AJ Griffin

Sometimes it takes years in the league for players to hit their first game-winning buzzer beater. It took AJ Griffin all of 12 games. The talented Atlanta Hawks rookie plays the role of hero against the Toronto Raptors with some help from Trae Young, who zips up the court with less than four seconds on the clock and lobs a game-winning alley-oop to a wide open Griffin for the layup as time expires. The 16th overall pick in the draft is already paying huge dividends for the Hawks, as Griffin’s 17 points and five rebounds in 30 minutes off the bench helped Atlanta dispatch the Raptors 124-122 in overtime on November 19, 2022.

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