On May 27, 2010, Ron Artest caught Kobe Bryant’s shot attempt and made a putback at the buzzer to lift the Los Angeles Lakers to a win over the Phoenix Suns in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals.
The Lakers went into the series with their confidence at an all-time high after winning the championship the year before and sweeping the Utah Jazz in the Western Conference semifinals.
Phoenix and L.A. split the first first four games of their series, with the home team winning each contest. That made Game 5 all the more important for the Lakers as they did not want to go back to Phoenix down 3-2 in the series.