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Luka Dončić Hits One-Handed, Three-Point Runner at Buzzer to Beat Grizzlies

Doncic drilled an off-balance, running three-pointer at the buzzer to give the Mavericks a stunning 114-113 win over Memphis on Wednesday.
Luka Dončić Hits One-Handed, Three-Point Runner at Buzzer to Beat Grizzlies
Luka Dončić Hits One-Handed, Three-Point Runner at Buzzer to Beat Grizzlies

For Luka Dončić, any look is a good look—even an off-balance, three-point runner at the buzzer.

Dončić hit an impossible-looking shot on the game's final play as the Mavericks stunned the Grizzlies, 114–113, on Wednesday night, giving Dallas its seventh win in its last 10 games.

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Dončić finished the game with 29 points on 10-for-20 shooting, with nine assists, five rebounds, two steals and a block. He's shot 41-for-77 (53.2%) over his last four games, averaging 29.3 points per game over that span.

The Grizzlies led, 113–11, with 2.2 seconds left when Grayson Allen was fouled after rebounding a missed free throw. Allen missed both free throws, setting the stage for Dončić's clutch shot.

For the season, Allen is shooting 88.4% on free throws. He finished the game with 23 points and four rebounds while shooting 6-for-11 on three-point attempts.

The shot was similar to Dončić's game-winner in last year's playoffs, when Dončić hit the winning shot in Game 4 of the Mavericks' first-round series against the Clippers. The win puts Dallas 2.5 games ahead of Memphis for the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference and 1.5 games behind Portland for the No. 6 seed.

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Nick Selbe is a programming editor at Sports Illustrated who frequently writes about baseball. Before joining SI in March 2020 as a Breaking and Trending News writer, he worked for the Orange County Register, MLB Advanced Media, Graphiq and Bleacher Report. Selbe received a bachelor’s in communication from the University of Southern California.