Forty-eight hours after prevailing on the strength of Devonte’ Graham’s historic 61-foot shot at Oklahoma City, New Orleans returns home to face Milwaukee on Friday (7 p.m., Bally Sports, 100.3 FM), before heading back on the road Sunday to visit Philadelphia.
The Shot: An oral history of Devonte’ Graham’s 61-foot game-winner in Oklahoma City
New Orleans guard Devonte’ Graham banked in a buzzer-beating, 61-foot shot from beyond the halfcourt stripe to beat Oklahoma City on Wednesday, the NBA’s longest game-winning basket of the last 25 years. Before Graham authored one of the most memorable plays in New Orleans franchise history, though, Oklahoma City guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander forced a tie by draining an off-balance, 37-footer from the center of the floor, as New Orleans veteran guard Garrett Temple unsuccessfully tried to grab him for a two-shot foul.