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When a franchise has been around as long as the Phoenix Suns have (eight games short of 52 complete seasons), buzzer-beater shots are told from the perspective of a dime-a-dozen.
Every generation of Suns fans, in fact, can share the story of the greatest buzzer-beaters in their memory.
For the older folks, Gar Heard‘s “shot Heard ’round the World” is undoubtedly their favorite moment (game five of the 1976 NBA Finals for you youngin’s).
For some, it is Rex Chapman‘s regulation buzzer-beating 3-pointer to tie against the number two seed Seattle SuperSonics in the 1997 first round (I vividly remember being a 13-year-old, listening to Al McCoy on the radio – the game was on PPV and my parents didn’t even have cable),
But for others, including myself, the absolute most memorable buzzer-beater was Dan Majerle‘s regular season 3-pointer to sweep the Los Angeles Lakers 5-0, when he caught the ball, turned, and flicked the ball in from 33-feet, a swish that (again, I listened on the radio), I (and all Suns fans from that era) will never forget.