team could string together something magical the way he and his teammates did 20 years ago.

Smith was a senior starting guard in arguably the best game in boys’ basketball state tournament history. In 1997, Red Lake rallied from a 14-point deficit with 75 seconds left in regulation to force overtime against Wabasso in the Class 1A semifinals. Wabasso survived for the 117-113 victory, but the game became the cornerstone of the Red Lake basketball community.

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