Game-Winning Buzzer-Beaters

Below is a list of every game-winning shot in ABA history that was taken with the shooter's team tied or trailing and left no time on the clock after it went through. For more background on the data and methods, please see this blog post.

Player name suffix (n) indicates player's n^th career game-winner Game link suffix ^p indicates playoff game
Location=N indicates neutral court game

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54 Buzzer-Beaters Table
									Game Stats
Player	Game	Team		Opp	Margin	Type	Assisted	Distance	MP	PTS	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	GmSc
1975-76
Julius Erving (3)	May 1, 1976 ^p	NYA	@	DNA	tied	2-pt FG	unassisted	20 ft	43:00	45	17	25	.680	0			11	11	1.000	12	4
Chuck Williams	Apr 21, 1976 ^p	DNA	@	KEN	tied	2-pt FG	D. Thompson	22	37:00	20	8	15	.533	0	0		4	4	1.000	6	2
Bobby Jones (2)	Dec 17, 1975	DNA		NYA	tied	2-Pt FG+FT	unassisted	At Rim	39:00	20	8	13	.615	0			4	4	1.000	7
Ron Boone	Nov 27, 1975	UTS		KEN	tied	2-pt FG	J. Eakins	At Rim	51:00	34	12	27	.444	0	0		10	10	1.000	4	14	4	0
1974-75
James Silas (2)	Mar 14, 1975	SAA	@	VIR	tied	2-pt FG	?	At Rim	40:00	23	7	16	.438	0	0		9	12	.750	3	2	1	0
Caldwell Jones	Jan 11, 1975	SDA	@	INA	tied	2-pt FG	unassisted	4	38:00	12	6	15	.400	0	0		0	6	.000	14	3
Bobby Jones (1)	Jan 8, 1975	DNA		SAA	tied	2-pt FG	unassisted	18	34:00	27	10	13	.769	0	0		7	8	.875	7	4	2	1
George Carter	Dec 20, 1974	MMS		UTS	tied	2-pt FG	?	22	39:00	23	8	22	.364	2	2	1.000	5	6	.833	13	6	5	1
Darnell Hillman	Nov 1, 1974	INA	@	NYA	tied	2-pt FG	unassisted	At Rim	25:00	10	5	11	.455	0	0		0	0		9	3
1973-74
Julius Erving (2)	Apr 17, 1974 ^p	NYA	@	KEN	tied	2-pt FG	unassisted	15	46:00	30	13	34	.382	2	3	.667	2	2	1.000	14	2
Jim Eakins	Mar 26, 1974	VIR		CAR	tied	2-pt FG	unassisted	22	34:00	19	6	11	.545	0	0		7	8	.875	14	2
Dave Robisch	Mar 24, 1974	DNR		CAR	tied	2-pt FG	A. Smith	At Rim	33:00	29	12	20	.600	0	0		5	6	.833	14	3
Julius Erving (1)	Mar 16, 1974	NYA	@	KEN	tied	2-pt FG	unassisted	18	45:00	41	16	25	.640	2	3	.667	7	8	.875	8	2
James Silas (1)	Jan 26, 1974	SAA	@	INA	-1	2-pt FG	unassisted	17	41:00	15	6	15	.400	0	0		3	3	1.000	1	6
Artis Gilmore	Oct 13, 1973	KEN		UTS	tied	2-pt FG	unassisted	At Rim	42:00	24	10	15	.667	0	0		4	7	.571	19	1
1972-73
Fatty Taylor	Mar 1, 1973	VIR		SDA	-1	2-pt FG	unassisted	15	28:00	17	6	7	.857	0	0		5	7	.714	5	6
Johnny Neumann	Feb 13, 1973	MMT		NYA	tied	2-pt FG	?	8		25	10			2			3	6	.500
Bill Keller	Jan 25, 1973	INA		KEN	tied	2-pt FG	unassisted	18	41:00	14	5	19	.263	0	5	.000	4	4	1.000	2	8
George McGinnis	Nov 21, 1972	INA	@	MMT	-1	2-pt FG	?	16	48:00	42	15	31	.484	0	0		12	15	.800	20	3
Dave Lattin	Oct 19, 1972	MMT	@	DLC	tied	2-pt FG	?	17		27	12			0			3	4	.750
1971-72
Willie Wise	Mar 11, 1972	UTS	@	VIR	-1	2-pt FG	?	9	45:00	28	11	27	.407	0			6	7	.857	20	3
Red Robbins	Mar 8, 1972	UTS		PTC	-1	2-pt FG	unassisted	At Rim	35:00	11	5	10	.500	1			0	0		7	1
Charlie Scott	Feb 26, 1972	VIR		NYA	tied	2-pt FG	unassisted	20	43:00	45	20	40	.500	1	4	.250	4	5	.800	10	4
Joe Hamilton	Jan 27, 1972	DLC	@	DNR	-1	2-pt FG	D. Freeman	At Rim		18	7			2			2	4	.500
Charlie Williams	Jan 18, 1972	MMP	@	DLC	tied	2-pt FG	unassisted	At Rim		39	14	26	.538	0	2	.000	11	14	.786	5
Rick Barry (2)	Dec 10, 1971	NYA		MMP	tied	2-pt FG	unassisted	15		30	9			0			12	12	1.000
George Thompson (2)	Nov 19, 1971	PTC		INA	-1	2-pt FG	unassisted	8	41:00	20	9	21	.429	0	0		2	3	.667	11	7
1970-71
Mack Calvin (2)	Feb 24, 1971	FLO		DNR	tied	2-pt FG	?	18		28	12			0			4	5	.800
John Brisker (2)	Feb 19, 1971	PTC		VIR	-1	2-pt FG	unassisted	18	45:00	42	13	24	.542	2	5	.400	14	15	.933	15	4
Roger Brown	Feb 6, 1971	INA		NYA	-1	2-pt FG	unassisted	10	53:00	32	13	23	.565	0	1	.000	6	9	.667	8	4
Rick Barry (1)	Jan 16, 1971	NYA	@	KEN	-1	2-pt FG	unassisted	5		39	14	26	.538	0	1	.000	11	13	.846	4
Steve Jones (2)	Jan 9, 1971	MMP	@	TEX	-2	3-pt FG	J. Jones	35	38:00	34	15	24	.625	2	2	1.000	2	3	.667	4	3
Steve Jones (1)	Dec 11, 1970	MMP		DNR	tied	2-pt FG	unassisted	16	32:00	29	13	23	.565	0			3	3	1.000	6
Mack Calvin (1)	Dec 6, 1970	FLO		UTS	tied	3-pt FG	unassisted	26		36	14			1			7	8	.875
Dick Nemelka	Dec 4, 1970	UTS		KEN	-2	3-pt FG	?	30		11	4	7	.571	3	5	.600	0	1	.000	1
Ray Scott	Nov 28, 1970	VIR		UTS	-1	2-pt FG	unassisted	5		16	5			0			6	7	.857
Louie Dampier	Nov 27, 1970	KEN	@	TEX	-1	2-pt FG	D. Carrier	14		32	11	20	.550	3	4	.750	7	7	1.000	5	5
1969-70
Darel Carrier	Mar 28, 1970	KEN	@	CAR	tied	3-pt FG	?	38		20	7	20	.350	1	2	.500	5	5	1.000	3	4
George Thompson (1)	Feb 4, 1970	PTP		MMF	-1	2-pt FG	unassisted	23		34	12	17	.706	0			10	14	.714	1
John Brisker (1)	Jan 22, 1970	PTP		NOB	tied	2-pt FG	unassisted	10		38	14	23	.609	1	1	1.000	9	11	.818	9
Donnie Freeman	Jan 17, 1970	MMF	@	KEN	-1	2-pt FG	unassisted	5		43	18	34	.529	0	0		7	10	.700	6
Bob Netolicky	Oct 30, 1969	INA	@	WSA	tied	2-pt FG	R. Brown	18	53:00	18	6	22	.273	0	1	.000	6	8	.750	10	0
1968-69
Art Heyman	Mar 11, 1969	MNP	@	HSM	tied	2-pt FG	S. Vacendak	13		15	6			0			3	8	.375
Henry Logan	Feb 18, 1969	OAK	@	DNR	tied	2-pt FG	unassisted	21	44:00	31	12	24	.500	0	0		7	9	.778	5	2
Steve Chubin	Jan 16, 1969	INA		NYA	tied	2-pt FG	unassisted	8		19	5	15	.333	0			9	10	.900	4	4
Freddie Lewis	Dec 26, 1968	INA		MNP	-1	2-pt FG	R. Brown	22		11	4	16	.250	0			3	3	1.000	6	9
1967-68
Bruce Spraggins	Feb 8, 1968	NJA		MNM	tied	Free throw				30	12			0			6	8	.750
Willie Somerset	Jan 10, 1968	HSM		ANA	tied	2-pt FG	?	12		28	11			0			6	7	.857
Gary Keller	Dec 5, 1967	MNM	@	DLC	tied	Free throw				6	2	2	1.000	0			2	4	.500	2
Tony Jackson	Nov 22, 1967	NJA		NOB	tied	3-pt FG	unassisted	28		24	8			1			7	9	.778
Player	Game	Team		Opp	Margin	Type	Assisted	Distance	MP	PTS	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	GmSc
Jim Burns	Nov 22, 1967	DLC	@	INA	-1	Free throw				9	3	8	.375	0			3	7	.429
Chico Vaughn	Nov 17, 1967	PTP		NOB	-1	2-pt FG	C. Williams	18		34	15	23	.652	1	6	.167	3	4	.750	3
Jerry Harkness	Nov 13, 1967	INA	@	DLC	-2	3-pt FG	B. Netolicky	88		7	2	4	.500	1			2	3	.667	1
Cliff Hagan	Nov 10, 1967	DLC	@	KEN	tied	2-pt FG	?	At Rim		19	9	13	.692	0	0		1	2	.500	3

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