Read this sentence, and identify the changes that would make it easier to read. The game was tricky and we were down by one point when the clock said the buzzer was about to go off so Chase made an impossible shot.

Which of the passages below is the clearest and smoothest revision of this sentence?

a. The game was tricky, and we were down by one point. Then, when the buzzer was about to go off, Chase made an impossible shot.

b. In a tricky game we were down by one point when the clock said the buzzer was about to go off. Chase made an impossible shot.

c. We were down by one point in a tricky game when Chase made an impossible shot just as the buzzer was about to go off.

d. The game was tricky. We were down by one point. The clock said the buzzer was about to go off. Chase made an impossible shot.