Robert Horry has the nickname “Big Shot Bob” for a reason. The former Los Angeles Laker and San Antonio Spur hit some of the biggest shots in NBA, like his game-winner in the 2002 Lakers-Kings Western Conference Finals or the shot in Game 5 of the 2005 NBA Finals.
NBA.com quantifies buzzer-beaters on the “Horry Scale,” giving game-winners a rating of one to five “Horrys.” Bojan Bogdanovic’s corner 3-pointer to lift the Jazz to a win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night was analyzed by the NBA.com staff.
The team broke the shot down into three categories: difficultly, game situation and celebration. Here’s what they wrote for difficulty:
DIFFICULTY: You could scarcely ask for a better look with so little time on the clock. And it didn’t take any technical wizardry, either. Bogdanovic simply cut hard enough to create a step of separation from his defender, Khris Middleton, took the inbound pass from Joe Ingles and fired. Interestingly, Bogdanovic wouldn’t have been in that spot had he not asked Jazz coach Quin Snyder to switch him and Mike Conley on a play they worked on that morning at shootaround.
They rated Bogey’s shot four out of five Horrys. You can read the full article here.
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