The Longest Basketball Shot Ever Made
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On November 15th, 2016, college basketball player Jonathon Nichols made the longest Basketball Shot ever recorded. The shot was made from over 100 feet away from the hoop, and it was nothing but net.
The player:
Christian James
The longest basketball shot ever made was 120 feet (36.6 meters) and was achieved by Christian James (USA) in the College Station Texas, USA, on 13 November 2016.
Christian is a 6′ 7″ shooting guard who was born in 1996. He played college basketball for Osu Cowboys from 2014 to 2018.
The game:
On November 26, 2016, in a game against the Golden State Warriors OKC Thunder guard Russell Westbrook made a pull-up jump shot from 37 feet away from the basket, clinching a come-from-behind 108–91 victory for the Thunder. The distance of the shot has been reported as both 36 feet 9 inches and 37 feet.
The shot:
The longest basketball shot ever made was from 138 feet away from the basket.
The shot was made by 17-year-old helden James from San Antonio Texas. James is a 6’10” High School senior who has dreams of playing college basketball
James made the shot during a halftime contest at a San Antonio Spurs game. The Spurs are an NBA team
The shot was filmed and the video of it has gone viral on the internet, with people all over the world watching it and being amazed.
The aftermath:
After the game, Curry downplayed the significance of his long-range shooting performance. “It was just one of those nights where everything you throw up, it feels like it’s going in,” he said. “The ability to shoot the ball from range and be accurate is definitely a blessing.” Despite his modesty, Curry’s long-range shooting display was nothing short of miraculous.
The record:
The longest Basketball Shot ever made was from 103 feet 9 inches away from the basket, made by David Rousseau on November 15, 2012.
The reactions:
The reactions to the shot were electric. Fans jumped out of their seats and ran onto the court to celebrate with Tucker. His teammates rushed off the bench to mob him as well. The announcers went crazy, screaming and laughing in disbelief at what they had just seen.
It was a moment that everyone in attendance would remember for the rest of their lives. And it was all captured on video, which quickly went viral online. The shot quickly became known as the longest basketball shot ever made.
The legacy:
The legacy:
On November 19, 1998, in a game against the San Antonio Spurs Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant made a self-proclaimed “impossible” shot. From just inside the half-court line, with a defender in his face, Kobe let loose a wild heave that somehow found nothing but net. The shot was significant for several reasons. First, at the time it was the longest shot made in an NBA game Second, it proved to be a turning point in Kobe’s career; after that game, his confidence skyrocketed and he became one of the league’s best players. Finally, the shot helped cement Kobe’s reputation as one of the greatest shooters of all time.
The analysis:
There are a lot of records in basketball — some (like most points in a game) that will probably never be broken, and others (like most 3-pointers in a season) that seem to fall every year. But there’s one record that seems unbreakable: the longest made shot in Basketball History
The shot was made by David Kalb, then a senior at Keene high school in New Hampshire. Kalb made the shot on May 12, 2001, during Keene’s annual alumni game. His setup was simple: he took the ball from Half Court dribbled twice, and let it fly. The shot swished through the net without touching the rim.
Kalb’s shot was officially measured at 91 feet, 9 inches. That’s almost 27 meters! For comparison, the average NBA player is about 6 feet tall (2 meters). That means Kalb’s shot was about four times as long as the average player is tall.
Of course, there’s more to making a shot than just the length. Kalb’s shot also had perfect backspin and perfect trajectory. If the angle had been different or the spin had been off, the shot wouldn’t have gone in.
Still, it’s an amazing feat, and one that may never be matched.
The comparison:
In 2016, Canadian-American basketball player Lily James set the world record for the longest basketball shot ever made. The shot was made from an astounding 109 feet 9 inches (33.63 meters) away from the basket.
To put that into perspective, the average NBA player is only 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 meters) tall, meaning that even the tallest player in the league would have to stand on top of another player to make a shot from where James was standing.
In order to make a shot from that distance, James had to put remarkable spin on the ball. This gave it the lift needed to carry it more than 33 meters through the air and into the basket.
While there have been other shots made from further away, none have had the same level of difficulty or perfection as Lily James’.
The video
In the video, which has been viewed over six million times on YouTube, Abbey makes a shot from over 100 feet away- sinking the ball perfectly into the hoop.
