BUZZER-BEATER Everyone Everyone in the building knew who would be getting the ball More than 16,000 Indiana Fever fans watched nervously The Minnesota Lynx prepared to throw the ball in bounds It was Game 3 of the 2015 WNBA Finals Only 1.7 seconds remained on the clock The game was tied 77 77 Moore launches a three-pointer in the closing seconds of Game 3 of the 2015 WNBA Finals 5 CHAPTER 1
The Lynx needed someone to make a big play And there was no one better suited for the job than Minnesota’s star player Maya Moore She was at her best under pressure Moore ran toward the three-point line From there she took the pass Moore faked a shot That drew her defender into the air Now Moore was wide open She calmly took one dribble to her right Then she launched a high-arcing shot The ball dropped through the net just as the final buzzer sounded Minnesota had won The stunned Indiana fans looked on as Moore’s teammates mobbed her near center court 6
Moore and her Lynx teammates celebrate after winning Game 3 of the 2015 WNBA Finals Moore’s buzzer-beater helped the Lynx take a 2 1 lead in the series They went on to win the series 3 2 It was their third championship in five years Moore had been with the team for all three of them She was the centerpiece of the league’s best team 7
