Top 10 clutch plays in NBA history

#2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Vs The Boston Celtics - NBA Final, 1974 (Game 6)

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the 1974 Finals

The 1974 season of the NBA will be known as one of the most competitive ever. The final matchup was the Milwaukee Bucks and the Boston Celtics.

Milwaukee traveled to Boston for game six facing elimination. The Bucks held a six-point lead going into the final knockings of the game. The Celtics led by Havlicek forced a comeback and Havlicek hit a tough long jumper to send the game to overtime.

The first period of overtime was a cagey affair and Milwaukee led 88-90 in the final seconds, but a steal resulted in Havlicek being able to make another last-second basket and send it to a second overtime with the scores at 90.

The second overtime proved to be the greatest five minutes of basketball ever played with there being a total of eleven lead changes in the period. Havlicek hit a rainbow shot from the baseline over Abdul-Jabbar to put Boston up 101-100. Milwaukee's final play saw them give the ball to Kareem who hit an impossible seventeen-foot skyhook from the baseline to give Milwaukee the lead with two seconds left. The last-second heave was no good from the Celtics and the Bucks had won the greatest game of basketball ever seen.