View Full Version : Greatest shot in the history of the game
Straight_Ballin
01-02-2015, 09:00 PM
No one on this site props up MJ more than I, but let's be honest.....
This is the greatest shot in the history of the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26HANFrnozQ
SugarHill
01-02-2015, 09:01 PM
:roll:
Solidified Rays place as the GOAT three point shooter.
Fudge
01-02-2015, 09:02 PM
Biggest bail out shot of ALL-TIME.
Ray da gawd.
Straight_Ballin
01-02-2015, 09:06 PM
There is no greater shot than a shot that saves a players career, and I'm not talking about Ray's career.....
Legends66NBA7
01-02-2015, 09:07 PM
All context accounted for...
Jordan, Game 6 vs the Jazz in 98.
Megabox!
01-02-2015, 09:08 PM
Ray saves it and then LBJ solidified it in game 7 with 37 :bowdown:
Magic 32
01-02-2015, 09:13 PM
Mj shot was better (98).
He took his legacy into his own hands and cemented his GOAT'ness.
It both defined and ended the greatest era in NBA history.
Ray shot only saved what turned out to be a disappointing mini-dynasty by a bunch of whiny mercenaries.
christian1923
01-02-2015, 09:15 PM
There is no greater shot than a shot that saves a players career, and I'm not talking about Ray's career.....
Saves a career? jeez thats ridiculous
buddha
01-02-2015, 09:24 PM
Saves a career? jeez thats ridiculous
1/5
Straight_Ballin
01-02-2015, 09:28 PM
Mj shot was better (98).
He took his legacy into his own hands and cemented his GOAT'ness.
It both defined and ended the greatest era in NBA history.
Ray shot only saved what turned out to be a disappointing mini-dynasty by a bunch of whiny mercenaries.
Mj's 98 shot wasn't the best. He committed an offensive foul. For a shot to be the greatest shot, it must adhere to the rules of the game. Getting a "no call" simply because you are Mj doesn't constitute it as being the greatest shot.
Legends66NBA7
01-02-2015, 09:31 PM
Mj's 98 shot wasn't the best. He committed an offensive foul. For a shot to be the greatest shot, it must adhere to the rules of the game. Getting a "no call" simply because you are Mj doesn't constitute it as being the greatest shot.
Was a foul called ?
Straight_Ballin
01-02-2015, 09:33 PM
Was a foul called ?
It doesn't matter IF it was called. It's the fact that it SHOULD have been called that matters. Rules are rules, and anyone watching the game knows that it should have been called. Why should the rules be bent or broken just because MJ is the one committing the foul?
TaLvsCuaL
01-02-2015, 10:08 PM
My favourite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cENqu-9-jD4
I used to love this Suns team.
Magic 32
01-02-2015, 10:12 PM
It doesn't matter IF it was called. It's the fact that it SHOULD have been called that matters. Rules are rules, and anyone watching the game knows that it should have been called. Why should the rules be bent or broken just because MJ is the one committing the foul?
I guess we should say the same about championships.
http://redsarmy.typepad.com/.a/6a01156f2c3287970c0168ebf3dade970c-600wi
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1188305/touch1_1.jpg
http://s8.postimg.org/la7zrv351/11ilitx.jpg
PsychoBe
01-02-2015, 10:15 PM
to bryant....
rebound o'neal...
coming up short....
horry....
for the win.......
YES!
ILLsmak
01-02-2015, 10:20 PM
Definitely the toughest most "it's wet" as it leaves his hands shot in NBA history.
The difficulty level of that shot blows away every other playoff game saving shot. Magic's hook, Jordan's shot... they were nice, but Ray literally made a 3 out of nothing with no dribble.
I bet every other guy in the NBA would put that on the floor. The fact that he didn't, was able to perfectly step back... catch in rhythm, bail out effortlessly, yeah I think it was the greatest shot.
I think that the fact is that Heat/Spurs finals just wasn't on the intensity level for a lot of us... as say a LAL/BOS 80s Final. If that shot happened in a historic series, it would be more celebrated.
-Smak
MJistheGOAT
01-02-2015, 10:24 PM
In context ... MJ vs Jazz Game 6 1998
Pure play ... Ray "saving LeBald carrer" Allen. Game 6 vs Spurs 2013
Honorable mentions: Horry vs Kings 2002, Paxson vs Suns 1993.
NZStreetBaller
01-02-2015, 10:31 PM
I wanted the heat to lose real bad. But when ray hit that shot i was jumped around making those blackman ohhh no he didnt noises
Cold soul
01-02-2015, 11:04 PM
All context accounted for...
Jordan, Game 6 vs the Jazz in 98.
I agree with that.
Poetry
01-02-2015, 11:31 PM
Mj's 98 shot wasn't the best. He committed an offensive foul. For a shot to be the greatest shot, it must adhere to the rules of the game. Getting a "no call" simply because you are Mj doesn't constitute it as being the greatest shot.
Game was more physical in the past.
http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ah8nPw5E1r5w7j2o1_500.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hddYKP5XYac
Stuff like that happened all the time. We didn't complain about it back then.
kunk75
01-02-2015, 11:33 PM
charles smith's 9 layup attempts setting the pace for the rest of knicks history
kunk75
01-02-2015, 11:34 PM
or Lebron's HGH injections until this year
As far as impact goes, I don't know why anyone would think its a joke. It very arguably is the greatest shot in history as far as how impactful it was. He literally saved them from losing the championship. In 98, had Jordan missed the shot, there was still game 7. Same goes for Paxson in 93 and Kerr in 97. Magic's sky hook took place in the middle of the series. Jordan's shot in 89 didn't win or lose the championship. Its not crazy to say. Unless there was some shot in the 60s or 70s I'm missing, a team has never been so close to losing a title without actually losing it and this was the biggest reason that happened.
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