buzzer-beater
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]In the sense of beating out the buzzer which ends a game.
Noun
[edit]buzzer-beater (plural buzzer-beaters)
- (basketball, idiomatic) A shot that wins (or in some usage, ties) a game at the last possible moment.
- 2013, Pete Birle, On the Hardwood: New York Knicks, MVP Books, →ISBN, page 40:
- The Knicks immediately went 7-0 upon Lin's insertion in the lineup. He dropped 38 against the Lakers and beat Toronto with a buzzer-beater.