The Shot (disambiguation)

The Shot may refer to:

• The Shot (Rugrats episode), an animated television episode
• The Shot (TV series), a reality TV competition on VH1
• "The Shot", a short story by Aleksandr Pushkin
• The Shot (short film) by Puven Pather.

In Sports

Basketball

NBA

• Michael Jordan's shot on May 7, 1989 against the Cleveland Cavaliers

• Michael Jordan's last shot as a Chicago Bull, against the Utah Jazz at the close of game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals

• Garfield Heard's shot in Game 5 of the 1976 NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics

College

• Tate George's buzzer beating shot in the Regional Semifinals of the East Region in the 1990 NCAA tournament. The Shot gave UConn a 71-70 win over Clemson.

• Christian Laettner's shot in the NCAA tournament on March 28, 1992 as time expired, giving the Duke Blue Devils a 104-103 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats.

• Bryce Drew's shot in the 1998 NCAA Tournament

• Mario Chalmers's shot with 2.1 seconds remaining in the final championship game of the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, a shot which tied the game and led to a win by the Kansas Jayhawks in overtime

• Ernie Calverley's shot which tied the 1946 National Invitation Tournament quarterfinal game and sent it into overtime, with his University of Rhode Island team ultimately defeating Bowling Green State University 82-79

• Keith Smart's shot which won the 1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, giving the Indiana Hoosiers the victory over Syracuse.

• The shot by Ali Farokhmanesh that clinched Northern Iowa's upset of top-ranked Kansas in the 2010 NCAA Tournament.

Football (soccer)

• Paul Caligiuri's shot in the game between the United States and Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain in 1989

• Joe Gaetjens' goal that provided the only scoring in the United States' historic upset of England in the 1950 FIFA World Cup

Other

• Baseball – Bobby Thomson's "shot heard 'round the world" in 1951 that clinched the National League pennant for the New York Giants

• Curling – Jennifer Jones's shot in the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts

• Golf – Gene Sarazen's shot in the Masters Tournament in 1935

• Ice hockey – Shawn Bates's penalty shot in a playoff game on April 8th, 2002 against the Toronto Maple Leafs to give the New York Islanders the lead and ultimately the win

See also

• Shot heard round the world
• Jerome Schottenstein Center (nicknamed "The Schott")