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Lions' historic collapse: Here's how Detroit let a 17-point lead slip away in NFC Championship loss to 49ers

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Turnover on downs on the first possession of the second.The 49ers got the ball to start the second half, and they went 50 yards on nine plays, while Jake Moody hit a 43-yard field goal to trim the deficit to 14 points.

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An amazing catch and a missed opportunity.An overthrow turned into a huge pickup of 51 yards, as the ball bounced off Kindle Vildor's facemask, and into the hands of Aiyuk.

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In the blink of an eye, we had ourselves a game. And in another blink of an eye, the 49ers had the ball again.

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The Lions offense had to get back on track, but instead, it went three-and-out. Reynolds appeared to have a third-down conversion, but dropped the pass.

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Three plays later, the Lions were faced with a fourth-and-3 from the 49ers' 30-yard line. Instead of attempting the field goal and potentially tying the game, Campbell again elected to go for it, but Goff could not hook up with Amon-Ra St. Brown.

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On third-and-goal, the Lions ran the ball with David Montgomery, who was stuffed for a loss of 2 yards. Here, Detroit was forced to spend its first timeout with one minute remaining. 

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