# Unbelieveable shot wins basketball game! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 13, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelieveable-shot-wins-basketball-game/481016 "2009-01-13T01:31:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelieveable-shot-wins-basketball-game/481016/1 "2009-01-13T01:31:28Z")
[Watch video of 82 ft. shot that wins a game!](http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/01/12/mxp.buzzer.beater.cnn) The other side has to be sick; the winners look totally ecstatic!!!:eek::eek: ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelieveable-shot-wins-basketball-game/481016/2 "2009-01-13T03:13:56Z")
Sorry, but Sean Elliot’s “Memorial Day Miracle” is, to this day, my defining moment of miracle shots. The Blazers probably would have won that series if not for that shot. The look of the Blazers coming off the floor after that dagger is something that I will cherish forever. The fact that it propels the Spurs to their fist World Championship is even more reason to put that puppy in the parthenon. Also, the fact that Sean knew he was playing with a career ending kidney disorder had to make it doubly sweet. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelieveable-shot-wins-basketball-game/481016/3 "2009-01-13T10:20:44Z")
UM, your link goes to a CNN page with dozens of videos. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelieveable-shot-wins-basketball-game/481016/4 "2009-01-13T13:20:47Z")
[Better link](http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/01/12/mxp.buzzer.beater.cnn). ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelieveable-shot-wins-basketball-game/481016/5 "2009-01-13T13:33:48Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > [Watch video of 82 ft. shot that wins a game!](http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/01/12/mxp.buzzer.beater.cnn) > > The other side has to be sick; the winners look totally ecstatic!!!:eek::eek: Should only count if he calls “Glass!”, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelieveable-shot-wins-basketball-game/481016/6 "2009-01-13T13:37:59Z")
[It’s been done before. And better.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMV_gvBwL1g) ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelieveable-shot-wins-basketball-game/481016/7 "2009-01-13T21:50:05Z")
> [@glee](#): > > UM, your link goes to a CNN page with dozens of videos. My link, in my browser, as tested on three different computers now, goes to a page that has dozens of videos, but LOADS the one in question. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelieveable-shot-wins-basketball-game/481016/8 "2009-01-14T20:15:21Z")
Didn’t look like he threw it that hard, did he? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelieveable-shot-wins-basketball-game/481016/9 "2009-01-14T20:55:50Z")
There is a couples resort my wife and I go to now and then that has an indoor basketball court. One of their planned activities is a foul-shooting contest, and at the end of it, they have everyone take one final foul shot. If you make that final shot, you win a free night’s stay at the resort. Only thing is, for that final shot you’re standing at the foul line, but shooting for the _opposite_ basket. In a half-dozen trips there, we’ve only seen two people make the winning shot. A husband and wife, one right after the other. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelieveable-shot-wins-basketball-game/481016/10 "2009-01-14T22:15:26Z")
What was the other team thinking? There was only about 1 second left, but all of their players (except the free throw shooter) were down by their own basket, even though there was no time for the other team to dribble down the court where they could play defense. They should have been down at the other end: even if they’re too afraid of a foul to contest the rebound, they can still stand and hold their arms straight up while the guy takes his Hail Mary. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelieveable-shot-wins-basketball-game/481016/11 "2009-01-14T22:49:25Z")
If he’d made the shot, I’d assume the team who made the shot would have taken a time out. They then would inbound it - likely long distance to a close shooter. Not the greatest defensive play, but I wouldn’t fault the coach.