Trae Young’s Spectacular Half-Court Effort Wins the Game

One of the NBA’s greatest baskets ever. The game-winning basket that Trae Young signed will be remembered worldwide as a modern classic due to its beauty, complexity, and execution. The point guard for the Atlanta Hawks made an incredible three-pointer at the end of the game to defeat the Utah Jazz (124–121). Naturally, without any time on the clock and from beyond half court. UNBELIEVABLE SHOT FROM TRAE YOUNG… GAME-WINNER FROM BEYOND HALFCOURT!#TissotBuzzerBeater #YourTimeDefinesYourGreatness pic.twitter.com/f5sWGEplNx — NBA (@NBA) January 8, 2025 It’s an amazing sequence. In what was meant to be the final play, the Hawks were ahead by three points (118–121). Dyson Daniels nearly stole the ball when the Jazz took it with three seconds remaining. Collin Sexton, Utah’s point guard, made a three-pointer with less than four seconds remaining after he failed to arrive. It was the shot that tied the game. A treble to be etched in history for Trae Young You can see several Atlanta players drop their heads as Sexton’s basket appears to put the game into overtime. Not young. He requests the ball, dribbles twice, then shoots a few meters before the center of the court. Then it explodes: the three-pointer is made. The...