Basketball games consist of four quarters. Tom\textquotesingle s scoring at the end of the third quarter implies that there is one quarter left, which is equivalent to 1/4 of the entire game. 
Tom scored a basket at the end of the third quarter of a basketball game between the Lakers and the Warriors. At that point, what fraction of the whole game remained to be played? 
Options:
a: $$\frac{1}{4}$$ 
b: $$\frac{1}{3}$$ 
c: $$\frac{1}{2}$$ 
d: $$\frac{3}{4}$$ 
e: $$\frac{2}{3}$$ 