In a basketball snapshot for the ages, he is basically Aaron Gordon’s shadow, lurking in the background at floor level while Gordon ascends into NBA history ... of his own buzzer-beaters.

It was about the ugliest attempt at a game-winning shot you’ll ever see. With Game 4 of their opening-round series against the Los Angeles Clippers tied and time about to expire, Nikola Jokic ...

The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter ... that a dunk would be finished in time before the buzzer sounded. This is how it looked in real time.

After the Minnesota Timberwolves secured a clutch win to beat the Los Angeles Lakers and go up 3-1 in the series, NBA fans went wild ... RELATED: Nuggets' historic buzzer-beater stuns Clippers ...

With the first walk-off dunk in NBA playoff history ... He plunked it in the pot of gold at the buzzer. Nuggets 101, Clippers 99. “AG was in the right spot,” Jokic said.

“It was really, really close,” Jokic said. The NBA said it was the first game-winning, buzzer-beating dunk in the playoffs since the detailed play-by-play era began in 1997-98. It was the ...

The Nuggets tied the series 2-2 vs. the Clippers in a thrilling 101-99 win that will always be remembered for one of the most stunning buzzer-beaters in NBA playoff history. With 1.7 seconds left ...

Aaron Gordon has brought the Denver Nuggets first-round series to a 2-2 tie. Gordon scored a buzzer-beating dunk after a missed Nikola Jokić shot to give Denver a 101-99 victory over the Los ...

For those of you who remember Deandre Ayton winning a Western Conference playoff game against these same Clippers in a very similar fashion: his was not a true buzzer-beater. Ayton slammed home an ...

The NBA playoffs continued Saturday with four first ... The other kind of impact he is known for was evident when the final buzzer sounded, as Jalen Green (nine points on 4-of-11 shooting) met ...

Follow the NBA Playoffs with our Nightly Pulse blog featuring ... Denver grabs Game 4 at the buzzer. Despite nearly blowing a 22-point lead, the Nuggets were able to prevail thanks to a game ...

Jokic put up that final shot and admitted his thought as he released the ball was, “This is going to be bad.” Then Aaron Gordon came flying in. Both teams had exactly 19 made 2s, were 10-of-30 ...