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Ranking the greatest Suns playoff game winning/tying shots

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2021 8:06 pm
by SunsRback4Good
Between this six clips, what is/are greatest game tying or winning shots in Suns playoff history. Please Include new once that I probably missed but for now let's review this six clips.

Exhibit A:

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Exhibit B:

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Exhibit C:

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Exhibit D:

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Exhibit E:

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Exhibit F:

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Re: Ranking the greatest Suns playoff game winning/tying shots

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2021 10:24 pm
by SunsRback4Good
I prefer the Rex Chapman's shot. The degree of difficulty to launch it off one leg running out of bounds is spectacular. I've just never seen that type of shot before and I have seen plenty of great game winners.

Re: Ranking the greatest Suns playoff game winning/tying shots

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2021 10:29 pm
by SlovenianDragon
how about


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Re: Ranking the greatest Suns playoff game winning/tying shots

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2021 10:35 pm
by SunsRback4Good
SlovenianDragon wrote:how about



Another great one. But I was speaking more in terms of game winning or tying shots in the playoffs. Maybe we can include that one since the bubble was like our playoffs. ;)

Re: Ranking the greatest Suns playoff game winning/tying shots

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2021 10:37 pm
by SlovenianDragon
SunsRback4Good wrote:
SlovenianDragon wrote:how about



Another great one. But I was speaking more in terms of game winning or tying shots in the playoffs. Maybe we can include that one since the bubble was like our playoffs. ;)


I think bubble suns was basically the playoffs every game counted.

Re: Ranking the greatest Suns playoff game winning/tying shots

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2021 11:40 pm
by wheezy
SunsRback4Good wrote:I prefer the Rex Chapman's shot. The degree of difficulty to launch it off one leg running out of bounds is spectacular. I've just never seen that type of shot before and I have seen plenty of great game winners.

The pass, catch & shot in that one are all incredibly difficult. I'd say that one followed by Ayton's.

Watching the clip from '76 is almost kinda painful with how terrible the ballhandling was back then.

Re: Ranking the greatest Suns playoff game winning/tying shots

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 12:10 am
by bwgood77
Without looking anything up, watching videos or looking at posts, off the top of my head, Gar Heard, Rex Chapman (I was at that game) and the Barkley one catch off backboard that SunsRBack posted in a game thread the other day. And maybe the best because it was series saving and turned the series, was the Marion rebound and pass to Tim Thomas for the game winner....seems like Raja had a great shot or winner/tie shot against the Clips in the next round too.

There were also some other good ones I remember like Booker's against the Clips, Amare in 2003 against the Spurs in the playoffs...he was a rookie I think so it was exciting, and Barkley against the Spurs in the playoffs (though it wasn't a spectacular shot...just a nice game or series winner he got excited about, over Robinson I think)


Edit: just looked at OP and videos listed and of course it is many of the same ones.

Re: Ranking the greatest Suns playoff game winning/tying shots

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 12:15 am
by bwgood77
The one off the backboard:

Start at 1:30


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Barkley explaining:


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Re: Ranking the greatest Suns playoff game winning/tying shots

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 1:21 am
by Calvin Klein

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Gar Heard is great but the Suns lost that game.

I think I might be taking Ayton's as my favourite here.

Re: Ranking the greatest Suns playoff game winning/tying shots

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:14 pm
by King4Day
It'll always be that Tim Thomas 3 for me.
That was pandemonium. The string of emotions, going from accepting we will lose the series, to a tie game and having hope again.

Re: Ranking the greatest Suns playoff game winning/tying shots

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:34 pm
by cberry78
Yeah, TT for me as well.

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Re: Ranking the greatest Suns playoff game winning/tying shots

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 9:54 pm
by Stix
Rex Chapman for me.

Re: Ranking the greatest Suns playoff game winning/tying shots

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2021 12:42 am
by ATTL
Calvin Klein wrote:

Gar Heard is great but the Suns lost that game.

I think I might be taking Ayton's as my favourite here.


Marburys shot was made better by the spurs fans chanting MVP as Tim bricked the 2 free throws.

Steph needed a good coach to settle him down, I think Monty could have been good for him if they could bring that marbury to this era. I liked him a lot, he would be better in this NBA.