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Stephen Curry Hits Game-Winning, Record-Breaking Jumper From Mars To Beat OKC
Stephen Curry, whose fate (and ankle) we questioned just an hour ago, hit a last-second three from 30 feet out to dispatch Oklahoma City in a game it seemed the Thunder couldn’t possibly lose. It was Curry’s 12th three-pointer of the game....

This Full-Court Chest-Pass Buzzer-Beater Is Incredible
I can’t think of another shot quite like Josh Henderson’s 70-foot buzzer-beater at the end of the first half of Vanderbilt’s 87-74 win over Florida. The low angle of the damn thing makes it nearly impossible, like an inch off in any direction would have sent it careening into the stands. It’s like a...

Wild High School Banked Buzzer-Beater Gets Perfect Wisconsin-Accented Call
Reader Joe sent this along with the note (warning?), “Yes, this is how we sound.” If you are also of the mind that thick Wisconsin twang is charming, well, strap in for the good shit....

Would-Be Nevada Game-Winner Thwarted By UNLV's Buzzer-Beating Three
Tonight’s MWC rivalry matchup between Nevada and UNLV went to overtime after a wild final five seconds of regulation that saw both teams hitting desperation three-pointers....

Brice Johnson's Full-Court Buzzer Beater Goes In, Fails To Beat Buzzer
If there is a perfect Deadspin highlight, it’s the extraordinary athletic play that achieves the impossible but has no impact on the game’s result. So here’s North Carolina’s Brice Johnson casually launching the ball the length of the court after the first half buzzer of the Tar Heels’ home game aga...

Here's Stephen Curry's Half-Court Shot To End The All-Star Game That TNT Didn't Show
TNT was stuck on a shot of Kobe Bryant when Stephen Curry decided to heave up a half-courter to close out the All-Star Game, so you didn’t see it on TV. Here’s that shot....

Unranked Duke Knocks Off Virginia With Grayson Allen Buzzer-Beater
Grayson Allen’s buzzer-beater lifted the lowly, unranked Duke Blue Devils past seventh-ranked Virginia in a stunning upset. Allen finished with 15 points, seven boards, and seven assists in helping Duke overcome a three-point halftime deficit....

High Schooler Hits Game-Winning Buzzer-Beating Desperation Heave From Half-court
Look at this shot from Male High School’s Alex Cook to beat St. Xavier....

DIII Basketball Player Wins Two Games In A Row With Deep Buzzer-Beaters
How’s your week going? It’s probably not much compared to the week Wisconsin Lutheran junior guard Tanner Schieve’s had. ...

Middle Schooler Wins League Championship On Insane, Three-Quarter-Court Buzzer-Beater
St. John of the Cross was a 16th century doctor of mystic theology who was chiefly famous for living a life of poverty, and, according to newadvent.org, being “saved from certain death by the intervention of the Blessed Virgin” twice....

Let's All Watch Another Buzzer-Beater
We have no context for this, but it appears to be from Saturday’s Indiana high school JV game between Cascade and Speedway. Good buzzer-beater! ...

UMass Forward Antwan Space Also Hits Long-Range Buzzer-Beater
We earlier showed you Roosevelt Jones’s three-quarter-court buzzer-beater, and here’s another one today by a player better known for dunks than threes. Here’s senior UMass forward Antwan Space drawing his own team even with Fordham at the half; unfortunately for the Minutemen, they eventually fell 7...

Butler Forward Roosevelt Jones Drills Three-Quarter-Court Buzzer-Beater
Coming into today’s game at Marquette, Butler big man Roosevelt Jones had attempted 1,150 field goals. Three of those shots came from behind the three-point line, and zero went in. So be shocked that Jones’s attempt from three-quarter-court at the end of the half not only found the basket, but allow...

Stephen Curry Is A Fictional Character From Planet X
One of baseball’s last remaining virtues is that the maxim “Watch any baseball game, and you’ll see something you’ve never seen before” is generally true. We think it’s about time that rule be applied to any time Steph Curry is on a basketball court... or off it....

Cezar Guerrero Wild Desperation Shot Forces Overtime Against San Diego State
SDSU held for an home win tonight against Fresno State, but it came with some difficulty after an overtime period forced when Fresno’s Cezar Guerrero hit a miracle three-pointer at the buzzer. The Bulldogs have looked good at times this season—and knocking off the league leader would have improved t...

Ohio State Forces Overtime With Last-Second Goal Off The Draw
Ohio State came back to beat Michigan at home tonight after nine rounds of penalty shots that only happened because Anthony Greco forced overtime by scoring the tying goal with seven seconds remaining—off the faceoff....

College Basketball Team Loses After Being Assessed Technical Foul For Celebrating Game-Winner
A desperation three-pointer by Sioux Falls’s Taylor Varsho gave the Cougars a 59-58 win over Division II rival Winona State—a team that had previously beaten them by 39 points—until officials assessed Sioux Falls a technical foul for celebrating the buzzer-beater that, replay showed, left less than ...

Texas Shocks North Carolina On Javan Felix Buzzer-Beater
#3 ranked North Carolina went down to Austin with a 7-1 record and a heap of momentum after beating Maryland and lost to the Longhorns on a last-second, buzzer-beating jumper from Javan Felix....

High School Player Hits Full-Court Buzzer-Beater For The Win
The Austin High boys’ basketball team was down 56-54 to Northfield with 1.6 seconds left to play when their opponent stepped to the free-throw line to ice the victory. That’s when a missed free throw found its way into the hands of Oman Oman, who went ahead and won Austin the game. I really don’t th...

Vince Carter Nails Buzzer-Beater From Three-Quarter-Court
Vince Carter has played a mere 101 minutes this year and has only hit seven threes, but this one should count double. The Grizzlies lost, but the Hawks didn’t hit any shots nearly as cool as this. ...