NBA's 60 Greatest Playoff Moments: #6

[xXzorbbasXx]

even the ref got excited 0:12 i wish we still had nba games like this

[muho4x]

look at the ref lol

[marcrib79]

the ref is fuckin hilarious, he's all dramatic pointing at the floor and for some reason as he's doing that a voice pops into my head and says "COUNT IT BITCHES!!!!"

[mike978508]

somebody on your side was the slow button pressing timekeeper

[ace94d]

If Phoenix had won, instant #1.

[gmandog6]

who saw the guy in the yellow "oooh yeah!....oh wait. Booo"

[badyy1000]

where is the 3-pt line ? :D :D

[SomeWriterGuy]

@badyy1000 i'm guessing by the smiles you know but it wasnt made yet

[1PedroAmor]

@badyy1000 its coming, give it a few years, then MJ, then Kobe v LeBron and media BS

[cfgolfcf]

the shot heard round the world

[cfgolfcf]

gar heard is a beast

[CoolerKing37]

Poor Phoenix Suns....they just never can close the deal...

[SeniorMobley]

KEEP PRESSING 3!

LMAO

[POKEMONADVANCBATTLE2]

man the 3 point line was really needed here

[2pacforlifee]

how is it 0.01

you cant even lift the ball so fast to get a shot

[cbnunya]

@2pacforlifee the timer actually says 1 second (its read as 0 : 01) 1 second is more than enough time to get a quick shot off.

[hachakaza]

where is the 3point line ????

[BRBaller1213]

@hachakaza the NBA didn't introduce until the 79-80 season.

[thenintendogamer]

@hachakaza Yeah, what he said. The ABA introduced it in 69 but NBA did not capitalize til '79.

[Kidz24]

"Turn around Shot in the AIIIIRRRRRR!!!!!! ITS GOOD!!!!!!!"

[trackstarz2011]

so did tayshaun prince's block against reggie miller happen in 2006 or after cuz that was most definitely a great moment in nba playoff history

[MuffinManTF]

My dad tells me the story of how him and his friend ran across town to see this happen all the time. He said that everyone was going nuts (especially because I live in Phoenix). Greatest game ever? I think so.

Go Suns. Go Phoenix. Hometown baby! Woo! :D

[mikallink]

al mccoy is the last announcer and he is a legend here in phoenix.

[illlanoize23]

Amazing commentary

[markmustb1]

who won the game ??? HAAAHA Celtics!!!!!!!!!

[oaklandsportnewscom]

My favorite part if you watch it again... When the shot goes up the Boston crowd is waiting to rush the floor. One fan dressed in yellow almost comes out on to the court, but then stops suddenly in shock when he sees Gar Heard's shot go in. Love it.

[whateveritsnoyes]

@oaklandsportnewscom

Beautiful moment haha.

[nextbestrockstar]

@indyfan22k TNT is great. just cuz of Charles Barkley and Kenny goin at it

[stewiegriffin31094]

By far, the greatest game ever!

[Angelslover9]

Garfield Heard is a legend unbelieveable

Havlicek chokes

[rjm22nd]

If "somebody up their was on our side" as that commentator said after Heard make the shot, how come the Celtics still won the game? (and the finals?)

[Dannylew33]

celts still won tho!

[FrankieUale]

I took him 5 seconds to shoot, bot 1.

[YogiBear13]

The game that changed the "catch and shoot" rule.

[GiveADogABohnel5]

I want to tell you something. Somebody up there is on our side!

For some reason, I really like that line.

[ashland1977]

Still, after 34 years, the best NBA game ever played.

[vox109]

@ashland1977 still after 34 years they look like they were playing with kids.. jesus even kwame brown played with these guys he would atleast average 25 points and 18 rebounds.. atleast

[BornToBeRollingStone]

@vox109 Are you serious ?

By saying that 70's players played like kids just shows that you don't know anything about old basketball.

[vox109]

@BornToBeRollingStone are u serious? bruh look at them and tell me if they played in the 90's and 00's they would be good? u obviously know nothing..

[ghetus]

For all that surrounded this play, including the fact that Havlicek had scored a basket and time had ran out erroneously, they had to take everyone out of the court and bring the celtics back again in, the technical by westphal for the inbound to be at center court, and the difficulty of the shot...for me this is #2 only beaten by MJ at Utah in 1998. This one is definitely the greatest game ever played.

[HonoreT35]

sweet buzzer beater. Well shot!

[smcenahbk]

how many overtimes wer der xactly?!!

[smokalot187]

three

[idiotslikeyou]

"Somebody up there is on our side"

I hate it when people say this!

First of all, if there actually is a god, does this statement imply that god is AGAINST the Celtics??

[jtp500rocks]

yeah why would god be against the CELTICS

lol

[whateveritsnoyes]

I don't necessarily think that it implies that God is against the Celtics in a *malicious* way, but that simply in that moment in time, in that tiny second when Gar Heard caught the ball, turned around and shot it, his fingertips just happened to perfectly throw that ball into the hoop. All the quote implies is that miraculous things happen and they usually happens in someone's favor. That's what luck is, and some people equate that with a God's doing.

[kobeisbatman]

there is a God, but yeah i see your logic. That's why i don't think u should pray for your sports team to win, because i am sure someone on the opposing side is praying they will win also!!! so who does god reward? The team that plays the best!

[lathanbrown1]

@kobeisbatman : this guy definitely deserves more thumbs up

[emoleader70]

THE NBA named this as the greatest game ever and i don't know why!!!!

but i agree this is the greatest game ever!!!! because it is an nba finals game 5!!!so when the phoenix wins there they will claim their first championship but the celtcis won it so they will head to game 6 then the celtics won the championship

[the1sin]

i think theirs better games ur opinion

[bigboycory2]

that was one long fuckin game

[whateveritsnoyes]

"I gotta take a breather. Garfield Heard made the basket. I wanna tell you something. Somebody up there is on our side."

There's a poignancy to those words that I can't quite put my finger on. You can hear the disbelief and the jubilee in his voice.

Btw, does anyone know who that voice belongs to? Obviously someone announcing for the Suns but I'm not sure exactly who it is.

[afield1986]

That would be HOF announcer Al McCoy. He is still the voice of the Suns today.

[TWG8185]

@whateveritsnoyes It is Al McCcoy, he has done every Suns game on TV or radio since they became a franchise in 1968, and he is still active as of 2010

[whateveritsnoyes]

@TWG8185

Thank you for the info :)

[Majesticon]

that mothafucka in the yellow sweater is mad as shit

[al2phat]

Reminds me of what Fish did yesterday.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!

[Bryanchica2594]

''I got to take a breather''

[keso91]

The referee fucking owns xD

[Robdog638]

4 in a row... must've given up.

[senad0004]

hehe..i always thought,who's that guy in yellow shirt that was like ''there's no chance for him to score,i wanna run in a court'' hehehe..

[im264shirt]

McCoy jinxed the Suns by saying "Somebody up there is on our side." Because the Suns went on to lose that game (barely) and eventually lose the series.

[raclos234]

love brent musberger's commentary...

[mister528]

It was

1 SECOND

not 0.1

Please, if you don't know the difference go back to school.

[mister528]

i love this game.

[someguynamedaaron]

gotta say that was an incredibly lucky shot, with that said...that game was incredible.

[jaboo82681]

I wasn't alive to see it but from the highlights I've seen through the years it was a great game

[someguynamedaaron]

well me neither but i saw the game on nba channel a few years ago

[Ariamaluum]

No. Just bad coaching decision on the part of Heinsohn. He had a foul to give. Heard shot it on the right side, his strong side. Some years later in Game 6 of the 1979 Western Conference finals against the Supersonics, down one, Lenny Wilkens forced him to shoot from the left.

[someguynamedaaron]

i don't care if thats his good side. you cant always stop a good offensive player from running to his "good side" he forced him to shoot it over the top of him, so it wasnt that bad of defense. it was a little bit of luck.

[Ariamaluum]

During the 2nd OT, Nelson fouled Perry while trying to block his shot and got a three pt play. So, remembering that, he didn't go at Heard hard; But you don't let a guy catch, pivot and then shoot. C'mon. The play was supposed to go to Westphal but he was covered and went to Heard, instead.

[someguynamedaaron]

wow do you play basketball? you can't physically stop someone from pivating...lol. he could have fouled him if thats what you were implying? but to me from a coach standpoint let him throw up a miracle shot. he would have missed that shot 9/10 times probably.

and just because he got a 4 point play doesnt mean he can hit a shot every time. tmac got that pt play in his 13 pt 33 second comeback but u dont c him doing that ever do u? the point is it wasnt the players or coaches fault.

[Ariamaluum]

No but Paul Silas is one. He said that Nelson should have grabbed him from the start with a foul to give. By that time, the clock would have expired. Remember, no millisecond at the time as well. I go with his theory than yours.

[someguynamedaaron]

it's not my theory dude. lol. its called what actually happened? and if he would have fouled him he would have got a shooting foul cuz he was in the act of shooting. so i go with what actually happened. it's not my theory it's called the coaches decision....

[Ariamaluum]

Paul Silas was on the floor for the Celtics not you.

[someguynamedaaron]

wow are you that dense,,,when did i say i was on the floor? your trying to bash them for not playing good defense when you should be praising the man for a lucky shot. cmon now

[Ariamaluum]

Yes. Basically. He could have combed his fro before launching that shot.

[someguynamedaaron]

hmmm sure. lets see him do that with what 1.3 seconds? plus good defense

[Ariamaluum]

You call that good defense? Lisa Leslie or Yolanda Griffith or another WNBA player could have done a better job? Shoot maybe even Lindsay Whalen.

[mclish05]

Thats the longest .01 ive ever seen

[SerbianThug]

haha so ridiculous

[rannoch25]

it's not .01, it's 1.00

Read the info.

[buzzerbeater28]

if u want a long .01, look up the trent tucker game or look at the third buzzer beater on "nba classics: nba buzzer beaters"

[ritches48]

Haha the guy in the yellow sweater was about to run onto the court, and then the shot went in

[Andreycool89]

Lucky shot...........

[kdc111190]

the best game ever played

[hellraiser1010]

no top six should michael jordan moments at the playoffs

[SabbathMan8815]

This should be number 1. Greatest game ever... and greatest shot ever.

[philenblank]

I agree. This moment was better than any of the others ranked higher.

[sunsaz]

@SabbathMan8815 In the NBA, loser NEVER get to be number 1. Especially losers like the Phoenix Suns.

[enonx1]

@SabbathMan8815

cant be number one because phoenix didnt win the game or the series