Kyrie Irving

It took 11 seasons and part of a 12th, but Kyrie Irving finally secured his first game-winning buzzer-beater. Irving walked it off against the Toronto Raptors when he eluded Fred VanVleet’s defense just long enough following an inbounds pass to create enough separation to launch a step-back 3-pointer that delivered the Brooklyn Nets their fifth consecutive victory. Irving scored a team-high 32 points on 13 of 22 from the field and mixed in three rebounds and five assists in the 119-116 triumph on December 16, 2022. Named an All-Star for the eighth time in 2023, Irving has now made multiple appearances for three different teams — Brooklyn, the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers — while his 32 points and 15 assists in the 2023 All-Star Game were both records for a Dallas Mavericks player.