Gallery: Immersive Michael Jordan Simulator Is the World's Coolest Basketball Court

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    "The Last Shot" is a 10-million-pixel immersive scene that lets you recreate one of Michael Jordan's iconic game-winners.
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    Along with a 4K crowd surrounding you, a path on the floor lights up to show you where you're supposed to go.
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    Behind the LED walls, video-production crews cue up the appropriate crowd responses and edit keepsake clips for participants.
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    All-Star point guard Chris Paul visited "The Last Shot" installation, where he was interviewed by radio DJ Angela Yee.
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    Chris Paul coaches a young fan through recreating one of CP3's own game-winners, a buzzer-beater against Memphis in the 2013 playoffs.
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    In the 1982 scenario based on Jordan's NCAA-championship-winning shot at UNC, some of the crowd members are wearing throwback fashions and '80s hairdos.
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    Here's the "Last Shot" LED installation in its all-white resting state.
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