Luka Doncic hit a buzzer-beater so wild even LeBron couldn't believe it
Luka Doncic stole a win for the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night.
With just seconds remaining against the Memphis Grizzlies, the Mavericks were trailing 113-111, with Grizzlies guard Grayson Allen set to shoot two from the foul line.
Allen has made 90% of his free throws on the season, and two more would have sealed the win for Memphis. However, in a statistical anomaly sent from the basketball gods, he missed both.
After a timeout to advance the ball, the Mavericks had 1.8 seconds to make a miracle happen — two points to tie, three to win. Dallas struggled to get the ball in, but eventually found a floundering Luka, who put up a prayer that would be answered.
Game Mavericks.
???? MAGICAL LUKA GAME-WINNER! ????
— NBA (@NBA) April 15, 2021
Luka Doncic beats the trap, puts up the floater from behind the arc and knocks down the #TissotBuzzerBeater to lift the @dallasmavs! #ThisIsYourTime pic.twitter.com/eOqyEGMg7T
Looking at the angle of Luka's release, the shot is only more unbelievable.
Luka really hit this for game ???? pic.twitter.com/AM3MewkCJn
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 15, 2021
The shot was heard across the NBA Twitter world, with even LeBron James chiming in to offer his thoughts.
WOW WOW WOW!!!!! Cmon @luka7doncic you ain’t serious man!! ????????????????????????
— LeBron James (@KingJames) April 15, 2021
Doncic had said this week that he was not a fan of the play-in games heading into the NBA playoffs this year — a somewhat comical complaint coming from someone who was looking likely to be stuck playing in them.
But on Wednesday night, Luka did something about it, hitting a prayer of a shot to move his team one game closer to safety from the play-in games.
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