Sunday marks the 28th anniversary of the best of the best of NBA buzzer-beaters, Michael Jordan’s game-winning shot over Craig Ehlo to give the Chicago Bulls a 101-100 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 of their first-round series. This shot has been immortalized in commercials and is one of the most famous in NBA history.
A review of newspaper archives and YouTube footage has allowed us to determine that shot is the only game-winning buzzer-beating field goal to come in a winner-take-all game of an NBA or ABA postseason series.