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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(basketball, idiomatic) A shot that wins (or in some usage, ties) a game at the last possible moment..
The Knicks immediately went 7-0 upon Lin's insertion in the lineup. He dropped 38 against the Lakers and beat Toronto with a buzzer-beater.
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Buzzer-beater means (basketball, idiomatic) A shot that wins (or in some usage, ties) a game at the last possible moment..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The Knicks immediately went 7-0 upon Lin's insertion in the lineup. He dropped 38 against the Lakers and beat Toronto with a buzzer-beater.
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