ALBUQUERQUE — Cody Najar’s coast-to-coast layup had just gotten West Las Vegas within a bucket, 36-34, as the first half of Friday’s Class 3A state semifinal neared its completion.

To the hundreds — perhaps thousands — of West Las Vegas fans in attendance, it felt like an exclamation point for the half, not to mention a Dons comeback from what had been an 11-point deficit six minutes earlier.