If you've been living under a rock then you somehow missed Damian Lillard's 40 foot rocket to eliminate the Oklahoma City Thunder from the 2019 NBA Playoffs. It's not new territory for Lillard, it's the second time he's hit a buzzer beater to win a playoff series. Where do these two shots rank in the 5 greatest buzzer beating playoff game winners of all time?
For the sake of avoiding recency bias, Damian Lillard's shot against the Thunder will be exempt from consideration. It remains to be seen how the shot will hold over and if the Trail Blazers can turn this into a deep playoff run. For now, I think the shot would go down as the greatest of all time because it'll go down as the most difficult buzzer beating game winner we have seen, it gave Lillard his 50th point of the game and also clinched the series.