--- title: Watch Vince Carter Hit a Nearly Full-Court Buzzer-Beater description: Hitting a buzzer-beater is difficult enough at a normal distance from the basket. canonical: https://time.com/4231542/vince-carter-full-court-buzzer-beater/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-20T20:22:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:20.089Z og:title: Watch Vince Carter Hit a Nearly Full-Court Buzzer-Beater og:description: He shoots from 73-feet away og:url: https://time.com/4231542/vince-carter-full-court-buzzer-beater/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Vince Carter Hit a Nearly Full-Court Buzzer-Beater twitter:description: He shoots from 73-feet away twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Vince Carter Hit a Nearly Full-Court Buzzer-Beater  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 20, 2016 8:22 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 20, 2016 8:22 PM UTC Hitting a [buzzer-beater](http://time.com/4159715/stephen-curry-says-hes-the-best-player-in-world/) is difficult enough at a normal distance from the basket. At 73-feet away, it becomes _a lot_ harder. But during the Memphis Grizzlies’ Friday night [matchup](http://time.com/4190385/police-officer-receives-noise-complaint-joins-basketball-game/) against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Vince Carter made it look like a casual feat. **Read More:** [Stephen Curry’s Pregame Dribbling Is the Most Impressive Thing You’ll See All Day](http://time.com/4171053/stephen-curry-pregame-dribbling/) With 2.8 seconds remaining in the third quarter of the game, the 39-year-old [guard launched a shot](http://time.com/4128887/kobe-bryant-retirement-celebrities-reaction/) from the Timberwolves’ free throw line that swished through the net at the other end of the court. The three-pointer contributed to Carter’s season-high 15 points that helped lead his team to a 109-104 victory. Watch the amazing basket above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4231542/vince-carter-full-court-buzzer-beater/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4231542/vince-carter-full-court-buzzer-beater/"},"headline":"Watch Vince Carter Hit a Nearly Full-Court Buzzer-Beater","datePublished":"2016-02-20T20:22:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:20.089Z","description":"What a shot","url":"https://time.com/4231542/vince-carter-full-court-buzzer-beater/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Basketball","Sports topic","Athletes","NBA"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4231542/vince-carter-full-court-buzzer-beater/","name":"Watch Vince Carter Hit a Nearly Full-Court Buzzer-Beater"}}]}] ```