{"id":524423,"date":"2026-01-08T07:51:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T07:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/524423\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T07:51:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T07:51:30","slug":"immanuel-quickley-hits-buzzer-beating-3-pointer-to-propel-raptors-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/524423\/","title":{"rendered":"Immanuel Quickley hits buzzer-beating 3-pointer to propel Raptors to win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Immanuel Quickley often had the ability to hit the big shot during his four seasons with the Knicks.<\/p>\n<p>He added another one on Wednesday night in Charlotte, N.C.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old Toronto guard hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key at the buzzer and the Raptors rallied from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the Hornets 97-96 on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Quickley, who poured in 21 points, also received some help from RJ Barrett, who also was his teammate with the Knicks. <\/p>\n<p>Barrett finished with 28 points and seven rebounds, while Scottie Barnes chipped in with 17 points as the Raptors won for the fifth time in six games.<\/p>\n<p>Collin Sexton led the Hornets with 22 points.<\/p>\n<p>LaMelo Ball, who scored 15 points, made a driving left-handed layup with 1.6 seconds left to give the Hornets a 96-94 lead. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.51928783;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38126271\" width=\"896\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Immanuel-Quickley.jpg\" alt=\"Immanuel Quickley hits the game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer to lead the Raptors to a 97-96 win over the Hornets on Jan. 7, 2025 in Charlotte, N.C.\" class=\"wp-image-38126271\"  \/>Immanuel Quickley hits the game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer to lead the Raptors to a 97-96 win over the Hornets on Jan. 7, 2025 in Charlotte, N.C. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>But Quickley, who was just 2 of 12 from 3-point land before the game-winner, got free off of a side-inbounds play and drilled the shot, drawing a loud collective moan from the home crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t make a shot the whole night,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/sports\/raptors\/raptors-vs-hornets-immanuel-quickley-salvages-a-rough-shooting-night-with-one-buzzer-beater\/article_67ce79ab-a275-4ec3-b6c1-788b64692dd5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Quickley told TSN\u2019s Kayla Grey after the game<\/a>. \u201cGreat screen by Scottie (Barnes), Sandro Mamukelashvili\u00a0got me in the right spot, and that\u2019s why you work all summer, all season, no matter how many shots you missed,\u201d Quickley said. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to keep shooting, keep believing.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Quickley \u2014 who is a starter for Toronto, along with Barrett \u2014 is averaging 16.2 points per game this season to go along with 6.2 assists and 4.2 rebounds for the Raptors, who are 23-15 and are in fourth place in the Eastern Conference. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Immanuel Quickley often had the ability to hit the big shot during his four seasons with the Knicks.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3770],"tags":[7,3715,6,681,1041,66,680,476,3820],"class_list":{"0":"post-524423","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto-raptors","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-immanuel-quickley","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-raptors","12":"tag-rj-barrett","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-toronto","15":"tag-toronto-raptors","16":"tag-torontoraptors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115858393788538255","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}