Tom Heinson ended Bill Russell's first playoff series against Wilt Chamberlain in 1960 and won for the Boston Celtics.
In 2019, Cowy Leonard's bottom-line jumper on Joel Embiid's outstretched arm bounced four times in the basket before finally landing on the rim to help the Toronto Raptors beat the Philadelphia 76ers.
In 1974, Jo Jo White's unexpected free throw kill in a series with the Buffalo Braves made Jack Ramsey furious.
Michael Jordan plunged the dagger into the heart of the Cleveland Cavaliers again—Gerald Wilkins did everything in his power to stop it, but, alas, Jordan did it again.
Ralph Sampson helped Hakim Olajuwon and the young Houston Rockets win the game in 1986 with an unlikely shot to beat the mighty Los Angeles Lakers.
After years of failing to get a ticket to the NBA Finals, defensive errors by Mario Ellie and Charles Barkley gave John Stockton an empty three-pointer and the first Finals spot in Utah Jazz history.
Kawhi Leonard killed 76ers