1993 CHARLOTTE HORNETS buzzer beater win over BOSTON CELTICS

another fantastic finish at a charlotte hornets game

[@cityofcharlotte]

I saw this in person as a kid, nice to relive the moment. Welcome back to Charlotte, Hornets!

[@MrReman23]

This is Stephen Curry's favorite buzzer beater

[@sillygoose635]

@M stfu

[@raw4446]

His dad was on the team I think, if so he must have been there.

[@geoffreydy9739]

I can see Stephen playing here.

[@MrCarterVince]

I remember watching tapes of this game. Hornets won 105:103. This shot still gives me goosebumps till this date

[@3Initials]

I just realized that the Hornets had Larry Johnson, Kendall Gill, and Alonzo Mourning...

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Great NBA Jam squad...never made a conference finals together.

[@tburke11]

Add Dell Curry, and Muggsy Bogues.

[@wizskinz9987]

Tony Bennett coach at Virginia too

[@geoffreydy9739]

Head coach Alan Bristow.

[@NEONOIRERA]

What a time and era they shouldn't have broken that team up

[@rampaget8437]

I pray we see a team this talented again

[@plastic8101]

@@rampaget8437 ay man we could see something like this soon with our current young core

[@nap0920]

The players broke themselves up

[@KHayes666]

Zo retired Kevin McHale with that shot.....ugh

[@ZeroToPatrick]

Kevin McHale was a dirty player and he traveled EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. he got the ball in the low post. 80's Celtics - Bird = Zero

[@marvintrujillo2647]

Yup... basically that shot ended the Celtic's dynasty for at least a decade...gotta miss seing those guys play...

[@dank2459]

Thank God the Hornets are coming back

[@distantandvague]

Zo was my favorite player as a kid. He is sorely missed in the NBA today.

[@Steeveriffic]

Meh, not really. Fuck that guy. He's just as much of a prima donna as some of today's players.

[@mike04574]

@@Steeveriffic wtf, look at the softies now

[@gunnarbiker]

Being a Charlotte Hornets fan from Day 1 brought me here. Not sure what Steph Curry has to do with it, other than Dell Curry.The 1993 team was AMAZING! Got to see them play a few times!

[@julezjohn5785]

Had they stayed together they would've definitely won a chip

[@csntv6832]

@@julezjohn5785 in the Jordan era?

[@julezjohn5785]

@@csntv6832 While he was retired maybe. lol

[@geoffreydy9739]

It be cool if steph play for the current Hornets.

[@tallballer3]

By far, the GREATEST moment in Charlotte basketball history!

[@jamiephillips620]

Kevin McHale's final game of an illustrious career.

[@rubski-ds9yc]

I remember I was 8 grade great memories. They need those uniforms back 😎👍

[@andrewdavis2422]

Knuckleheads brought me here, I had to remember the play!

[@yakubamansaray4676]

If Zo and LJ had been able to conquer their differences, and this core grew up together, I reckon they would have been right there with Orlando. At the very least they would have been a tough out for anybody in the east, Chicago included. Alas, Zo and LJ couldn't get along because both wanted to be "the man", LJ's back went out, Zo left, and they became another what-if. To be fair, them coexisting on the court might be asking quite a lot. You can see even in this video that LJ pretty much blew that possession trying to be the hero, and got bailed out by the ball going out on Boston. It's written all over his body language that he wanted to make the shot and be the man, even at the expense of the rest of the team. Not a single pass, nor even a thought to make a pass to get a better shot.

[@momandbro8]

Here because of Stephen Curry

[@81sexislim]

momandbro8 Me too after hearing him say this his most favorite NBA moment cuz his dad was the assist man

[@terucks]

Wooow 30 years ago today! still the greatest hornets game winning shot in history!

[@FoodForThought356]

There was .9 on the clock left when the shot when in, still enough time to try for a miracle

[@joesakic91]

@J M The officials put 0.4 back on the clock where the Celtics can win the game with a tip-in in the cylinder. However, the Hornets won the game thanks to Kendall Gill deflecting Dee Brown's tip-in attempt.

[@WildSkyMtn]

In Jordan’s era, getting to round two was practically the pinnacle.

[@geoffreydy9739]

In the 90s, the east goes through the bulls.

[@portanova47]

When nba was GREAT

[@ProSportsAllAccess]

Inb4 stephen curry brought me here

[@PedroVeigaSalgado12]

SX BX hahahahhahaha holy shit

[@asmaster12]

Stephen Curry brought me here from his post game interview

[@walterlv01]

They put .6 back on the clock and McHale nearly pulled a miracle on the final play of his career - he threw a perfect inbound lob to the basket to Dee Brown and Kendall Gill should have been called for goaltending when he blocked Brown's layup at the buzzer but the refs didn't call it. I am sure that play is in some video on here.

[@SharkToothCraft]

I'm here because this is my city, my team. I wasn't around during the time of the original Charlotte Hornets. I'm 13 right now. I'm also a fan of the new Charlotte Hornets. #hornets4life

[@danaskovici]

you dont see that enthusiasm anymore in NBA, only money, money,money NO dignity

[@purplegill10]

+Danko Cvele Really? I see it all the time with the same kind of enthusiasm whenever someone makes a game-winning shot like that.

[@portanova47]

Danijel Cvetkovic amen brother ...nba is trash now...they played for pride

[@geoffreydy9739]

No more pride

[@youtubin222]

i was a die hard 7 year old celtics fan and this was the only time i have ever cried after a sports game. still makes me sick.

[@idonjohnson6999]

NBA at its most popular. At least that's how it feels.

[@geoffreydy9739]

The real NBA

[@Mrd9960]

I remember watching this game, ohhh what a heart breaker it was, they Celtics were down by 18 points going into the fourth quarter and almost pulled off a miracle comeback, there was .5 left on the clock, the person who uploaded this just didn't show it, what happened was McHale threw an alley hoop to Dee Brown who almost tipped it in, someone on Charlotte goal tended it, but of course the ref isn't going to call that, but it was clearly goaltending.

[@DrKnipe]

No call was criminal

[@temptation1979ga2]

No, Colden. The clock stops after a made basket in the final two minutes. They've ALWAYS done this in the NBA.

[@dank2459]

Who cares? We won anyway

[@neo1343]

how is mourning not a HOF yet.

[@geoffreydy9739]

RIDICULOUS

[@neo1343]

@@geoffreydy9739 Jesus I made this comment 10 years ago

[@muhammadarrasyisapari3970]

It's Mourning Quick Shot? GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!! GAME OVER!!! 0:48

[@muhammadarrasyisapari3970]

1o3-1o2 from Boston. 0:41

[@muhammadarrasyisapari3970]

0:51

[@limitlessmedia2781]

Thats dope af

[@yakubamansaray4676]

It's really too bad LJ and Zo couldn't get along. if they had both been a little more mature, they would have been a devastating duo for a long time, also if Larry's back didn't go out. But looking here at how Larry was trying to go one on four before the actual buzzer beater, you could see how they couldn't really coexist on the court together.

[@anthonysansiveri6893]

0:51 They should have stopped the clock with 1 second left, however I am a Hornets fan so good for them!

[@briansam2524]

Even though I hated the Celtics, I felt kinda sad that it was the last game of Kevin McHale.

[@christianjohnson6286]

Steph brought me here

[@joan.oviedo7ace3]

The coach messed up the previous play. Instead of making sure that the inbound pass was made to their half court he seemed to have forgotten that they had like 3 seconds to cross . In addition, Parish missed his assignment and went after a player who was already getting defended and left Mourning by himself.....

[@Pat_Munster_Draven]

Can't forget about Muggsy, Hawkins, and Curry

[@geoffreydy9739]

Rex Chapman

[@recreationprofilestv8849]

Commentators: Steve Martin & Gil Mcgregor

[@Tubewings]

The funny thing was that the game wasn't immediately over after Zo made that shot. There was still four-tenths of a second left in the game. Lucky for Charlotte, they held on and upset the Celtics, ending their Silver Age (IMHO).

[@djcue12]

curry brought me here

[@joesakic91]

For those who are wondering why the game isn't actually over, the ball would've hit the floor after the basket with 0.4 left. The Celtics had a chance to win the game off the in-bounds play and they were hopping mad when Bob Delaney and the officials didn't call Kendall Gill a foul on Dee Brown or goaltending where Brown had a chance to dunk the ball in with the ball in the cylinder. The Celtics protests were all for naught as the Hornets hang on to win.

[@caar3216]

You’re right in a sense, but it’s when the ball clears the net, not when it hits the floor. They just put too little time back on the clock, not having the benefit of replay.

[@joesakic91]

@@caar3216 The ball cleared the net after the made field goal by Alonzo Mourning at 0.8. That gave the Celtics just enough time to convert an ally-oop to the basket off the in-bounds play.

[@Thejesseyoutube]

0:51 buzzer

[@DrKnipe]

Goaltending!!!!

[@smoothALOE]

Did they put any time back on the clock? It looked like there should’ve been like a half second left.

[@joesakic91]

The officials put 0.4 back on the cut. The Hornets still won when Kendall Gill denied Dee Brown's tip-in attempt.

[@smoothALOE]

joesakic91 cool. I knew that the Hornets advanced. I just hadn’t seen what happened after this.

[@gotsteeze92]

yeah, they were the shit.

[@saiidabdulbaqi5015]

I watched this game live back then and I hated Zo more than anyone else in the world at that time

[@robrusso1271]

umm the games NOT over..there was .4 put back on clock then a none call goaltending violation to continue this expansion feel.good passing of the torch storyline

[@m74d3]

Actually I never knew about that until I read your comment, so I found a video showing the rest thinking there would be a no call on a goaltending.... and there wasn't. I watched it several times, and the replay. It wasn't even remotely close to goaltending.

[@geoffreydy9739]

Game winner....ZO

[@awetz1837]

go hornets

[@Tjtjboy]

There should be like .6 left on the clock after that shot. Just saying.

[@PatDraperWhosoever]

It was and they got the players off the court and played them

[@joesakic91]

It was 0.4 when Kevin McHale inbounded the ball and the Hornets needed a deflection from Kendall Gill on Dee Brown to preserve the victory.

[@Mrd9960]

@@joesakic91 Very questionable no call, really should have been goal tending, after Dee Brown tipped the ball, it hit the glass and Gill touched it.

[@joesakic91]

@@Mrd9960 Here's what you're talking about. The call the Celtics didn't get at 7:45. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXe1f4CqZ8eoapo I thought Dee Brown was fouled on the jump for the tip by Kendall Gill. Unfortunately for the Celtics, the call stands.

[@recreationprofilestv8849]

Could have been 0.7 seconds left for Boston to take the shot

[@kennethdurbin3385]

I remember watching this game during my freshman year in high school. There were .8 secs left after that shot went in. Plenty of time for the Celts to steal that game. Typical hometown refs screwing the visiting team as they did all year long.

[@TheKrazyk2010]

Am I the only one to say there was still time left on the clock after that shot?

[@joesakic91]

0.8 on the clock.

[@kennethdurbin3385]

Hometown refs screwed the Celts. Still had .8secs left on the clock and they let it run out. Enough for a catch and shoot. Smh.

[@Mrd9960]

The game didn't end on that shot, the person who uploaded this, just cut the ending out, for some reason, the Celts had 0.4 on the clock and got screwed over by the refs, on a lob alley hoop pass, by McHale.

[@giancarlog89]

***** and Muggsy Bogues

[@ColdenBaller]

Back then they didn't stop the clock at those moments.

[@kao856]

Anthony Bennet, the head coach of Virginia basketball on the court for the Hornets