I’m going with his turnaround step back 3 against MPJ in game 5. He had already made like a dozen clutch shots that’s game which made it even more ridiculous to witness him pull that off. That was the game that had Austin Rivers thanking Jesus.
Was gonna say this. I’m a Celtics fan and browns 3pt against pacers this year playoffs to push the game to OT was spectacular. But nothing compares to the rim dancing 3 that kawhi made against one of my least favorite teams!!!
jrue steal + oop to giannis against the suns in the finals
e: [so good](https://www.reddit.com/r/MkeBucks/comments/one3e2/just_messing_around_but_if_this_doesnt_give_you/)
clutch (adj): denoting or occurring in a critical situation in which the outcome of a game or competition is at stake. (pictured: Ray Allen, game 6 shot)
NBA changed the rules because of that Pistons team shutting teams down. That and San Antonio. Since then, it's been an inflated free for all (Kobe's epic scoring run during his lost Laker years, Wade and the 06 Finals, Nash and his MVPs, 3 players averaging above 30 T-Mac/Iverson/Kobe, LeBron his whole career).
2021, Game 5, in Phoenix, final minutes, Booker coming up the floor, get's stopped in the lane. Holiday gets the steal as he turns backside. Runs the floor. Eyes up. Who's there? Giannis streaking for the basket. Ball goes up. Hammer comes down. Mean mugs the camera. He knows what he's done.
and Adele is losing her mind in the front row.
Bucks in Six
This is my first thought too. That's one shot where I will always remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when he hit it. Crazy that it wasn't even a playoff game.
I remember thinking at that point that Steph had broken the game. He just felt absolutely unstoppable, like wtf are you supposed to do to stop this guy???
[The Shot](https://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Chicago-Bulls-Michael-Jordan-Last-Shot-Game-Six-vs-Utah-Jazz.gif).
I grew up in Chicago during the 80s and 90s. I was working in another state in 98 and had a coworker who was a huge Jazz fan. Watched this game with him and a few other coworkers/friends of the Jazz fan, all of whom were rooting for the Jazz. They were all giving me shit about Game 7 when the Bulls were down late in the game. And Michael Fucking Jordan said, "Nah, that's not happening."
This is what I wrote about this play over in /r/VintageNBA in a post about [Best Finals close-out game by a player?](https://np.reddit.com/r/VintageNBA/comments/fhlizg/best_finals_closeout_game_by_a_player/):
> Michael Jordan's performance in Game 6 in the '98 Finals will always be my answer.
> * At the start of the game, Pippen re-injures his back and has limited mobility through the rest of the game.
> * The Jazz lead through most of the game.
> * With points tough to come by, MJ puts the scoring burden on his shoulders and scores a series high 45 points.
> Then, down by 3 with under a minute, you get this sequence:
> * MJ hits a running layup
> * MJ strips it from Malone
> * MJ hits the shot to go up by 1
> The Bulls win by 1 and get their second three-peat. At the time is was presumed that it was Michael's last chip, last game, last shot... and god dammit, did he deliver. Bob Costas, announcing, put it thusly: "If that is the last image of Michael Jordan... how magnificent is it?"
> The story lines were so thick. The second straight year the Bulls sent the Jazz packing. What was then considered the "Final Shot" from the GOAT. A beleaguered Bulls team - drunk and off the rails Rodman; injured and unhappy Pippen; Phil Jackson's last season with the Bulls; the whole team was tired and would have rolled over if it wasn't for Michael Jordan.
> Best Finals close out, best career close out (until he came back to the Wizards, of course).
> https://np.reddit.com/r/VintageNBA/comments/fhlizg/best_finals_closeout_game_by_a_player/fkbyf55/
The one where Russel’s hips were already flipped and turned the wrong direction?
He was toast and not recovering. Anyone who’s played or coached knows this already
Edit: Keep coping haters.
“Watch Jordan’s left hand here while he gives Russel the push; the referee can’t see that” -one of the announcers
He’s one of the greatest players of all time, hell, he probably would have hit the shot if he didn’t push off, but he pushes him out of the way.
Watch it in full motion and Russell bit way too hard. Not a push off at all with any force. And Russell got burned with the same type of play which is why he overreacted too hard.
Today's offensive players literally football arm bar defenders out of the way while they're dribbling..
😂😂😂 the paid league official. He’s Michael Jeffery Jordan, that’s why there wasn’t a call. The league lets super star players get away with things. It is what it is, but he definitely pushed.
Unless MJ actually pushed him harder than the Reggie Miller push on him, he wasn't getting a call. Russell over bit and he knew it. As they said, it was more to balance himself back. So in that sense, it wasn't totally clean. Nowadays, players use arm bars and shoulder checks to push off the defender.
He pushed off but it's also something that players routinely do to where it's just unwritten that unless it's egregious it's not getting called. There's no way that's getting called regardless of circumstances or player
Did he push off? Maybe. Watch the clip I shared. I don't think it altered Russell's movement much.
But should it have been called a foul? Most people would say, "No, not at all. What kind of stupid question is that?" :-)
Refs rarely call light contact fouls in the waning seconds of a clinching Finals game.
I scrolled looking for this. I’m almost 40 now and this is my favorite shot of all time. The memories of my brother and I jumping up and down in his apartment and yelling just burned into my head.
MJ’s final shot as a Bull… actually the two plays before it too.. tough layup to bring them within one point, strip and steal on Utahs best player, then iconic crossover to nothing but neat jumper to win the finals.
Definitely when the Cavs beat the warriors in game 7. Insane. The warriors love to shoot 3s…and they lost by 4 points. Glorious. Especially if you actually watched it live.
Ik it's no where near what Lebron did but in one of my games last season I got a chase down block and man it felt good. That just puts you into a different zone.
Horry 3 vs The Kings. Not just the shot, but the entire play.
Kobe drives to tie the game , off the rim. Mad scramble for the rebound. Somebody knocks it out to the three point line.
Camera switches. You see everyone especially Shaq, turn to see where the ball is.
And there's Horry. top of the key. Perfect camera angle. Everyone on the court staring.
Rises up.
Swish.
Buzzer.
Crowd explodes.
Cause no one else will…
Westbrooks buzzer beater to knock Denver out of playoffs, secure the win and the triple double record 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
Also, that back and forth between magic and OKC when Durant had a buzzer beater? Then I forget who from magic, then Westbrook. I don’t remember the specifics but it was crazy.
Also, Steven Adams intentional free throw miss and kick out to Westbrook for the 3 pointer make.
Westbrook and Bradley Beals 3pointer, steal, 3 pointer to beat Nets in last 6 seconds.
Durante falling down 4 point play over Grizzlies in playoffs
OKC coming back down 0-2 to beat the Spurs in playoffs.
Westbrooks 20/20/20
So many more.
It was oladipo and the 2nd game of the season and they kept going back and forth and I think it was 2 ots to figure it out. But yea Russ hits that shot from past half court
Either Charles Barkley’s (11-11 3-3 3pt) [perfect](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFsVC3DpnkY) 1st quarter against the Warriors in the playoffs.
Or Lebron’s 25 [straight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiCa4sKM7-w) points to win game 5 against the Pistons.
Honorable mentions: John Starks’ [dunk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCTfxOrX4k8) on the Bulls or Kevin Johnson’s [dunk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5e2ktYxP8g) on Hakeem Olajuwon.
Watching Giannis sit down, soaking in the moment with tears in his eyes as he watched the confetti fall from the ceiling and the fans cheering. After knowing his back story and rise to power, watching that live, I almost felt it with him.
Memorial Day Miracle. Sean Elliot hits a three for the only lead the Spurs had the whole game and they win. Shot came with Rasheed Wallace bearing down on him while the heels of his feet hovering above the out of bounds marker.
The shot OP posted was epic. I watched it on live TV. I was a LeBron hater to the core, and I had some ties to SF with my family. I was one of those people who kept moving the goalpost for LeBron. But I said, "If he get Cleveland their first ring, and the city's first in like 60 years, and after being down 3-1 to the 'best team ever 73-9', I WILL HAVE TO recognize LeBron being one of the best to ever play". He did this play, and they win the series. And I give LeBron his roses, and never hated again.
But being Lakers and Kobe fan, my favorite was Kobe's game winner to put the Lakers up 3-1 against the Suns (let's not talk about how the rest of the series went).
To set up the scene. It was game 4, Lakers have a 2-1 lead. But it was my cousin's birthday at the park. At that time, we couldn't just stream it on our Blackberry phones. We would have to wait for my uncle and aunt to come back from the game and tell us, or sit in the car and listen to the radio.
My uncle noticed someone watching the Laker game whose backyard wall shares a wall with the park near where we were sitting. He asked and they said yes, to plugging in a TV - a boxy 15' TV. So we're at the park with a 15" TV on a small table with its cord plugging into an extension cord (those brown ones) which was connected to a longer extension cord (those green ones). And we had 25 of us crowded around the TV.
At first, it was some casual watching, eating, playing. Then 4th quarter and overtime had everyone crowding around, but now there's an umbrella tied to one of the bench/tables to shade the screen, so it's easier to see.
Kobe hits the game-winner at the end of overtime and we all cheer, and so does another party at the park. This was before streaming, so everyone had it exactly at the same time. us, another party at the park, and some park neighbors were heard cheering!
After that, we would play at the playground or the court and we saw a stranger in Laker jersey, and we dapped them up. "Go Lakers!"
I love watching Jokic play. His ability to read the game and see a pass nobody else sees and then deliver it with surgical precision…while being the biggest guy in the court and looking bored 😂 I’m in love with his game and his ability to make everyone better around him
MJ over Russell and the Jazz in 98
Dame walk-off wave bye bye 3
Steph damn near half court walk-off against Thunder
Kobe fadeaway 3 walkoff against the Blazers
Man there are just so many
Ginobili blocking Harden from behind to eliminate the Rockets in 17(?) I had just gotten into basketball and my brother (the reason I got into it) and I were watching the playoffs at a sports bar. I think Ginobili also had a reverse layup alley oop that post season.
Also, that Double OT Kings vs Clippers game
https://preview.redd.it/3k7y52b476ad1.jpeg?width=1005&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19ede091cb57f742ca79bd7622d376f7936dba82
In this moment, we were going to win a championship.
(Thought the soon to be repeatedly crushed soul of a NYer coming of age)
Not a single play, but the time pre-injury D rose dunked all over the Heatles three times in one game of the 2011 ECF. Not a bron hater, but it was cool to see D. Rose literally being the only player that could make Superman bleed during the Heatles dominance
The block will forever be mine. After what 6 minutes of no one scoring, you get a possible momentum changing play with a fast break of Iggy and Steph, then out of no where, I just see a black blurr come out of no where and "pass to Iguodala, up for the lay up, OOOOO BLOCKED BY JAMES, LEBROM JAMES WITH THE REJECTION"
Stan Vangundy a few seconds later on the replay, "Oh.........My.........Goodness"
Joel dunking off the self lob off the backboard vs the knicks. Prob one if the beet plays ever but overshadowed cuz he went down on the play. Still fucking awesome.
James hardens three pointer against the warriors in regular season to win the game stands out to me. It was right after Durant literally walked out of bounds and the refs missed the easiest call and warriors scored. Felt so great that harden hit a difficult three to win
kobe to shaq alley oop in the game 7 comeback
kobe buzzer beater to beat the suns in ot
d wade this is my house 2OT victory vs bulls
lebron running bank shot at the buzzer to win vs raptors in playoffs
steph half court shot vs okc
dame bye bye to okc
kawhi series winning shot that brought embiid to tears
In a comeback the Nets put in the Cavs 30 years ago, I think it was Petrovic who missed a shot and Chris Morris had one of the most nutso outback dunks I still have ever seen
While i don’t think it’s the best overall play (this goes to the Jrue/Giannis alley oop against the suns)…
One of my favorites was Steph hitting the 3 in game 6 and then doing the “put a ring on it” celebration, In the third fugging quarter. All time shit talk/back up.
No one cared because you were at the hotel. As someone from Dallas, I can assure you sports bars were hopping. This city hates LeBron for trying to clown Dirk for having the flu. It's never been forgotten here.
That’s probably true lmao. We were traveling at the time and I was in middle school at the time so I don’t think my parents wanted us at the bars. But I understand disliking lebron he’s a bit of a dickhead. It was just one of those funny moments you remember
Either Draymond getting Gobert by the neck or Draymond taking off Poole’s head.
Ooh, or maybe Draymond kicking Lebron in the balls. Just so many to choose from.
That wide open 3 LeBron missed in game 2 of the Nuggets this year after the push off was wild. Very reasonable to miss it, but I swore he was was gonna hit and swing the series. Nope.
Great defensive play. The cavs are lucky Golden State were going through injuries and then the league helped them out the whole series. The league office deserves ring for that screw job.
Steph played through a knee injury, Igudala played through injuries, and Bogut didn’t play in the final two games of the series. People like to forget the facts of the series.
And the Warriors won. Then the cavs were healthy and the Warriors had injuries… and the Warriors were up 3-1. Then the Warriors couldn’t overcome the league interfering and the injuries.
Womp womp. Warriors choked and couldn’t finish the job don’t blame the refs blame the fact that the best regular season team ever fell apart in the playoffs only making the finals due to okc falling apart
You’re the one crying about the refs when the games were pretty fairly called if not slightly in favor of gs. The league has always hated Cleveland and Steph just didn’t have it to lead the team to victory. Bros just not that guy
Dame Lillard Series Ender from like 40 feet out - Portland vs OKC
Dame has so many clutch performances/shots to choose from. That .9 second one against rockets was pretty dope at the time
I’m going with his turnaround step back 3 against MPJ in game 5. He had already made like a dozen clutch shots that’s game which made it even more ridiculous to witness him pull that off. That was the game that had Austin Rivers thanking Jesus.
Also his ended against Houston, “It’s Lillard! He got the shot off!” Is an amazing call
The series ender vs Houston in 2014 was legendary too
Kawhi’s shot hands down. That was breathtaking and I watch it every couple of months.
The announcers and craziness of it made that shot so legendary
You know a shot is so important when Kawhi shows his emotions.
You will never see him smile! Man has no emotions
Def my favorite moment as a neutral Granted I was rooting against the sixers
Doesn't rooting against a team make you not-neutral inherently?
Everyone defaults to "fuck the 6ers"
Was gonna say this. I’m a Celtics fan and browns 3pt against pacers this year playoffs to push the game to OT was spectacular. But nothing compares to the rim dancing 3 that kawhi made against one of my least favorite teams!!!
jrue steal + oop to giannis against the suns in the finals e: [so good](https://www.reddit.com/r/MkeBucks/comments/one3e2/just_messing_around_but_if_this_doesnt_give_you/)
Waited 50 years and it was worth the wait 🙏🏻
And the Giannis block on Ayton. I feel like series broke Ayton and lowered whatever ceiling he may have had.
I had the Giannis block as my screensaver….until I had to replace it with the Jrue oop and Giannis slam lol.
Giannis is my daddy
The Valley Oop! I came here to say this
Incredible
I actually think this was the best and single biggest play of the last 20 years.
Ray Allen 2013 Finals, Game 6
yellow rope for their trophy presentation had been placed around the court in the previous tv timeout
clutch (adj): denoting or occurring in a critical situation in which the outcome of a game or competition is at stake. (pictured: Ray Allen, game 6 shot)
Hands down!! Epic shot which led them to win the finals!!
Hey man, sent ya a DM
Oooh fuck yeah that was epic
Ray Allen’s game winner vs the Bobcats
Paul Pierce 2003 talking shit to Al herrington and then nailing a 3 right in his grill. The Truth hurts!
Tayshaun Prince block on Reggie Miller during their championship run was it for me. https://youtu.be/ftLUlmZl3yc
I remember watching this back then, but 69-67 with 15 seconds to go is a crazy score.
NBA changed the rules because of that Pistons team shutting teams down. That and San Antonio. Since then, it's been an inflated free for all (Kobe's epic scoring run during his lost Laker years, Wade and the 06 Finals, Nash and his MVPs, 3 players averaging above 30 T-Mac/Iverson/Kobe, LeBron his whole career).
Amen
This. 17yo me lost it
2021, Game 5, in Phoenix, final minutes, Booker coming up the floor, get's stopped in the lane. Holiday gets the steal as he turns backside. Runs the floor. Eyes up. Who's there? Giannis streaking for the basket. Ball goes up. Hammer comes down. Mean mugs the camera. He knows what he's done. and Adele is losing her mind in the front row. Bucks in Six
Steph Curry game winner against the Thunder in the 2015-2016 regular season and Mike Breen's call.
This is my first thought too. That's one shot where I will always remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when he hit it. Crazy that it wasn't even a playoff game. I remember thinking at that point that Steph had broken the game. He just felt absolutely unstoppable, like wtf are you supposed to do to stop this guy???
“Will they take a timeout?” “No” “BANG!!”
Link it!
[The Shot](https://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Chicago-Bulls-Michael-Jordan-Last-Shot-Game-Six-vs-Utah-Jazz.gif). I grew up in Chicago during the 80s and 90s. I was working in another state in 98 and had a coworker who was a huge Jazz fan. Watched this game with him and a few other coworkers/friends of the Jazz fan, all of whom were rooting for the Jazz. They were all giving me shit about Game 7 when the Bulls were down late in the game. And Michael Fucking Jordan said, "Nah, that's not happening." This is what I wrote about this play over in /r/VintageNBA in a post about [Best Finals close-out game by a player?](https://np.reddit.com/r/VintageNBA/comments/fhlizg/best_finals_closeout_game_by_a_player/): > Michael Jordan's performance in Game 6 in the '98 Finals will always be my answer. > * At the start of the game, Pippen re-injures his back and has limited mobility through the rest of the game. > * The Jazz lead through most of the game. > * With points tough to come by, MJ puts the scoring burden on his shoulders and scores a series high 45 points. > Then, down by 3 with under a minute, you get this sequence: > * MJ hits a running layup > * MJ strips it from Malone > * MJ hits the shot to go up by 1 > The Bulls win by 1 and get their second three-peat. At the time is was presumed that it was Michael's last chip, last game, last shot... and god dammit, did he deliver. Bob Costas, announcing, put it thusly: "If that is the last image of Michael Jordan... how magnificent is it?" > The story lines were so thick. The second straight year the Bulls sent the Jazz packing. What was then considered the "Final Shot" from the GOAT. A beleaguered Bulls team - drunk and off the rails Rodman; injured and unhappy Pippen; Phil Jackson's last season with the Bulls; the whole team was tired and would have rolled over if it wasn't for Michael Jordan. > Best Finals close out, best career close out (until he came back to the Wizards, of course). > https://np.reddit.com/r/VintageNBA/comments/fhlizg/best_finals_closeout_game_by_a_player/fkbyf55/
Wasn’t The Shot the one against Cleveland? Why are there multiple shots called The Shot 😭
Because he’s Michael Jordan
Real
HE PUSHED OFF! 😭😭😭 I’m a twolves fan so this doesn’t actually hurt me 🤣
Is that the shot he should’ve been called for a foul for the push off?
Yup. That’s the one.
The one where Russel’s hips were already flipped and turned the wrong direction? He was toast and not recovering. Anyone who’s played or coached knows this already Edit: Keep coping haters.
“Watch Jordan’s left hand here while he gives Russel the push; the referee can’t see that” -one of the announcers He’s one of the greatest players of all time, hell, he probably would have hit the shot if he didn’t push off, but he pushes him out of the way.
Watch it in full motion and Russell bit way too hard. Not a push off at all with any force. And Russell got burned with the same type of play which is why he overreacted too hard. Today's offensive players literally football arm bar defenders out of the way while they're dribbling..
I’m not even a Jazz fan, I hated that era of Jazz, but he definitely pushed him.
I'll take the NBA ref assessment over yours https://youtu.be/8WwCKC8cHLw?si=HeeKD1FFBhCwp_x8
😂😂😂 the paid league official. He’s Michael Jeffery Jordan, that’s why there wasn’t a call. The league lets super star players get away with things. It is what it is, but he definitely pushed.
Unless MJ actually pushed him harder than the Reggie Miller push on him, he wasn't getting a call. Russell over bit and he knew it. As they said, it was more to balance himself back. So in that sense, it wasn't totally clean. Nowadays, players use arm bars and shoulder checks to push off the defender.
Wasn’t that Isiah Thomas who said that? Famous MJ hater?
He pushed off but it's also something that players routinely do to where it's just unwritten that unless it's egregious it's not getting called. There's no way that's getting called regardless of circumstances or player
Did he push off? Maybe. Watch the clip I shared. I don't think it altered Russell's movement much. But should it have been called a foul? Most people would say, "No, not at all. What kind of stupid question is that?" :-) Refs rarely call light contact fouls in the waning seconds of a clinching Finals game.
Haha, I’ve watched that clip plenty of times over the years. Not saying the Bulls would have lost the series, but he definitely pushed off.
Definitely.
The strip was just insane.
Larry Bird's steal against the Pistons
Chase down artist at its finest!
Jesus look how high he got on that block, absolutely nuts.
“Buckle up for KOBE BRYANT!! OH KOBE BRYANT JUST SUCKED THE GRAVITY OUT OF THE TARGET CENTER!!”
Robert Horry against the Kings in game 4 of the 02 WCF.
Man, as a Pistons fan, I’ll never forget the one he hit against us at the Palace in game five.
Yeah. He does that. Everyone that’s ever had Robert Horry on their team loves that man and their team also won multiple rings.
I scrolled looking for this. I’m almost 40 now and this is my favorite shot of all time. The memories of my brother and I jumping up and down in his apartment and yelling just burned into my head.
MJ’s final shot as a Bull… actually the two plays before it too.. tough layup to bring them within one point, strip and steal on Utahs best player, then iconic crossover to nothing but neat jumper to win the finals.
https://preview.redd.it/wo3pt5ajb5ad1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8d9b8e880a12a4a7e48838aa990f35551f62d41
Rondo to Tony Allen Vs the Cavs with LeBron going for the block
Dr. J's underhand layup from behind the backboard against the Lakers in the 83 Finals. I wasn't born yet but it's still my favorite play to watch.
Definitely when the Cavs beat the warriors in game 7. Insane. The warriors love to shoot 3s…and they lost by 4 points. Glorious. Especially if you actually watched it live.
Ik it's no where near what Lebron did but in one of my games last season I got a chase down block and man it felt good. That just puts you into a different zone.
This followed by the Kyrie shot was one of the craziest sequences I’ve ever watched.
junior junior skyhook
Horry hipcheck
Horry 3 vs The Kings. Not just the shot, but the entire play. Kobe drives to tie the game , off the rim. Mad scramble for the rebound. Somebody knocks it out to the three point line. Camera switches. You see everyone especially Shaq, turn to see where the ball is. And there's Horry. top of the key. Perfect camera angle. Everyone on the court staring. Rises up. Swish. Buzzer. Crowd explodes.
Cause no one else will… Westbrooks buzzer beater to knock Denver out of playoffs, secure the win and the triple double record 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 Also, that back and forth between magic and OKC when Durant had a buzzer beater? Then I forget who from magic, then Westbrook. I don’t remember the specifics but it was crazy. Also, Steven Adams intentional free throw miss and kick out to Westbrook for the 3 pointer make. Westbrook and Bradley Beals 3pointer, steal, 3 pointer to beat Nets in last 6 seconds. Durante falling down 4 point play over Grizzlies in playoffs OKC coming back down 0-2 to beat the Spurs in playoffs. Westbrooks 20/20/20 So many more.
It was oladipo and the 2nd game of the season and they kept going back and forth and I think it was 2 ots to figure it out. But yea Russ hits that shot from past half court
Yeah something like that, I saw it live but I’ve seen hundreds of OKC/Westbrook games so his greatness kinda just blends together now :p
Jokic Sombor shuffle over AD at the buzzer last playoffs
Dame personally escorting Paul George and Westbrook out of OKC will always be #1 to me
Either Charles Barkley’s (11-11 3-3 3pt) [perfect](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFsVC3DpnkY) 1st quarter against the Warriors in the playoffs. Or Lebron’s 25 [straight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiCa4sKM7-w) points to win game 5 against the Pistons. Honorable mentions: John Starks’ [dunk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCTfxOrX4k8) on the Bulls or Kevin Johnson’s [dunk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5e2ktYxP8g) on Hakeem Olajuwon.
Starks went up strong!
Watching Giannis sit down, soaking in the moment with tears in his eyes as he watched the confetti fall from the ceiling and the fans cheering. After knowing his back story and rise to power, watching that live, I almost felt it with him.
This block and MJs steal on Malone as far as defensive plays come to the top of mind. Too many game winners and great shots to pick one
That one!! Literally fell out of my chair in disbelief.
As a sixers fan I gotta say the Brandon Graham strip sack. Such a big play it transcends leagues.
Memorial Day Miracle. Sean Elliot hits a three for the only lead the Spurs had the whole game and they win. Shot came with Rasheed Wallace bearing down on him while the heels of his feet hovering above the out of bounds marker.
1. D rose fastbreak layup on Lebron & D wade 2. Jimmy Butlers drive full court layup on the raptors before kawhai hit the rim bouncing GW
Sampson last second twist and turn to send the Lakers to Hawaii.
Derek Fisher against the Spurs .4 seconds left.
“J.R. SMITH! WE JUST SAW A MAN FLY!”
Dirk's finals run.
2015 Spurs - Clippers. Game 7. Chris Paul went crazy
Nuggets comeback against the warriors during regular season and jokic hits a half court shot to win the game.
The shot OP posted was epic. I watched it on live TV. I was a LeBron hater to the core, and I had some ties to SF with my family. I was one of those people who kept moving the goalpost for LeBron. But I said, "If he get Cleveland their first ring, and the city's first in like 60 years, and after being down 3-1 to the 'best team ever 73-9', I WILL HAVE TO recognize LeBron being one of the best to ever play". He did this play, and they win the series. And I give LeBron his roses, and never hated again. But being Lakers and Kobe fan, my favorite was Kobe's game winner to put the Lakers up 3-1 against the Suns (let's not talk about how the rest of the series went). To set up the scene. It was game 4, Lakers have a 2-1 lead. But it was my cousin's birthday at the park. At that time, we couldn't just stream it on our Blackberry phones. We would have to wait for my uncle and aunt to come back from the game and tell us, or sit in the car and listen to the radio. My uncle noticed someone watching the Laker game whose backyard wall shares a wall with the park near where we were sitting. He asked and they said yes, to plugging in a TV - a boxy 15' TV. So we're at the park with a 15" TV on a small table with its cord plugging into an extension cord (those brown ones) which was connected to a longer extension cord (those green ones). And we had 25 of us crowded around the TV. At first, it was some casual watching, eating, playing. Then 4th quarter and overtime had everyone crowding around, but now there's an umbrella tied to one of the bench/tables to shade the screen, so it's easier to see. Kobe hits the game-winner at the end of overtime and we all cheer, and so does another party at the park. This was before streaming, so everyone had it exactly at the same time. us, another party at the park, and some park neighbors were heard cheering! After that, we would play at the playground or the court and we saw a stranger in Laker jersey, and we dapped them up. "Go Lakers!"
I love watching Jokic play. His ability to read the game and see a pass nobody else sees and then deliver it with surgical precision…while being the biggest guy in the court and looking bored 😂 I’m in love with his game and his ability to make everyone better around him
Webber behind the back then flushed all over Sir Charles
MJ over Russell and the Jazz in 98 Dame walk-off wave bye bye 3 Steph damn near half court walk-off against Thunder Kobe fadeaway 3 walkoff against the Blazers Man there are just so many
dirk beating like 10 future hall of famers on route to his title in 2011
Derek’s fisher hitting a shot with .3 seconds left. Such a clutch moment.
Jokic’s three over Davis in WCF. Jokic’s three to beat the Warriors on Christmas Day.
Iverson steps over Lue
Russ steal then and-1 from the free throw line against the Lakers in the playoffs
Knicks fan here. The starks dunk
Ginobili blocking Harden from behind to eliminate the Rockets in 17(?) I had just gotten into basketball and my brother (the reason I got into it) and I were watching the playoffs at a sports bar. I think Ginobili also had a reverse layup alley oop that post season. Also, that Double OT Kings vs Clippers game
My answer to this type of question will always and forever be Baron Davis on Kirilenko
https://preview.redd.it/3k7y52b476ad1.jpeg?width=1005&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19ede091cb57f742ca79bd7622d376f7936dba82 In this moment, we were going to win a championship. (Thought the soon to be repeatedly crushed soul of a NYer coming of age)
T Mac. Vince Carter dunk contest. NBA on NBC double and triple headers.
The Valley Oop.
https://youtu.be/cQPiahfHj-c?si=153fYVorcuQZF2eq all of these 😂
https://youtu.be/tyHu6qvpG-k?si=T2nPt8u8O5qXzL98 Was literally crying when I first saw this
Steph's long 3 point shot against OKC. It was just a really good game as well topped off with a legendary ending.
DWade going this is my house after his steal + game winner
Not this one
I just realized that should’ve been goaltending.
Im not really a kyrie guy but his shot to clinch the finals against the warriors was cold af
[McHale clotheslining Rambis](https://youtu.be/X7r6vXeOfyQ?si=YJs6S2rOVo-iQOCl).
Steph Curry shooting a 3 in the NBA finals while Marcus Smart is on his knees.
Not this one.
Jeremy Lin game winning 3 vs Toronto on Valentine's Day 2012
Dirk’s game 2 of the NBA Finals
Not a single play, but the time pre-injury D rose dunked all over the Heatles three times in one game of the 2011 ECF. Not a bron hater, but it was cool to see D. Rose literally being the only player that could make Superman bleed during the Heatles dominance
The block will forever be mine. After what 6 minutes of no one scoring, you get a possible momentum changing play with a fast break of Iggy and Steph, then out of no where, I just see a black blurr come out of no where and "pass to Iguodala, up for the lay up, OOOOO BLOCKED BY JAMES, LEBROM JAMES WITH THE REJECTION" Stan Vangundy a few seconds later on the replay, "Oh.........My.........Goodness"
Joel dunking off the self lob off the backboard vs the knicks. Prob one if the beet plays ever but overshadowed cuz he went down on the play. Still fucking awesome.
Ray Allen's buzzer beater three against the Charlotte bobcats.
Not that one 💁🏽♂️
James hardens three pointer against the warriors in regular season to win the game stands out to me. It was right after Durant literally walked out of bounds and the refs missed the easiest call and warriors scored. Felt so great that harden hit a difficult three to win
Kawhi’s 3 pointer against the sizers aka the bouncing buzzer beater
Imagine if he smith doesn't make Iggy double clutch B4 Bron sends that shit back to the moon. We're having a different discussion
A block with 2 minutes left is your favorite moment? I guess that's really all lebron has as a finals moment tho
Murray made a shot
I’m old, so I’m going w Magic’s baby sky hook, game 4, 1987, over Parish McHale and Bird. More than any other, that shot gave the 80s to the Lakers
Rebound Bosh, back out to Allen, his three pointer.... BANG!
Ben Wallace blocking Shaq
Ben Wallace blocking his way into Shaq’s nightmares.
Lebron dunk, Dame dunk, Lebron dunk. Or Lebron layup, Durant dunk, Lebron dunk.
“BLOCKED BY JAMES!!!!”
Giannis and the Bucks had 3 straight games of moments that I'll never forget
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Surprised I haven't seen [Bam's block](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hTsXwDWE6g) mentioned yet.
Aaron Gordon poster on Shammet
Jamal Crawford between the legs alley to Blake Griffin. Shiiii lob city clippers in general they had everything but teammate chemistry 😩
kobe to shaq alley oop in the game 7 comeback kobe buzzer beater to beat the suns in ot d wade this is my house 2OT victory vs bulls lebron running bank shot at the buzzer to win vs raptors in playoffs steph half court shot vs okc dame bye bye to okc kawhi series winning shot that brought embiid to tears
In a comeback the Nets put in the Cavs 30 years ago, I think it was Petrovic who missed a shot and Chris Morris had one of the most nutso outback dunks I still have ever seen
While i don’t think it’s the best overall play (this goes to the Jrue/Giannis alley oop against the suns)… One of my favorites was Steph hitting the 3 in game 6 and then doing the “put a ring on it” celebration, In the third fugging quarter. All time shit talk/back up.
Tayshaun’s was better.
No one cared because you were at the hotel. As someone from Dallas, I can assure you sports bars were hopping. This city hates LeBron for trying to clown Dirk for having the flu. It's never been forgotten here.
That’s probably true lmao. We were traveling at the time and I was in middle school at the time so I don’t think my parents wanted us at the bars. But I understand disliking lebron he’s a bit of a dickhead. It was just one of those funny moments you remember
For sure. And I know as someone from Cleveland it was monumentally epic. Even as a Dallas fan, it was hard not to appreciate LeBron as the underdog.
Either Draymond getting Gobert by the neck or Draymond taking off Poole’s head. Ooh, or maybe Draymond kicking Lebron in the balls. Just so many to choose from.
Dubs beating LBron for 3 rings.
73-9 tho
Gerald Henderson dunk on Dwight Howard. Steven Adams screen on Patrick Beverley.
>dunk Layup...
Steph curry dancing around the clippers and hitting the 3.. Kerr's reaction is priceless too
hmm might not have gone in without the block? what do we think?
Tatum cooking the 76ers in game 7 was a legendary performance, one of the best “I’m him” moments I’ve seen in recent memory
That wide open 3 LeBron missed in game 2 of the Nuggets this year after the push off was wild. Very reasonable to miss it, but I swore he was was gonna hit and swing the series. Nope.
Petty but fair lol. Seeing Klay go 0/10 in the play-in was fun
I love being petty but nothing more petty than Klay going 0/10 in an elimination game. NEVER forget.
I personally prefer the splitter block.
Basket interference
Derrick Rose up n under layup on LeBron and D’Gay Wade
Great defensive play. The cavs are lucky Golden State were going through injuries and then the league helped them out the whole series. The league office deserves ring for that screw job.
Brother what injuries? Klay and Steph played every game and draymond only missed 1 for being an idiot
Steph played through a knee injury, Igudala played through injuries, and Bogut didn’t play in the final two games of the series. People like to forget the facts of the series.
Cavs were beat to shit in 2015 injuries happen.
And the Warriors won. Then the cavs were healthy and the Warriors had injuries… and the Warriors were up 3-1. Then the Warriors couldn’t overcome the league interfering and the injuries.
Womp womp. Warriors choked and couldn’t finish the job don’t blame the refs blame the fact that the best regular season team ever fell apart in the playoffs only making the finals due to okc falling apart
You can be in denial all you want. I just stated facts. The league gave the cavs the title.
Getting clamped for the last 6ish minutes of the game don’t blame the refs
You just want to ignore facts. The worthless city of cleveland was handed the title by the league. It is what it is.
You’re the one crying about the refs when the games were pretty fairly called if not slightly in favor of gs. The league has always hated Cleveland and Steph just didn’t have it to lead the team to victory. Bros just not that guy
No one can tell me this wasn’t a goal tend lol
Think what you want the warriors got clamped down the stretch
100% they lost the game fair and square but I’ve watched this shit a million times and it always looks like a goal tend lol
It’s close enough that it should stand as a block but I can see the hate if you were rooting for gs