2007: Down 5-0 to the Baltimore Orioles in the bottom of the 9th inning, the Boston Red Sox rallied for 6 runs in the final frame to pull off the “Mother’s Day Miracle” during a season they went on to win the World Series
2004: Los Angeles Lakers PG Derek Fisher drained an iconic GW buzzer-beater over the San Antonio Spurs to help the Lakers win a crucial Game 5 in the 2004 Western Conference Finals
1999: Philadelphia 76ers PG Allen Iverson set the NBA single-game Playoff record with 10 steals in a Game 3 victory over the Orlando Magic while no other player in history has recorded more than 8 steals in a NBA postseason game to this day
1997: Chicago Bulls SG Michael Jordan famously landed a poster dunk on one of the best defensive players in NBA history, Atlanta Hawks C Dikembe Mutombo and hit him with his own signature finger wag
1994: Chicago Bulls SF Scottie Pippen infamously took himself out of the game right before the final possession against the New York Knicks in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals after Phil Jackson decided to draw up a play for rookie Toni Kukoc, who would end up hitting the GW buzzer-beater
1983: California Angels OF Reggie Jackson became the 1st player to strike out 2,000 times in MLB history. Jackson’s 2,597 career SO still stand as the dubious MLB record
1976: New York Nets defeated the Denver Nuggets in Game 6 to clinch the last ABA Championship in the final ABA game, as 4 teams would be admitted into the NBA about a month later (Nets, Nuggets, Spurs, Pacers)
1942: A day after hitting a pinch-hit HR, Boston Braves SP Jim Tobin became the 1st Pitcher to hit 3 consecutive HR in MLB history