1993 NBA Playoffs: Boston Celtics @ Charlotte Hornets, Game 4 (ending)

May 5, 1993: The Charlotte Hornets had recently put together their first winning season and led the Boston Celtics two games to one in the first round. After an enormous comeback by Boston, rookie Alonzo Mourning hit the game winner with 0.4 seconds remaining to win Charlotte its first ever playoff series.
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[@slikdarelic]

RIP Reggie Lewis.. had he been able to play this whole series.. thats all i gotta say.. smh..

[@1103bullsnation]

The Hornets could have contended with Chicago, New York, Indiana, and later Orlando but it all went downhill because Mourning and Johnson could not get along. And every NBA fan knows how much Mourning and Johnson disliked each other (1998)

[@JeffCirillo]

Tony Bennett retiring early with a foot issue is what crippled them.

[@walterlv01]

This was Kevin McHale's final NBA game.

[@rselby0654]

The Charlotte Bobcats will be the Charlotte Hornets again next season! :D

[@isaiah2810]

Gotta hand it to McHale though that was a really good pass and the guy came really close to lobbing it in. Nice attempt.

[@xdingo]

holy shit he made the shot

[@irshadpthenryprimetimehenr4356]

This was basketball 🏀 back then not this LeBron water down soft todays garbage

[@RW-ij1ci]

The Hornets are back!

[@MrKing8050]

and this would put the celtics in a downward spiral until 2007-2008

[@LeoWhalen1933]

Downward smile until 2001. Then they were in the playoffs all but two years until they won the title in 08.

[@melissamerrett216]

Fox got the ball at 2:39 and was over by 2:42...10 seconds???? Also mournings shot was through with 1 second left, not 0.4??

[@Mrd9960]

Parish rebounded the ball first but didnt pass it to Fox until maybe 5 seconds later, i blame Parish for not calling a time out right away.

[@jermainehaynes3457]

Yeah the Celtics got robbed on that last possession. Charlotte definitely fouled Dee Brown on that lob pass.

[@joshmclaurin2703]

Get over it!!! Celtics have won multiple finals since. We haven’t even made it past round one since 02

[@SportsFan838]

​​@@joshmclaurin2703 Ya'll didn't even make the postseason since 2016😂. But on a real note. I do wish Charlotte the best

[@joshmclaurin2703]

@@SportsFan838 exactly. And congratulations to the Celtics this year

[@SportsFan838]

@@joshmclaurin2703 Oh I'm not a Celtics fan. I'm a Sixers fan so therefore I sympathize with the Hornets even more. 2002 shouldn't have happened😂

[@joshmclaurin2703]

@@SportsFan838 oh okay my mistake. Look forward to seeing Philly this year as well

[@untexan]

Kevin McHale’s last game. Simmons would have you believe the Hornets pile drived him into the basket support and held him there while Mourning made the game winner. Yeah not so much.

[@DrSanto91]

Yeah thought the hornets were going to be the future of the league, but we were wrong.

[@thereal_notoriousakagdubb3486]

This was Reggie Lewis final game,as he'd died over the summer during a pick up game of basketball 🏀

[@prlysis]

His final game was actually game 1 of this series. It's such a shame what happened to him.

[@treyz11to]

Uhh were dell curry

[@dank2459]

The Hornets need to come back to Charlotte

[@FreedomUnique]

You have a point, but Glen Rice quickly made me miss Zo far less than what I expected. Rice was down right incredible at times. I'm just ready for Charlotte to get the Hornets name back!

[@aakao2593]

I remember this as a teen. The Hornets were such a hot, young team. Great fans. Now they are stuck with the shitty-ass Bobcats. Strange how things change over 20 years.

[@brian4180]

who the christ are the bobcats?

[@youtubin222]

this was traumatizing watching as a young kid

[@Mrd9960]

Oh i know, i seen this as a teenager also, it was my first heart break, being a sports fan, i really thought the Celtics would pull this game out, a great comeback, being down 19 points, in the 4th quarter, only to lose it like that, ohhh😣

[@Leo-qe3gl]

😮

[@xdingo]

THE CELTICS ARE JUST BEASTS!

[@dre3oo]

Bob Delany had too much money on Charlotte... No way he was gonna call a foul on that last play.

[@evanhullinger2900]

That wasn’t even close to goaltending. That was a good clean play

[@dre3oo]

@@evanhullinger2900didn’t say anything about a goal tend, should’ve been called a foul at the end of the game.

[@Mrd9960]

What a screw up by Rick Fox, all he needed to do was to pass it back to McHale, to get it over the line, he was wide open.