buzzer-beaters
Game-ending dramatic baskets
A buzzer-beater is a shot in basketball that goes in just as the game clock expires, the ball leaving the player's hand before the buzzer sounds.
The term extends to any last-second success: She finished the exam in a buzzer-beater.
Buzzer-beaters are memorable because they leave no time for the opposing team to respond.
Mechanism linking engine to gearbox
- three-pointerBeyond-arc basketball score
- game-winnerScore that secures victory
- swishSoft rushing sound
- overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours
NBA · half-court · fadeaway · jumper · net · rim · arena · playoffs
Anxious uncertainty about outcomes
- tensionStretched or strained state
- miraculousSeemingly impossible yet real
- improbableNot likely true
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
celebration · euphoria · disbelief · pandemonium · silence · roar · comeback · underdog
clutch
Mechanism linking engine to gearbox
- three-pointerBeyond-arc basketball score
- game-winnerScore that secures victory
- swishSoft rushing sound
overtime · NBA · half-court · fadeaway · jumper · net · rim · arena · playoffs · championship
suspense
Anxious uncertainty about outcomes
- tensionStretched or strained state
- miraculousSeemingly impossible yet real
- improbableNot likely true
heartbreak · celebration · euphoria · disbelief · pandemonium · silence · roar · comeback · underdog · legendary
assassin
Paid murderer of targets