People Are Sharing The Wildest Basketball Moments They Watched Live, And This Is The Nostalgic Break I Needed

Some moments in life we will never forget. As for basketball fans, some moments witnessed live will have us on our feet. On the popular NBA discussion subreddit r/NBATalk, Reddit user u/KookyOrganization400 asked: What's the wildest basketball moment you ever watched live? These were just some of the top answers that will remind you just how wild the game of basketball can be:

1. "Kawhi Leonard's buzzer-beater might have been the craziest. My whole family was watching, and we were in shock. Lives rent free in my head."

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Leonard and his teammates watch to see if the ball goes in to win Game 7:

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2. "Malice at the Palace. Nothing could ever top that event, no matter how wild, unless it wasn't basketball related, like Ron Artest beating fans."

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A snapshot of the aftermath as Artest is guided away from angry Detroit Pistons fans throwing items at the Indiana Pacers players.

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3. "Christian Laettner's game-winner against Kentucky, 1992."

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4. "Rebound Bosh, Back out to Allen, his 3-pointer, BANG!" is etched into my memory. Easily number 1 for me."

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The Game 6-tying shot in the 2013 NBA Finals.

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5. "Haliburton’s game-winner against the Knicks was insane."

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An elated Pacers squad celebrates with Haliburton, who hits the "choke" pose for the Knicks after a comeback from a 17-point deficit:

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6. "I went to the Cavs-Bulls game when Michael Jordan hit 'the shot' on us. I was 12 years old. Back in the day, my mother used to ask me if I needed glasses, so I would lie to keep her from making me get some. I couldn't see a thing. I remember my mother asking me, '...did you see that?...' when he hit the shot. I didn't realize what happened till we got home, and it was all over the eleven o'clock news.

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Iconic. NBA. Moment.

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7. "Reggie versus the Knicks."

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8. "Steph's half-court shot against the Thunder in 2016. It was all the shots he hit before that, and he had gone to the locker room with an injury during the game."

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Warriors celebrate the gutsy pullup jumper:

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9. "When Steph Curry was going ballistic during the 2024 Paris Olympics gold medal game. Golden State Warrior fans are so lucky."

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10. "Dame's 40-footer over PG, same playoffs as the Kawhi shot. Felt absurd, saw both live."

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11. Blazers win the series, and a meme is born:

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12. "I was there when the Pistons finally beat Larry Bird and the Celtics to go to the NBA finals. Something I’ll never forget."

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13. "Kobe's last game. It was the most amazing thing I've seen in sports, and it meant a lot to me personally. I was going through a tough time. My wife and I had split up the day before. It was going to be my first night alone in the house, and I didn't want to go home. I watched the game with a friend at the bar, not expecting anything other than a low-energy game from two teams who were not playing for anything. We saw Kobe start to heat up in the 3rd quarter. We thought, 'Wouldn't it be cool if he scored 40 in his last game?' Then 'what if he hits 50?' Every shot he took, we were cheering. I never dreamed he would make it to 60, but that's Kobe for you. He did the impossible."

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"Mamba out."

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14. "When Northern Iowa blew a 13-point lead in 40 seconds against Texas A&M in the 2016 NCAA tournament. I still to this day can't believe what I saw."

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Needless to say, No. 11 Northern Iowa did not pull off the upset in OT:

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15. "T-Mac and the one-man comeback to beat the Spurs, 13 points in 33 seconds."

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The Rockets defeated the San Antonio Spurs 81-80 in 2004 for one of the biggest "TEAM ON MY BACK" moments ever.

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16. "The entire 2016 finals series was wild. Seeing Kyrie hit that shot live was mind blowing. Also, LeBron dropping 51 in Game 1 of the finals in 2018 was the best performance I had ever seen; that was literally otherworldly."

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17. "Lebron's block on Iggy. JR Smith not shooting the ball as time expires."

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18. The 2016 NBA Finals might have the most "moments" crammed into them.

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19. "Watching the sequence leading up to Josh Giddey’s buzzer beater was wild and recent."

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Just look at how many lead changes happen in the final seven seconds:

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20. "The 2000 NBA Dunk Contest with Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady. The whole building was just so electric, and that was Vinsanity in its prime."

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"Let's go home!"

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21. And finally, "Michael Jordan going ham on the Boston Celtics in Game 2 of the 1986 playoffs."

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A young MJ tallied an NBA playoff record 63 points against Bird's Celtics in the Boston Garden.

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Tell me an NBA moment you'll never forget, and what made it so special! Comment below!

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