The Most Unlucky Moments in NBA History 😳

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From the unluckiest free throw, to the unluckiest shot of all time.

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McCollum fires!

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Oh, it is close.

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Yep, still on his fingertips.

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These are the unluckiest moments in NBA history. At first, we got the unluckiest free throw of all time.

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Gouwish have made coming into this.

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Look at this, look at this. You could shoot that a thousand times.

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More than a thousand, and that will never happen.

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More than a thousand.

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Look at that.

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But Naquan Tomlin had an even unluckier moment. Cause during a jump ball against the Timberwolves, Tomlin's instincts kicked in. That is a big difference.

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Tomlin wins the jump ball, but gives up a pair.

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Nasri didn't even have to move, but Courtney Lee had the unluckiest miss in finals history. See, the magic drew up the perfect play with 0.6 seconds left when Lee got the look of a lifetime.

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Alley up to Lee, Lee won't go, and we go to overtime.

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Boy, you couldn't ask for a better shot opportunity.

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Now, sometimes the rim just says no, because D. Wade had the unluckiest layup of all time.

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Wade makes his move to scoop.

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It just sits there. Dwayne Wade could not get it to drop.

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But sometimes the ball goes in just on the wrong basket. See, the Pelicans were up two with 0.7 seconds left and a rebound away from winning when this happened.

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For Duncan, kicks it out.

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That baby is gone.

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Now, we've all seen buzzer beaters waved off, but this one hit different, because the Wizards were about to get a limiting when Pierce fired a three to save their season.

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Wall with two.

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Here's Pierce.

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And Pierce gets it away.

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And it's gone.

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He did it.

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Paul Pierce ties it.

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Let's see.
Pierce. And he looks there like it's in his hand, which should mean no good series over Atlanta Advances.

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He made that shot and it didn't even count. But this next one played out in slow motion. See, the Magic were up three in the 95 final, when Anderson went to the line with ten seconds left and had a chance to end it.

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He couldn't handle it. Orlando, 12 of 15 at the line. Anderson, missing on both, but gets to the rebound and again draws the foul.

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They were going to do it by committee, and another miss.

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But Jamal Sheed had his moment stolen by a tenth of a second. See, the Raptors were down one to the worst team in the league, when Jamal thought he saved her.

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Toronto down by one, Sheed makes a move.

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So close, here it is right in.

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Josh Tiven just said, no basket.

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That was unlucky. Well, LeBron James might have the unluckiest teammate in NBA history. See, LeBron dropped 51 in game one of the 2018 Finals. And with the game tied and 4.7 seconds left on the clock, JR Smith did this.

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It's grabbed by JR Smith. It's gonna run it out. I think JR didn't know if it's time was left. JR couldn't dribble up near the timeline.

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Warriors won in overtime and swept the series. But this next one is pure heartbreak. See, game six of the 1988 Finals, when Isaiah Thomas badly rolled his ankle in the third quarter, most guys would leave the game. Thomas didn't.

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Isaiah Thomas is hurt down on the court underneath the basket.

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I couldn't tell what happened.

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Holding his right ankle, Billy. My captain hour, the trainer is with him, and the Pistons are gonna have to call a timeout.

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Isaiah is coming back in the ball game.

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It's been the Isaiah Thomas show, plus an injury to Thomas here in the third. Thomas off balance.

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Instead, he dropped 25 points in that quarter on 11 of 13 shooting, 43 total with eight assists. And the Lakers still won, 103 to 102 Dude risked everything and got nothing back. But Tarii Eason's unlucky moment was measured in fingertips, because with 5.3 seconds left on the clock, the Rockets did everything to get back in the game.

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They go into Durant, working on repair. KD for the lead again.

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Miss it.
Rockets win! Rockets win! Rockets win!

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This is so close. Looking for the light.