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The Pelicans won on a miracle heave at the buzzer.
The score was tied with less than a second to go, but Devonte' Graham hit the winning 3 from beyond the half court line. (1:45)
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The game ball from Graham's game-winning 3-pointer was given to the Oklahoma City staffer as he walked in the New Orleans locker room.
"One of the guys from the Thunder came in with the ball and said, 'This is my Christmas present to you,'" Graham recalled. They figured it out, I guess. I appreciate them for that.
Graham hit a 61-foot shot as time expired to lift the New Orleans to a 113-110 win over the Oklahoma City.
"When I saw it was in the hands of someone else, I said, 'Lord, please,'" Willie Green said that he delivered. It was a crazy end to the game. Both teams battled. I'm happy that we're on the winning side. It was a great way to end the road trip.
The longest game-winning buzzer-beater in the past 25 years was by Devonte Graham.
Graham's shot was the longest game-winning buzzer beater in the past 25 years, beating a 50-footer by Evans for Memphis.
Graham's winning shot came as fans of the Oklahoma City team were cheering a crazy game-tying shot by one of their own.
The score was tied at the time, with the Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander hitting a 30-footer. The game was headed to overtime, but Graham made eye contact with Green and saw the play call.
Graham said it was called Vegas. There are three different options to it. We hit the right option.
Graham said he was going to take the ball out and try to pass it to someone for a desperation shot because he knew the Pelicans were going to play for overtime. He saw Green. When he flipped the ball to Josh Hart, he wanted him to inbound the ball to him and run a play.
Graham let the ball go after catching the inbounds pass on the run. He ran around the court with his teammates, then sprinted to the locker room.
The pseudo screen for Graham was set by Brandon Ingram, who scored 12 points in the fourth quarter to keep the game close. He was still in disbelief at Gilgeous-Alexander's 30-footer.
I was still shell-shocked after he hit his 3-pointer. "But he was locked in." Josh Hart was locked in. We have a play at the end of the game where he did it. He made a great shot.
Gilgeous-Alexander's shot had a 14.1% chance of going in. Graham's shot had a small chance. There was a small chance for both shots to go in.
It was the first game in the last 25 years to feature multiple game-tying or go-ahead shots from 30-plus feet inside the final five seconds of the game.
Graham hit a big shot for New Orleans in the final seconds of a game earlier in the season. Graham hit a 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds left to give the New Orleans a 98-97 win over the Utah Jazz.
The Pelicans weren't trying to get a game-winner against the Thunder. As Oklahoma City inbounded the ball with 4.5 seconds to go, the plan was for whoever was closest to the player with the ball to take the foul. They told officials to look for the foul before the shot attempt.
When Gilgeous-Alexander caught the ball 35 feet away from the hoop, Temple went for the foul, but it wasn't given. Temple pulled back his hands to avoid a potential four-point play as the shot went through the hoop.
Graham was on top of things after that.
Green said that the moment the ball went in, Devonte' looked at him. He knew what I meant by the sign I put up. It was a crazy shot. I'm happy it went in. Our guys did a good job down the stretch. I'm proud of what we did tonight, but we have room for improvement.
