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Kyle Lowry drains half-court buzzer beater to force overtime against Heat

Ricky O'Donnell
Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.

Kyle Lowry was having the worst playoff game of his life against the Miami Heat in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. That was before he hit a halfcourt shot at the buzzer of regulation to send Miami into overtime.

Lowry had just four points on 2-of-12 shooting from the field and 0-of-6 shooting from three before the buzzer-beater. Lowry nearly stepped out of bounds before the shot. It was awfully close:

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That’s why you play all 48 minutes.

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