Mike Greenberg made a bold proclamation on ESPN's 'Get Up,' declaring Stephen Curry's dagger in the 2024 Olympic Gold Medal Game as the most memorable shot in basketball history. Greenberg's statement wasn’t just about the sheer difficulty of the shot, but also about the context and stakes surrounding it, making it a defining moment in the sport. "It's not just this fourth one, which is a miracle.
He's literally the only person on planet Earth for whom that's a good look. But it is also the stakes. The team of net team USA winning the gold medal is what is expected.
" "So it will not be remembered the way some of those others were. But think about the other side. Think about if we don't win that game.
" "Think about the reaction if Team USA loses that day and we were in significant jeopardy of doing just that and so for that reason and because of the spectacular nature of that flurry capped off by that fourth one which again is an absolutely terrible shot for every other person in the world." "I put that one at number one. I put that as the number one most memorable moment.
It is one you will never forget having watched." Curry’s remarkable shot came in the final minutes of the game against France, where he was already on a scoring spree. With 19 points in the fourth quarter alone, Curry's final three-pointer over multiple defenders was nothing short of miraculous.
The shot was a high-arcing jumper that seemed impossible for anyone else to even attempt, let alone make. But .