I've tried hard for several hours to not bother responding to the previous post (not AC--who can argue with that logic?)
of course the last play is why they lost the game.....see, they were winning the game, the last play happened and they lost the game.......if that play didn't happen they would have won, you know, by virtue of having more points on the scoreboard
you can say if they had taken care of buiness earlier, the last play wouldn't have mattered
you can say they had plenty of opportunity during the game to take control of the game and it is their own fault that they didn't
however, you can't say the last play is not why they lost the game....it is EXACTLY why they lost the game