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Lamont Butler practiced moments like these when he was a young child, shooting on the hoop at his house, counting down to the buzzer of the imaginary shot clock in his mind.Fast-forward to last summer, when Butler, a junior guard for San…

Derrick White set Twitter ablaze as his tip-in in Game 6 with 0.2 seconds left blew the Miami Heat cold and put Boston one game away from one of the greatest comebacks in the history of NBA playoffs.Trailing 0-3 in the series, the Celtics…

Derrick White saved the Boston Celtics’ season on Saturday with a buzzer-beater to force a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference Finals. Take a listen to the Celtics radio call.What a roller coaster ride Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals…

Trae Young nailed a last-gasp three-pointer as the Atlanta Hawks stunned the Boston Celtics 119-117 to keep their Eastern Conference playoff series alive on Tuesday.Young drained a 29-footer with just 1.8 seconds remaining to silence…

TORONTO — When you only have 10 seconds left on the clock and have to make a slash double to score three for the win, it’s probably the greatest curling shot of your life. For Kevin Koe, it was Saturday. Just another day at the office and…

Tell them the Butler did it if anyone asks how the San Diego State Aztecs advanced to its first National Championship Game in program history.  Trailing the ninth-seeded Florida Atlantic Owls by one with seconds to go and the…

Lamont Butler made a jumper at the buzzer, sending San Diego State to its first national championship game with a 72-71 win over fellow mid-major Florida Atlantic in the Final Four on Saturday night in Houston."It's unbelievable," Butler…

San Diego State Aztec basketball fans cheer as the Final Four game is shown during pregame at Petco Park. (Ray Acevedo-USA TODAY Sports)Watch Lamont Butler’s SDSU buzzer-beater from every angle by Mike Phillips Padres fans at Petco Park…

DALLAS — Patrick Kane keeps scoring as the trade talk keeps swirling. Kane and Max Domi scored two goals apiece, and the Chicago Blackhawks erased a three-goal deficit in a 4-3 victory over the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night. Playing…

Just when it appeared it might be "Dame Time," Hamilton's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander stole the show.Gilgeous-Alexander hit a baseline jumper as time expired, and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 123-121 on Monday…