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NFT: What is the number 1 NBA basketball shot of your lifetime

Earl the goat : 5/25/2019 5:51 pm
For me it happened 26 years ago today
The left handed dunk shot by John Starks over Pippen Grant and MJ
Ray Allen  
Nine-Tails : 5/25/2019 5:56 pm : link
2013 finals game 6
has to be  
lightemup : 5/25/2019 6:03 pm : link
LJ's 4 point shot. I was 11 and will never forget seeing the entire Garden just erupt all at once
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Eric from BBI : Admin : 5/25/2019 6:06 pm : link
I'll tell you what it wasn't... John Starks in game seven in 1994.
Jerry West sixty footer  
shyster : 5/25/2019 6:14 pm : link
to send '70 finals' game to OT.

Wasn't luck; he lined it up, like Steph would.

And the Knicks won in OT, happy ending. Special permission to stay up late to watch the games from L.A.; thanks Mom.
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Jordan on Byron Russell  
Capt. Don : 5/25/2019 6:19 pm : link
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Bird with the steal  
pjcas18 : 5/25/2019 6:22 pm : link
passes to DJ, Celtics win. Eastern Conference Finals vs Det, 1987 (?)
Mine is also  
Mark from Jersey : 5/25/2019 6:23 pm : link
“The dunk”. LJs 4 point play is 2 nd
“The dunk”  
cokeduplt : 5/25/2019 6:30 pm : link
Was on Horace Grant, Jordan jumped late and pippin wasn’t involved. Pippens dunk on Ewing was epic.
Not my favorite but didn't Nate Robinson dunk on Yao Ming  
robbieballs2003 : 5/25/2019 6:36 pm : link
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RE: Not my favorite but didn't Nate Robinson dunk on Yao Ming  
robbieballs2003 : 5/25/2019 6:37 pm : link
In comment 14455674 robbieballs2003 said:
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Nevermind, it was a block
RE: Not my favorite but didn't Nate Robinson dunk on Yao Ming  
Ira : 5/25/2019 6:38 pm : link
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He blocked Yao Ming.
The Biggest WTF shots of my lifetime  
BigBluDawg : 5/25/2019 7:00 pm : link
Was Reggie Miller against the Knicks in the Semi finals, when he scored 8 points in under 9 seconds. After those back to back 3s my whole house stunned and in silence. Still seems unreal to this day.
Elliott’s shot with his heels  
UConn4523 : 5/25/2019 7:02 pm : link
above the out of bounds line was probably the best shot I’ve ever seen.
LJ 4 point play  
adamg : 5/25/2019 7:13 pm : link
by far
Alan Houston's  
jpkmets : 5/25/2019 7:37 pm : link
runner against the Heat.

non-Knick category = Jordan breaking Ehlo's spirit.
Non-NBA  
pjcas18 : 5/25/2019 7:46 pm : link
is Ray Allen vs Allen Iverson, Uconn vs Georgetown Big East Finals, buzzer beater to give Uconn the win. 1996?

Or Scott Burrell to Tate George to beat Clemson and make it to the Elite 8 for first time in Uconn history.

but if you open it up to non-NBA there are thousands of shots.

And I guess the Bird play wasn't so much the shot, just the whole play. Tough to top that play IMO, no way the Pistons could lose that game. Until....
Dr J against  
bronxgiant : 5/25/2019 7:46 pm : link
The Lakers. Back in the day!
Besides the aforementioned  
twostepgiants : 5/25/2019 8:06 pm : link
The Derek Fisher shot to beat the Spurs in the playoffs
LJ 4 point play vs Pacers  
Dave in PA : 5/25/2019 8:07 pm : link
Or Allan Houston’s floater vs Miami. Both incredible shots and some of the most intense and gratifying moments of my sports fandoms life
Knicks: Houston’s runner in the lane against Miami  
Chris684 : 5/25/2019 8:17 pm : link
Non Knicks: Jordan last shot Bulls-Jazz 98 Finals
Robert  
charlito : 5/25/2019 8:19 pm : link
Hurry game winner.
My other is non NBA  
UConn4523 : 5/25/2019 8:24 pm : link
and it’s Kembas ankle breaker step back in the big east tournament.
RE: LJ 4 point play vs Pacers  
moze1021 : 5/25/2019 8:29 pm : link
In comment 14455708 Dave in PA said:
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Or Allan Houston’s floater vs Miami. Both incredible shots and some of the most intense and gratifying moments of my sports fandoms life


Yep

Maybe someday we'll all have one that actually contributed to a title!!
NBA for me is the LJ 4 pt play  
Greg from LI : 5/25/2019 8:47 pm : link
Non NBA is easy, Mamadi Diakite to get to OT against Purdue. That pass from Clark and then that shot.....goosebumps for the rest of my life.
1990...  
Brown_Hornet : 5/25/2019 9:33 pm : link
...game 5.
Vinnie Johnson brings it home.

Pistons are the Champs.
Mostly because it’s fresh...  
BlueManCrew : 5/25/2019 9:42 pm : link
But Leonard’s recent 4 bouncer was amazing.
Laettner's shot after catching  
Lurts : 5/25/2019 10:06 pm : link
a 3/4 court length pass from Grant Hill to defeat Kentucky in The 1992 NCAA final after Kentucky took the lead with 2.1 seconds left.
I'll add a famous missed shot...  
bceagle05 : 5/25/2019 10:09 pm : link
Gordon Hayward's half court heave in the Butler/Duke title game. I thought for sure that shot was going in, and it almost did.
NBA - West 70 footer to tie the 1970 Championship game  
PatersonPlank : 5/25/2019 10:22 pm : link
#2) Bird picking it off and passing to DJ for the win
#3) Bird beating Phx in 1983:

However Bird was so great at the last shot stuff you could take your pick from the video below. His Phx buzzer beater is #3 in the show
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RE: NBA - West 70 footer to tie the 1970 Championship game  
PatersonPlank : 5/25/2019 10:24 pm : link
In comment 14455805 PatersonPlank said:
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#2) Bird picking it off and passing to DJ for the win
#3) Bird beating Phx in 1983:

However Bird was so great at the last shot stuff you could take your pick from the video below. His Phx buzzer beater is #3 in the show Bird was unbelivable - ( New Window )


As for college:

Leattner vs Kentucky in 1992 for sure
Garfield Heard - 1975 NBA Finals - Game 5  
kinard : 5/26/2019 1:29 am : link
...With one second left in double-overtime, Garfield Heard catches Curtis Perry's inbounds pass, turns and hits a 20-foot jumper from the top of the key as the horn sounds to force the first triple-overtime in Finals history.

Best biggest NBA shot ever.
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Mine will always be Trent Tucker’s 3 to beat the Bulls  
mfsd : 5/26/2019 7:31 am : link
with 0.1 seconds left in 1990, bc I was at the game with 3 junior high classmates who were the classic bitches who jumped on the Bulls bandwagon instead of having the balls to root for one of their local teams.

Sure, there’s no way Trent actually caught the inbound and got the shot off on 0.1, but screw Phil Jackson and screw all Bulls fans, that was a glorious moment in the Garden!

Allan Houston’s floater to beat the Heat remains the best Knicks moment of the era.

Lots of good ones mentioned...  
bw in dc : 5/26/2019 7:32 am : link
I’d add Jordan’s shot over Ehlo to clinch that series over Cleveland.

Magic’s “junior skyhook” over McHale and Parrish in game four of the NBA finals to win the game.

I know it wasn’t a shot but Lebron’s block on Iguodala’s layup in the 2016 game seven Finals was a thing of beauty...

Dennis Johnson  
Carson53 : 5/26/2019 10:37 am : link
or D.J. with the game winner vs. Lakers in Game 4 of
1985 NBA Finals. (Lakers won that series).
That clutch shot epitomized who D.J was on the court,
not a great shooter, but had the clutch gene.
He was a great defender, gone far too soon at
52 years young.

Larry Bird once said about D.J. "He was the greatest teammate I ever played with"...
Bird behind the backboard  
BCD : 5/26/2019 11:43 am : link
and I hate to say this but the M Johnson baby hook....
this one  
cactus : 5/26/2019 3:55 pm : link
was in da buildin
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I’m biased  
Les in TO : 5/26/2019 4:35 pm : link
But Leonard’s buzzer beater in game 7 vs philly with embiid in his faces . 4 bounces on the rim before it drops
How about best ever BB moment  
Nomad Crow on the Madison : 5/26/2019 4:50 pm : link
"Havlichek steals the ball!"
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Leg of Theismann : 5/26/2019 5:24 pm : link
In comment 14455658 Eric from BBI said:
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I'll tell you what it wasn't... John Starks in game seven in 1994.


Wasn't it game 6 that Starks missed the 3-pointer at the buzzer to put the Rockets away? Or did I forget something about game 7?
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Leg of Theismann : 5/26/2019 5:26 pm : link
In comment 14456194 Leg of Theismann said:
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In comment 14455658 Eric from BBI said:


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I'll tell you what it wasn't... John Starks in game seven in 1994.



Wasn't it game 6 that Starks missed the 3-pointer at the buzzer to put the Rockets away? Or did I forget something about game 7?


Oh sorry, forgot Starks went 2-18 in game 7. I wonder if missing that shot at the buzzer in game 6 had anything to do with that mentally? Never thought about that.
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Leg of Theismann : 5/26/2019 5:33 pm : link
In comment 14456195 Leg of Theismann said:
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In comment 14455658 Eric from BBI said:


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I'll tell you what it wasn't... John Starks in game seven in 1994.



Wasn't it game 6 that Starks missed the 3-pointer at the buzzer to put the Rockets away? Or did I forget something about game 7?



Oh sorry, forgot Starks went 2-18 in game 7. I wonder if missing that shot at the buzzer in game 6 had anything to do with that mentally? Never thought about that.


So crazy I just went back and watched it. I was only 6 years old at the time and I swear I have always remembered (as clear as day) Starks's 3-pointer at the end of regulation of game 6 being a brick off the back of the rim (and shot from the side of the court closest to the camera). Again I was 6 years old and haven't revisited this in 25 years. Turns out the shot was from the other side and it was blocked by Olajuwan. So funny how the memory works sometimes.
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