Buzzer Beaters!

Man, there were two amazing buzzer-beaters in the NBA yesterday. Lol, it was amazing, dude! :D

There was a game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the offensive-powerhouse Golden State Warriors. The score was 79 - 77, the Grizzlies had the lead, with seven seconds left in the game.
The Warriors were diagramming a play during their last timeout. Point guard Derek Fisher, replacing the injured All-Star caliber player Baron Davis, took the ball to the right side of the paint, and floated a reverse layup off the glass to tie the game up at 79.
The Grizzlies called time immedately thereafter, with three seconds left. Pau Gasol, the first-time-all-star center for the Grizzlies, was set to receive the inbounds pass. He juked right, then spun left at the free-throw line, and, as if in a picture-perfect moment, lifted a turnaround hook shot that swished through the net at the buzzer.
The game was over, and the Grizzlies won a triller against the Warriors.


On the same day, the New Orleans/Oklahoma Hornets (the name is a lot alike to the Los Angeles Angels of Anheim. Lol :P) were hosting one of my favorite NBA teams, the scorching-hot Washington Wizards, who had won five straight games heading into yesterday's game. There were 24 seconds left in this game, with the Hornets leading 95 - 94 when it got interesting.
The Wizards reserve point guard, Antonio Daniels, grabbed a missed shot by the Hornets' P.J. Brown, and hustled to the half court line. The Wizards milked the clock down to ten seconds when All-Star shooting guard Gilbert Arenas, who had an amazing 43 points by the end of the game, hit a shot that hit the back of the rim. Power forward Antwaan Jamison grabbed the rebound in the air on the far left side of the court, near the three-point line and the out-of-bounds line with eight seconds left. In an instant, he lifted a high-arching shot that swished the net. As Jamison was walking back to the other side of the court, he hushed the crowd by putting his right middle finger in front of his mouth. The Wizards were leading 96 - 95!
After that stupendous shot, the Hornets called a timeout with five seconds left on the game clock to settle everyting and for the coach Bryon Scott to draw up a play for their offense.
After a series of picks, small forward David West of the Hornets was wide open on the top of the key, just in front of the three-point line. He grabbed the ball from the player inbounding it, and, instantaneously shot it. Center Brendan Haywood of the Wizards lunged his left outstretched hand towards West, but it wasn't enough. West hit nothing but net, and the Hornets won in dramatic fashion, 96 - 95. Hornets players stormed the court and hugged West therafter. On the other side, the Wizards players hung their heads in disappointment, as their five game winning streak came to a screeching halt.

You had to see it to believe it. As NCAA basketball commentator Dick Vitale would put it, "These games were unbeliveable, baby!"