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Joe Johnson Buzzer-Beater Earns Jazz Game 1 Victory

Joe Johnson’s floater as time expired erased a heroic shot by Chris Paul to tie the game and gave the fifth-seeded Utah Jazz a 97-95 Game 1 win over the Clippers in Los Angeles.

Russell Westbrook Goes For 50, Breaks Triple-Double Record, Hits Crazy Buzzer-Beater

Oh yeah, no way this guy is the MVP.

Mississippi State OT Buzzer-Beater Downs UConn, Ends 111-Game Winning Streak

UConn is out of the NCAA tournament and its 111-game winning streak is over after Morgan William hit a buzzer-beater at the end of overtime to send Mississippi State to the women’s championship game by the score of 66-64.

Chris Chiozza Goes Coast-To-Coast, Hits Overtime Buzzer-Beater For Florida Win

It took us until the last game of the Sweet Sixteen, but we finally got the crazy ending we’ve been waiting for as Florida’s Chris Chiozza raced the length of the court in four seconds to hit a game-winning three-pointer and give his Gators squad an 84-83 win over Wisconsin. Zak Showalter, your time in the limelight…

Wisconsin's Zak Showalter Forces Overtime With Off-Balance Circus Three

Zak Showalter hit a miracle three with two seconds remaining to send his Wisconsin team to overtime against a Florida Gators squad that led throughout the second half. He followed it up with a certain branded signature gesture aimed at Aaron Rodgers, in attendance and rooting on the Badgers. Here’s how the call…

Minnesota High School Basketball Player Nails One-Handed Pirouette Buzzer-Beater

Champlin Park High School came into the opening game of the Minnesota state tournament undefeated, and they left undefeated, thanks to a last-gasp buzzer-beater from senior guard Sam Dubois. The Rebels came back from an eight-point halftime hole with the help of 30 points from McKinley Wright, who missed a runner at…

Brook Lopez Punctures Pistons' Playoff Chances With Graceful Buzzer-Beater

The Brooklyn Nets are in a weird place. They aren’t in a position to go for wins, since they are the worst team in the NBA, but they also don’t have an incentive to tank, since they owe their pick to the Celtics. All they have to play for is the development of their young players.

George Mason Forces OT With Jalen Jenkins Buzzer-Beater

Jalen Jenkins landed a layup as time expired in regulation to force overtime in George Mason’s A-10 tournament matchup against Fordham. Mason actually had an attempt to tie it up with seven seconds remaining as Marquise Moore was fouled, but Moore missed both free throws—setting the stage for Jenkins’s game-extending…

Wake Forest's Greg McClinton Nails Casual Buzzer-Beater From Goddamn Mars

Greg McClinton must have played football or something, because this overhander was as nice as pie.

Suns Score Five Points In Final Four Seconds To Beat Celtics

Tyler Ulis’s three-point heave as the buzzer sounded gave the Suns a 109-106 regulation win over the Celtics in a game Boston led by two points until four seconds remained.

Saint Francis Beats Wagner On Off-Balance, Buzzer-Beating Three

Keith Braxton heaved a heavily-contested, desperation three and found the basket as his Saint Francis Red Flash squad knocked off Wagner in the NEC semifinals.

Taj Gibson Drills Hail Mary Buzzer-Beater At The Half

Oklahoma City took a 60-57 lead over Portland into the half after Taj Gibson intercepted a baseball pass from Pat Connaughton and heaved up his own Aaron Rodgers-style hail mary that delivered at the other end. Incredible!

Dillon Brooks Buries Cal With A Buzzer-Beater After The Bears Blow A Huge Lead

The California Golden Bears hosted No. 6 Oregon in Berkeley this evening, and for one half, they ran circles around their top-ten foes. Oregon put up just 16 points in the first half, which is the worst mark of the Dana Altman era. Cal’s guards were raining threes and lanky power forward Ivan Rabb was dominating the…

Incredible Syracuse Buzzer-Beater Puts Duke In The Toilet Where They Belong

Syracuse hosted the infernal Duke Blue Devils tonight and scored 53 points in the second half to storm back from an early deficit and win at the buzzer. Grayson Allen only shot 2-for-11, and Cuse senior John Gillon led all scorers with 26. Gillon, who embarrassed Jayson Tatum earlier in the game, hit a wild three in…

Enthused Announcer Nearly Passes Out From Excitement Calling DIII Buzzer-Beater

Have you ever counted your chickens? Before they hatched??? Repent.

Holy Shit, LeBron

LeBron James forced overtime against Washington with a shot that ranks among the most legendary in his career. Incredible.

Villanova Beats Virginia On Tip-In Buzzer-Beater

Donte DiVincenzo’s tip in as time expired gave top-ranked Villanova a 61-59 win over Virginia.

Andrew Wiggins Extinguished The Suns At The Buzzer

The Wolves are bad this year and the Suns are also bad this year, but when the Wolves played the Suns tonight, the game was … good?

Look At All These Good Buzzer-Beaters

A quiz: Who had the best buzzer-beater tonight?

UTEP-FIU Men's, Women's Basketball Games End 88-87 After Overtime Buzzer-Beaters

UTEP and FIU’s men’s and women’s basketball teams achieved some incredible synchronicity tonight as both games ended 88-87, on buzzer beaters, after multiple overtimes.

Marco Belinelli's Incredible Off-The-Butt Buzzer-Beater Waved Off By Refs

Marco Belinelli very nearly scored the coolest buzzer-beater of this NBA season (and probably many others), but alas, it came too late. I get that the referees have to uphold “standards” and “fairness” and “the rules,” but this shot deserved better.

Giannis Antetokounmpo Is The King Of New York Now

New York belongs to Bucks point guard/shooting guard/small forward/center Giannis Antetokounmpo now, after he keyed a big fourth-quarter comeback over the Knicks then eventually sunk them with a buzzer-beater. Antetokounmpo had 27 points on 18 shots to go with 13 rebounds and three blocks on the night. He also had…

Red Wings Force Centennial Classic Overtime With Buzzer-Beater Goal

The hockey buzzer-beater is a rare event, but the Red Wings pulled it off as Anthony Mantha poked in Detroit’s second goal of the final two minutes—and the seventh of the third period—to force overtime at today’s outdoor Centennial Classic at Toronto’s “Exhibition Stadium.”