Sleepy Floyd scored 34 of the Warriors' last 46 points as they came back from a 98-83 deficit to win Game 4 of their series against the Lakers in 1987.







6. 1994-The Phantom Foul



After winning Game 3 thanks to Kukoc’s buzzer beater(see moment 14), the Bulls go to win Game 4 in Chicago to tie their series with the Knicks as the series moves back to New York where Chicago has a chance to take a 3-2 series lead as they hold a 86-85 lead with 7.6 seconds to go.



That is when one of the most controversial calls in NBA playoff history occurred when John Starks inbounded the ball to Hubert Davis, who took a shot from 20 feet out that missed, only to have official Hue Hollins call a foul on Scottie Pippen for making contact with Davis, though replays showed Pippen did not touch Davis until after he released the shot.



Davis sank both free throws to give the Knicks a 87-86 win and a 3-2 series lead, though it would have to take a Game 7 back in New York for the Knicks to eliminate the Bulls and move on to the Eastern Conference Finals.





5.1995-Kiss of Death

The 1995 Houston Rockets just would not die in their 1995 series against the Phoenix Suns as they came back from a 0-2 and 1-3 series deficit to force a Game 7 in Phoenix as they came back from a 10-point halftime deficit and had a two-point lead going into the 4th quarter. But with the game tied at 110 and 20.4 seconds left, the Rockets were looking to give the ball to Clyde Drexler in hopes of breaking the tie. Instead, the ball found its way to Mario Elie, who drained a 3-pointer from the left corner to give Houston a 113-110 lead with 7.1 seconds left. After the shot, Elie blew a kiss to the Suns’ Joe Kliene, who Elie had been jawing with throughout the series.



Elie’s kiss became known as the “Kiss of Death” as the Rockets would go on to win the game 115-114 to became the fifth team in NBA history to come back from a 3-1 deficit and win a playoff series.



4. 2019-Kawhi's Buzzer Beater

With 4.2 seconds left in Game 7 and the game tied at 90, the Toronto Raptors inbound the ball to Kawhi Leonard, who catches the ball around midcourt, then runs to the right side where he fires a 15-footer that bounces off the rim four times before finally going into the basket as time expires to give the Raptors a 92-90 win over the Philadelphia 76ers and send them to the Eastern Conference Finals.









3. 2004-Fisher's Shot in 0.4 Seconds

It looked like the Spurs had won Game 5 of their series against the Los Angeles Lakers after Tim Duncan made a 20-footer as he fell to the floor to give San Antonio a 73-72 with 0.4 seconds left.

All the Lakers could do was catch and shoot in one motion just to get a shot off as 0.3 seconds was the minimum time required in the NBA for such an act. Gary Payton inbounded the ball to Derek Fisher, who caught it and immediately fired up a 18-footer that went through the net for the game-winning basket to give the Lakers a shocking 74-73 win and a 3-2 series lead. The Spurs protested that the clock did not start as soon as Fisher touched the ball, but it was heard to no avail as the Lakers would go on to win Game 6 to eliminate the Spurs.











2. 1995-Miller Time

The Knicks appeared to be in great shape for a Game 1 victory in their series with the Pacers as they held a 105-99 lead with 18.7 seconds to play.



That is when Reggie Miller, the “Knick-Killer” struck. First, Miller took the inbounds pass from Mark Jackson and drained a 3-pointer with 16.4 seconds left, to cut the Knicks’ lead in half to 105-102. Then on the ensuing inbounds pass, Knicks guard Greg Anthony fell down, but Anthony Mason, the inbounder did not see Anthony’s fall and threw the pass right to Miller, who took a dribble and stepped behind the 3-point line where he buried the game-tying 3-pointer to tie the game at 105 with 13.2 seconds left.

After the Knicks had made a mistake with the inbounds pass, it seemed the Pacers had returned the favor when Sam Mitchell fouled John Starks, sending Starks to the free throw line with still 13.2 seconds left and a chance to put New York back on top.

But Starks missed both free throws only to have his teammate Patrick Ewing grab the rebound on the second miss free throw and miss a 8-foot fadeaway jumper that was rebounded by Miller, who was fouled by Mason, sending him to the free throw line with 7.5 seconds left.

Unlike Starks, Miller made his free throws to give Indiana a 107-105 lead, erasing a six-point deficit in 8.9 seconds all by himself. The Knicks had a chance to save themselves as Anthony dribbled upcourt for a potential game-tying shot but fell down again as time expired to give the Pacers a shocking 107-105 win as Indiana would go on to win the series in seven games(see moment 13).



1.1988-You Are Watching What Greatness is All About That is what CBS announcer Brent Musberger said during the classic Game 7 duel between Hawks forward Dominique Wilkins and Celtics legend Larry Bird at the Boston Garden.

Though during the first three quarters, it was Wilkins who had the better of the play as he had scored 31 points while Bird had been held in check scoring just 14 points as Boston held 84-82 lead as the 4th quarter began, thanks to Kevin McHale’s 21 1st half points. With 10:03 to play and the game tied at 86, Bird hit a jumper that got him going as he would score the Celtics’ next seven points to give Boston a 93-90 lead only to have Wilkins drain a 3-pointer to tie the game at 93 and the duel was on.

On two separate occasions in the final quarter, Bird and Wilkins combined to hit five baskets in a row. When it was all said and done, Wilkins finished with a game-high 47 points as he poured in 16 in the final 12 minutes, but Bird’ s 20 points on 9-of-10 shooting in the 4th, to finish the game with 34 points, gave Boston a 118-116 win in one of the great Game 7s in NBA playoff history.























