Biggest NBA Playoff “CHOKE” Moments for all 30 Teams

As a 60-win team in the 2015 regular season, the Atlanta Hawks were the number one seed in the Eastern Conference, which didn't mean much because in the Eastern Conference Finals the Hawks were swept by the Cavs, but they should at least having saved face in the game. three because in game three they were up by four points with one minute and 24 seconds left when they missed their last four shots including this game winner by jeff teague from there shelvin mack would miss two three pointers to tie this game in overtime and after This would prove the Falcons to be one of the worst number one seeds and one of the worst 60-win

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in NBA history, as they would lose game 4 to the Cavs by 30 points in game 4 of the NBA Finals. the 1987 nba, larry bird does what he does and nails a three to give the boston celtics a two point lead over the lakers with 12 seconds left, then at the other end the lakers go to karim who took a foul, but misses one of his free throws, however, the Celtics can't hold on.

This rebound and miss give the Lakers another chance to take the lead, giving us Magick's game-winning Skyhook and as if this missed rebound wasn't bad enough, Larry Bird would also miss a surprisingly open shot to win the game at the other end. which meant the celtics would end up losing these finals in six games and magic would finish with five titles to larry bird's three if boston had made key plays in this game the title count could have been tied in game four of the first round of the 2013

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s the brooklyn nets had a 14 point lead with three minutes left over the bulls this was supposed to happen because chicago was missing derek rose what no one in the world expected although it was nate robinson catching the real fire Nate would score 12 unanswered points and then help Carlos Boozer miraculously tie this game and Darren Williams would miss a winning game.

From there, the Nets would lose this game in triple overtime and lose the series in seven games, which probably wouldn't have happened if they hadn't allowed Nate. Robinson scored 23 points in the fourth quarter in the fourth game, but before we continue, guys, I want to talk to you about today's sponsor display, so the guys display sent me three posters. The first was this four-piece set of Michael Jordan's iconic free throw line dunk. The second. was this The X-Files poster because I love The Jordan and Lebron James paying tribute to Kobe Bryant. I'm so happy to be able to pay homage to kobe bryant in my home and now that I've shown you what I personally got, let me show you how to put one on yourself first.

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This is an amazing deal guys, and I personally love everything that's been sent to me, so I recommend you click that link in the description and check out the exhibit anyway at the conference semi-finals this 2001 against the Bucks, Charlotte. The Hornets are up three games to two and have a chance to clinch this series, which would have saved them their own personal joke money on this list. Instead, Jamal Mashburn is first blocked and then crushed. Baron Davis for no reason leaves Ray Allen wide open which we all know is an automatic call and eddie robinson throws a game that ties it at three so the hornets should have beaten the bucks and the bucks should have beat the sixers, meaning the 2001 eastern conference

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s were something of a disaster, nick anderson certainly had his.

Playoff disaster that we'll get to in a moment, however, surprisingly, he's also the hero in the Chicago Bulls'

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because in 1995 the Bulls were up by one in the first game of the second round of the playoffs against the match, but surprisingly with 15 seconds left. Michael Jordan dribbled the ball looking to draw a foul and instead Nick Anderson pushed the ball, leading to a Horus Grant score that would put the magic up by one, although the ball was in Mike's hands to win the game . and instead of shooting, he passed the ball behind a cutting scotty pip.

Orlando would win this game of this series in six games, ruining the chance of a possible four consecutive legendary titles for the Bulls, there is nothing worse than the first game of in the 2018 NBA Finals, when, as we all know, J.R. smith gets this offensive rebound for the cleveland cavaliers and decides to run out of time now afterwards, jr claimed to think the cavs were going to call a timeout on the court and told a very different story. look here jr smith what he says i thought we were ahead as if this

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wasn't bad enough smith would average 9.5 points per game on 32 shots for these finals we all know we can keep going but this still has to hurt the The finals of The 2006 NBA between the Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat are one of the

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NBA conspiracy theories, as many think that the Heat received a victory in the finals, however, in the third game of these finals the Mavericks They were up two games to none and were only down by two points when Dirk was fouled with 3.4 seconds left.

If he had made both free throws, the Mavericks would have had a chance to win in overtime and take a three-to-one lead. zero in the series, instead Dirk would miss his second shot and the Mavericks would continue. losing every other game in these finals that sucks for me dog carmelo anthony could have been a champion for the denver nuggets because in game 1 of the 2009 western conference finals the score was tied at one for some reason chris Anderson took this shot with 13 seconds left on the shot clock and as expected, he missed horribly, then missed the ensuing jumper and then failed to box palgasol on the other end after a mistake by Kobe which led to Kobe make two free throws and to conclude this, anthony carter. throw one of the worst inbound passes in history and the Lakers would win the first game and go on to win in six games.

If they had passed this way, the Denver Nuggets would have at least pushed for a Game 7 and because the Los Angeles Lakers would win easily. the nba finals against the magic in five games the nuggets had a real chance to win the championship this season for the detroit pistons isaiah thomas passing the ball to larry bird in the 1987 eastern conference finals was bad, it was actually very bad, but this was not a finals game against the Celtics, the team that the Pistons would lose to in seven games would be crushed in the finals that year, so what I think was even worse was the fifth game of the 2005 NBA Finals here with the series tied and at nine.

Seconds left in Game 5, the Spurs were down two points when, for some reason, Rasheed Wallace doubled the team's Ginobili menu and left Robert Orry wide open for a three-point lead. This was unforgivable since Ori had already made four three-pointers and was known for being decisive anyway. after this rip hamilton would make a terrible shot the pistons would lose this game and overall they lost the 2005 nba finals in seven games meaning if rashida had stuck with her man detroit could have had another championship. Steph Curry is a two-time MVP and the man the Golden State Warriors built a mini dynasty over the last decade, but when asked what his only regret is, Steph admits to quote, the only regret I have is the behind-the-back pass. which I launched in 2016 in the seventh game. and that makes sense because in a close game seven of the nba finals against the cavs, steph would attempt a back pass to klay thompson with just over five minutes left, a reckless decision as it was simply unnecessary, this mistake was A foreshadowing of what would happen came when Steph would miss her final four three-pointers of the game, including this absolute brick that nearly broke the backboard and this off-balance three that was the result of Kevin Love somehow putting clamps on Steph, now the only reason the warriors made it to game 7 of the finals that season was steph curry's mvp play it's a shame he picked the biggest

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of the season to completely fall apart now we all remember game 7 of the finals from the 2018 western conference where the houston rockets missed 27 straight 3-pointers and blew an 11-point half lead to the Golden State Warriors, it was horrible, but we all remember it, so let's take a look at the 1981 finals because in the first game of these finals the rockets are down. for one point against the celtics one with one minute and 10 seconds remaining the celtics' little archibald misses a layup and moses malone can't grab the rebound then, with 50 seconds left robert parish misses and moses malone can't hold on to the rebound then, With less than 25 seconds left, Larry Bird out-rebounded Moses Malone, missed, then missed the rebound again and scored a dagger.

This was ridiculous because in 1981, moses malone averaged about 28 points and 15 rebounds per game and is also known as the best offensive player. all-time rebounder why his hands suddenly turned to stone during this sequence of plays, who knows, but he also went 4 for 17 during this game, by the way, the Rockets still had a chance to tie it, but Rudy Tomjanovich tried this horrible three-pointer that almost broke a light in the sand and Robert Reed threw up a two on the offensive rebound for no reason as the Rockets were down three. Boston would win these Finals in six games if Moisés had been able to get the ball back once.

We should have had at least a seventh game. The Indiana Pacers defense was anchored by Roy Hip, a star in 2012 and 2014 who was an absolute giant who protected the rim with his use of vertical defense and in the Eastern Conference finals against the heat. In 2013, Roy Hibbert would certainly prove his worth down the stretch by forcing misses at the rim, leaving everyone wondering what happened at the end of overtime in the first game because, in an attempt to go small, Frank Vogel He replaced Hibbert with 24.6 seconds left and watched. As Lebron drove straight to the rim for an easy layup without a big man in the lane, after Paul George was fouled on a three and gave Indiana the lead, Vogel sat Hibbert back down and again Lebron took the lead with just 2.2 seconds left as he took the inbounds pass and immediately scored at the rim, if hibert was in the game here he certainly would have had a chance to at least disrupt lebron's shot and since the pacers lost the series in seven games, a win in one game may have been the difference here between a playoff or a pacers championship we are in the 2015 western conference semifinals the clippers are up three games to two in game six and are up by 19 points with less than two and a half minutes left in the third quarter only to somehow completely collapse and to be outscored 40 to 15 in the fourth quarter when josh smith leaves, this was horrible, but many of you probably know it, it What you may not know is that in 2006, Sam Cassell made an unforgivable mistake because after draining a game tying 3 on the next possession, Cassell could be seen making cheese as he walked the ball up only to commit an 8 violation. seconds, something we almost never see in a game let alone in the final seconds of a playoff game after this happened, Sam Cassell would continue to fail.

With a game-winning three-pointer, the Clippers would lose this game and lose this series in seven games, all because of this stupid smile after the 1984 finals. Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers received the nickname Tragic Johnson due to his horrible play in the decisive moment. At times this was highlighted when in the second game with the score tied, Magic seemed to have bet his entire salary on the Boston Celtics to win when he dribbled the last 11 seconds of the clock again. This game was tied somehow, Magic managed to get past Jr. here the lakers would lose this game inovertime and what is even crazier is that in the fourth game magic did it again this time with the score tied with 15 seconds left in the last quarter as we can see magic dribbles the ball for 10 seconds straight without doing anything. then passes the ball to the boston celtics, this game would go to overtime where there are 34 seconds left, the game is tied again when a foul is committed on magic and if you don't know it, he misses his two free throws and again the lakers lose.

Of course, we lost this series in seven games after the Magic had several turnovers at the end of game seven and with this we had the tragic Johnson, this one is easy in the first round of the playoffs in 2012, the Memphis Grizzlies were up by 24 points with eight. With minutes left in the fourth quarter, they would somehow manage to blow this lead and then Chris Paul wouldn't even have to shoot for Tony Ow's game-winning free throws and yes, for some reason, Rudy Gay was chosen as the man to take. the winning shot that could redeem the city of memphis and to the surprise of no one, including rudy, would miss the 2011 nba finals is one of the biggest stains on lebron's legacy and there is a good reason for it, because in the second game with less than six and a half minutes left the miami heat took a 15 point lead and then completely collapsed they played absolutely no defense lebron missed a ton of jump shots including these horrible three with one minute and five seconds left remaining for some reason dwyane wade took this back three with 40 seconds left as the team was obviously nervous and finally dirk nowitzki would win this game with a layup if miami had held on here they would go up two to none in the series and there is a big chance it would end winning the titan as a michael jordan fan i agree with this the milwaukee bucks lost to the philadelphia 76ers in the 2001 eastern conference finals a seven game series that some have claimed was rigged the thing is , although game seven should never have happened because in game five aaron mckee actually misses two free throws with these sixers up by one meaning that with 13 seconds left milwaukee can win this game only glenn robinson misses an open shot ray Allen misses the point and the shot that actually goes in doesn't count.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have had almost no playoff history to speak of, as they have only made the playoffs nine times and have lost in the first round eight of those nine times. , which means let's just look at one of the most ridiculous attempts to tie games I've ever seen with a three-point deficit in the final minutes of the first game against the Rockets in the 2018 playoffs. Jimmy Butler, for some reason, decided shooting a 360-degree jump shot that wasn't even a three-point attempt. this game tying shot was horribly wrong and we can only ask what he was thinking in 2003 the charlotte hornets would become the new orleans hornets which would eventually become the new orleans pelicans and the same team that choked in charlotte would also choke in new orleans as now playing as the New Orleans Hornets in 2003, the Hornets are trying to force a game 7 in the first round against the Sixers when they are down by two with a minute and a half left, Jamal Mashburn holds the ball for 10 seconds, does nothing and then shoots over it.

A double t, fortunately, New Orleans grabs the rebound and this time Jamal is blocked by a ghost, which is quite strange, meanwhile, Baron Davis picks up the ball and launches a three-pointer from Robert Traylor and then misses an open shot from Miss and Allen Iverson. He closes the series with an unreal jump shot. The second round of the 1995 playoffs was New York Knicks basketball at its finest, as in the first game against the Pacers the Knicks had a six-point lead with 18 seconds left when Reggie Miller hit a three-pointer and It's Possible so you know what happens next when Greg Anthony falls to the ground here and for some reason Anthony Mason just passes the ball to Reggie Miller who would proceed to run back and tie the game with a three and then on the other extreme, Jon Starks would fail both.

Of his free throws, Patrick Ewing would hit this horrible shot off the rebound and the Knicks would foul Reggie Miller on his own side of the court and send him to the line where he would make both free throws and win the game in one. one of the biggest chokes by a team the nba has ever seen in terms of chokes on individual players here well let's see how in game 7 of this same series patrick ewing has a chance to send game 7 to overtime , but instead he misses an open layup, meaning The Knicks lost by two points and went home too early in 1995.

The Oklahoma City Thunder were once the Seattle Supersonics and in 1994 the Sonics had 63 wins, the league high, and were up two to none in a five-game series against the Denver Nuggets. in the first round of the playoffs, this was their chance to win a title in the only season Michael Jordan played baseball, unfortunately, although the Sonics became very arrogant and didn't even check into their hotels before the third game against the Denver Nuggets. because they thought this series was over they were so wrong as they would lose the next two games and then in game five with 32 seconds left in overtime Seattle was down by two with a chance to tie and sean kemp took the ball and straightened up. rejected by dikembe mutumba the nuggets would win this game pulling off a huge upset and mutumbo would fall to the ground crying which was appropriate because im sure sonic fans were crying too we all know that with the orlando magic nick anderson four missed free throws surprisingly they both lost a finals match and ruined their own personal free kick for the rest of their career, what we forget is that the magic disappeared in those finals, that game probably didn't matter much if we look at the 2009 finals. however, Orlando at least won one game against the Los Angeles Lakers and should have won the second game because after Hidutarkulu stuffed Kobe, Magic ran this play and Courtney Lee misses a game-winning layup to win a game in the finals, this shot couldn't have been more open and remember that Magic ended up winning game three, meaning they could have been up two to one on the Lakers and from there, who knows what could have happened for the Philadelphia 76ers.

I feel like we had to go old school and give recognition to one of the NBA's most iconic

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because in Game 7 of the 1965 Easter Conference Finals people forget that Bill Russell was almost the one who choked, as there were four seconds left before the Celtics led by one and it was Russell who really hit. the basket holder under his own basket as the ball went in, this meant that Philadelphia now had the ball with a chance to win the game, but Greer would make a huge mistake and give us the famous line: Havelchek stole the ball like John Havelchek for the Celtics. he stole the ball, won the series and then helped the Celtics dominate the Lakers in the NBA Finals.

The Steve Nash era for the Phoenix Suns was a very fun time for the NBA, but it never resulted in a championship. However, this might have changed in the 2010 season. As in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals against the Lakers, the Suns had all the momentum after making an 11-point fourth-quarter comeback that included Jason Richardson, a game that tied it at three, so with only 3.5 seconds left, this game looked like it was going to go. into overtime, except at the other end, Jason Richardson forgot to box Ron Artest. Yes, as you can see, Richardson forgets one of the most basic parts of basketball, so after an aerial ball from Kobe, our test was there to shine a winning light on the game.

The Lakers would later win this series in six games, but the Sun should have at least had a chance to win in overtime and force a seventh game here, in the 2000 Western Conference Finals, the Portland Pioneers faced the eventual champion Los Angeles. Lakers and starting here in the third game, the ball ends up in Sabonis's hands to tie the game and for some reason he tries a very awkward drive that leads to Kobe blocking the play and yes, Kobe got the ball here, regardless how tasty you were. reacted, what was even worse was that in game seven Portland was up by 15 points with 10 and a half minutes left, all they had to do was hold on and they were going to the NBA finals instead of the Lakers, the only one problem was everything.

They seemed to forget how to play basketball for the next seven and a half minutes, the Pioneers missed all 12 of their shots and committed two turnovers, and finally, when they were able to score with three minutes left, they now only had a two-point lead. This score didn't matter, although the Lakers had great momentum and at the end of this game the Lakers would outscore Portland 31-13 in the fourth quarter as the Lakers stole game seven. When we look at the Sacramento Kings, we have to look at the infamous fixing. 2002 Western Conference Finals which featured the Kings against the Los Angeles Lakers and while there were several shady calls in this series, in game 4 Sacramento would have a chance to take a one-one lead in the series and because they would finish losing in seven games, we can assume that Sacramento would have reached the NBA Finals this season with only 11.8 seconds left.

Vlade Divock would miss one of his two free throws and from there the Lakers would fail to get an offensive rebound. win three games, so again, while sacramento may have gotten some bad decisions here, if they had held on here in game four, they could have been NBA champions in game six of the 2013 NBA Finals, the San Antonio Spurs were up by four points when Manu Ginobili goes to the foul line with 28 seconds left Manu proceeds to miss one of his free throws but still San Antonio is up by five and forces a miss at the other end only Miami grabs an offensive rebound and let lebron redeem himself as after completely failing he knocks down a threat, this reduces the lead to two and now kawhi leonard approaches the free throw line and again the spurs miss one of their free throws, which It means that this is only a three point game, this is where we perhaps have his biggest mistake when legendary coach Greg Popovich replaced Tim Duncan sacrificing rebounds for perimeter defense this originally seemed to work as Lebron would miss another three however without Duncan there to box him out chris bosh would grab the offensive rebound pass the ball to ray allen who would then hit one of the clutch 3's we've seen from there tony parker would make a horrible shot to win the game the spurs would lose in overtime and lose in the seventh game.

This shouldn't have happened, you would never have expected these Spurs to miss two. decisive free throws down the stretch or allowing two offensive rebounds down the stretch. Yes, technically, the Toronto Raptors' biggest choke has to be Vince Carter missing a series-clinching shot against the eventual 76ers who would reach the NBA Finals in 2001. This was definitely a tough moment. Sure shot, but unfortunately that doesn't matter because Raptors fans were scarred by this failure for almost 20 years anyway, although to make those fans feel better or possibly worse, here's Charles Oakley forgetting that he's not Michael Jordan with 50 seconds left in Game 4. of this series and the raptors down 4. j.r smith has nothing on this man's confidence and yes of course the raptors would lose game 4 here too the utah jazz are specials here, they have three games to watch because the 1997 finals are in a video about somehow drowning in a league of their own at the start there are 10 seconds left in the game one of the 97 finals when alpha fails we can see dennis rodman giving him a hug to carl malone that for some reason it is not allowed this means that carl malone goes to the free throw line when, since it is Sunday, Scottie Pippen walks up to him and says: "Hey, Carl, the mailman doesn't deliver on Sundays, wouldn't, Malone would miss both free throws, and of course Mike would take advantage at the other end." with a game winner now in game five a minute and a half left the score is tied when jon stockton opens up an open three twenty seconds later carl malone forgets what era he's playing in and steps back on shot that's nowhere near the top this game against jeff hornacek a game is lost tying three with four seconds left and finally we are in the sixth game again the score is tied here and with one minute and three seconds left again carl malone misses still the jazz has another chance to take the lead with 28 seconds left, but shannon anderson misses an open layup side note, let's ignore the shaky basket here for good measure,john stockton stumbles, steve kerr is wide open and bang, yeah the bulls take the lead and from there this game would end with one of the worst inbound passes I've ever seen giving the chicago bulls the nba championship in game 6 of the 2006 playoffs the washington wizards were up by one point with less than 20 seconds left and so they put the ball in the hands of their star player gilbert arenas and as the story goes, after arenas missed his first free throw, Lebron approached him and said: if you fail, you know who will make it.

Arenas Woodmas, the ultimate choker, two missed free throws at the end of a playoff game and at the other end. The Wizard would double up on Lebron, leading to a wide open Damon Jones game winner. Now considering lebron told gilbert you know who's going to make it we can only assume he had a lot of faith in damon jones so there you have it guys all 30.

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