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The Shot is the name of the championship series-winning 3 point basket made by Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving with 53 seconds remaining in Game 7 of the NBA Finals on June 19th, 2016 against the Golden State Warriors in the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. It is considered, along with LeBron James' The_Block_(basketball) the greatest clutch moment in Cleveland sports history, one of the greatest moments in NBA Finals history, and in the game itself, a classic. The Cavaliers had come back from down 3 wins to 1 in the series to tie the series up at 3, forcing game 7 in Oakland.

Cleveland was the 1st seed in the Eastern Conference and Golden State was the 1st seed in the Western Conference. Cleveland had a 57–25 regular season record, and Golden State had set an NBA-best regular season record of 73-9 and had lost 3 games all season in Oracle Arena, including the playoffs. Given both these factors, the Cavs Championship victory was considered a major upset. Kyrie had been with the with the Cavaliers for 4 years, and had shown a penchant for hitting game winning shots in high pressure situations. Unlike years past, LeBron James was not the only Cavalier on the court who could make championship caliber plays. The Shot wiped out 52 years of heartbreak and frustration for Cleveland sports fans since the Cleveland Browns won the NFL Championship in 1964. It sent the entire Downtown Cleveland and all regional suburbs and cities into a frenzy. No longer are the moments that previously came at a Cleveland team's expense worth even mentioning.

The Play

The game was tied at 89-89 in the lowest scoring game for the entire NBA Finals series. Cleveland's defense had held the high powered Golden State offense to 13 points the entire 4th quarter, and scoreless in the last 4 minutes 39 seconds of the game. After LeBron's famous chase down block of what appeared to be an easy layup by Golden State's Andre Igoudala, then a missed 3 pointer by Stephen Curry and rebound by Kevin Love, the Cavs had the ball with 1 minute 12 seconds left and Cavs coach Tyronn Lue called a time out. The Cavs were given the ball on the left side of the forward court, and LeBron inbounded the ball to Kyrie on the left side of the court. Curry was matched on Irving defensively, and Irving slowly dribbled and walked the ball to the right side of the court just beyond the 3 point arch. Irving began to dance and juke around Curry, then with 53 seconds left he stepped back and launched a perfect arching 3 point shot, right in the face of Stephen Curry.

The Cavaliers would score one more point on a free throw by LeBron James making the final score of the game 93-89 and clinching the NBA World Championship for the first time in the Cleveland Cavaliers' 46 year team history. This ended a 52 year championship drought for Cleveland's three professional sports franchises.

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-'''The Shot''' is the name of the series-winning basket hit by [[Michael Jordan]] in Game 5 of the [[1989 NBA Playoffs|1989 Eastern Conference First Round]] on May 7 against the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] in the [[Coliseum at Richfield]].<ref name="nba">{{cite web|publisher=NBA|url=http://www.nba.com/history/jordancav_moments.html|title=Jordan Hits "The Shot"|accessdate=February 14, 2007}}</ref> It is considered to be one of Jordan's greatest [[wiktionary:clutch#Noun|clutch]] moments, and in the game itself, a classic.<ref name="nba" /> The Cavaliers swept the regular season games against the Bulls 6–0, including a 90–84 victory in the final regular season game, in which they rested their four best players ([[Ron Harper]], [[Mark Price]], [[Brad Daugherty (basketball)|Brad Daugherty]] and [[Larry Nance]]).
+'''The Shot''' is the name of the championship series-winning 3 point basket made by [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] point guard [[Kyrie Irving]] with 53 seconds remaining in Game 7 of the [[2016 NBA Playoffs|NBA Finals]] on June 19th, 2016 against the [[Golden State Warriors]] in the [[Oracle Arena]] in Oakland, California. It is considered, along with [[LeBron James]]' [[The_Block_(basketball)]] the greatest [[wiktionary:clutch#Noun|clutch]] moment in Cleveland sports history, one of the greatest moments in NBA Finals history, and in the game itself, a classic. The Cavaliers had come back from down 3 wins to 1 in the series to tie the series up at 3, forcing game 7 in Oakland.
-Cleveland was the 3rd seed in the [[Eastern Conference (NBA)|Eastern Conference]] and Chicago was the 6th. Cleveland had a 57–25 regular season record, tied with the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] for the second-best record in the league behind the [[Detroit Pistons]]. Chicago's regular season record that year was 47–35, which although it placed them fifth in their division, was good enough for the sixth playoff seed in the conference. Given both these factors, the Bulls' playoff victory was considered a major upset. In retrospect, it symbolized the beginning of a dynasty of Michael Jordan's Bulls. It was the first of many game-winning shots that Jordan made in his playoff career. In Game 4 of the [[1993 NBA Playoffs|1993 Eastern Conference Semifinals]], Jordan made another series-winning buzzer-beater on the same end of the court in the same building, to give the Bulls their 4th playoff series win over the Cavaliers, that time a 4-game sweep. The Shot is one of many dramatic sports moments to come at a Cleveland team's expense—[[Red Right 88]], [[The Catch (baseball)|The Catch]], [[The Drive]], [[The Fumble]], ''[[The Decision (TV special)|The Decision]]'', [[Cleveland Browns relocation controversy|The Move]], and the [[Curse of Rocky Colavito]].
+Cleveland was the 1st seed in the [[Eastern Conference (NBA)|Eastern Conference]] and Golden State was the 1st seed in the [[Western Conference (NBA)|Western Conference]]. Cleveland had a 57–25 regular season record, and Golden State had set an NBA-best regular season record of 73-9 and had lost 3 games all season in Oracle Arena, including the playoffs. Given both these factors, the Cavs Championship victory was considered a major upset. Kyrie had been with the with the Cavaliers for 4 years, and had shown a penchant for hitting game winning shots in high pressure situations. Unlike years past, LeBron James was not the only Cavalier on the court who could make championship caliber plays. The Shot wiped out 52 years of heartbreak and frustration for Cleveland sports fans since the [[Cleveland Browns]] won the [[NFL Championship]] in 1964. It sent the entire Downtown Cleveland and all regional suburbs and cities into a frenzy. No longer are the moments that previously came at a Cleveland team's expense worth even mentioning.
-==The play==
+== The Play ==
+The game was tied at 89-89 in the lowest scoring game for the entire NBA Finals series. Cleveland's defense had held the high powered Golden State offense to 13 points the entire 4th quarter, and scoreless in the last 4 minutes 39 seconds of the game. After LeBron's famous chase down block of what appeared to be an easy layup by Golden State's Andre Igoudala, then a missed 3 pointer by Stephen Curry and rebound by Kevin Love, the Cavs had the ball with 1 minute 12 seconds left and Cavs coach Tyronn Lue called a time out. The Cavs were given the ball on the left side of the forward court, and LeBron inbounded the ball to Kyrie on the left side of the court. Curry was matched on Irving defensively, and Irving slowly dribbled and walked the ball to the right side of the court just beyond the 3 point arch. Irving began to dance and juke around Curry, then with 53 seconds left he stepped back and launched a perfect arching 3 point shot, right in the face of Stephen Curry.
-Jordan hit a jumper with 6 seconds left to give the Bulls a 99–98 lead. After Cleveland took a timeout, [[Craig Ehlo]] inbounded the ball to Nance, who gave the ball back to Ehlo, who scored on a driving layup to give Cleveland a 100–99 lead with 3 seconds left. Chicago then called timeout. Jordan was double-teamed by Ehlo and Nance on the inbounds. Jordan first moved to his right into Ehlo, knocking him off balance, then cut left hard, shoving Nance out of his way in the process.  This allowed Jordan to get open and receive the inbounds pass from [[Brad Sellers]]. [[Jim Durham]] and [[Johnny Kerr]] were calling the game on the Bulls' Radio Network and narrated what happened next:
+The Cavaliers would score one more point on a free throw by LeBron James making the final score of the game 93-89 and clinching the NBA World Championship for the first time in the Cleveland Cavaliers' 46 year team history. This ended a 52 year championship drought for Cleveland's three professional sports franchises.
-{{cquote|'''Durham:''' The inbounds pass comes in to Jordan. Here's Michael at the foul line, the shot on Ehlo... ''(overlapping Kerr)'' GOOD! Bulls win!<br>'''Kerr:''' GOOD! THE BULLS WIN IT! THEY WIN IT!<br>'''Durham:''' They upset the Cleveland Cavaliers! Michael Jordan hits it at the foul line! 101–100! 20,273 in stunned silence here in the Coliseum. Michael Jordan with 44 points in a game hit the shot over Craig Ehlo. What tremendous heroics we have had in Game 5. From both teams, what a spectacular series this has been. In my days in the NBA, 16 years, this is the greatest series I've ever seen!}}
-==Lasting image==
-The lasting image of the moment is Jordan's wild, emphatic celebration: a leap into the air as Ehlo crumpled to the ground in despair a short distance away. This scene has become part of many fans' recollection of The Shot, but it was not shown to viewers of the televised game (which was broadcast on [[NBA on CBS|CBS]] with [[Dick Stockton]] and [[Hubie Brown]] as well as sideline reporter [[James Brown (television)|James Brown]] calling the action). CBS never aired this replay during the game telecast, nor was Jordan's celebration caught by the sideline pressbox camera used for most game action. Instead, fans saw the celebration of Bulls coach [[Doug Collins (basketball)|Doug Collins]], who ran around future Bulls head coach [[Phil Jackson]] and into the arms of his team.
-Jordan's leap was recreated for the 2006 television ad "[[Second Generation (advertisement)|Second Generation]]".<ref name=Rovell>{{Citation |last=Rovell |first=Darren |authorlink=Darren Rovell |date=March 2, 2006 |title=The Jumpman in us all |work=[[Page 2]] |publisher=ESPN |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=rovel/060302 |accessdate=November 5, 2011}}</ref>
-===Dick Stockton's call on CBS===
-{{cquote|Sellers has Jordan. Jordan with 2 seconds to go, puts it up and scores! At the buzzer! Michael Jordan has won it for Chicago! Michael Jordan hit the basket at the buzzer as a disconsolate [[Lenny Wilkens]] leaves the floor. And for the second time today, the visiting team has won a deciding game in an opening round series. And the Chicago Bulls will move on to play the [[New York Knicks]] in a best-of-7.<ref>{{YouTube|title=Michael Jordan – "The Shot" |id=TuCxuq-yn1w}}</ref>}}
-===Joe Tait's call on Cavaliers Radio Network===
-{{cquote|He looks. He looks. He gets to Jordan. Jordan to the circle, puts the shot in the air, GOOD! The game's over! And the Bulls have won. Jordan beat 'em at the buzzer with a jump shot in the circle and Chicago has knocked off the Cavs 101–100.}}
-==See also==
-*[[Cleveland sports curse]]
-==References==
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-==External links==
-*[http://www.nba.com/history/jordancav_moments.html The Shot at nba.com/history]
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