Charlotte Hornets

Marco Belinelli hit the greatest game winner in NBA history, except it didn't count

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 2:19 p.m. ET

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Show me the L2M report right now, because Marco Belinelli made the greatest shot in the history of basketball on Thursday, and the refs took it away.

Honestly, I didn’t watch a single second of this Thursday night Hornets-Pistons game, but the greatness of this play made it worth a second look. I don’t even want to reason out why or why not it should have counted, I just want to admire the overall ballsiness of this decision to bounce the ball off a defender, catch it yourself and hoist for the BANK SHOT WINNER.

It didn’t count, alas. Marco will always have a place in my heart anyway.

- Jeremy Woo