Nothing is sacred these days. Banks lie to and manipulate you, you’re statistically more likely to get divorced than stay happily married, and a national tragedy can’t bring us together because we’re too busy farting out accusations and conspiracy theory hashtags. We’re terrible, and we can’t have anything nice.

The only thing that seems to have weathered the storm of our culture is half-court shots. Half-court shots are wonderful and can win you things like money or cars or jersey numbers. They are the great unifier.

Two examples:

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I don’t know why this is so funny to me, but it is.

The Golden State Warriors were down by 2 at the end of the first quarter in Thursday’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. If you’re wondering, yes, this is one of the most unimportant statistical moments possible in the NBA. Warriors point guard Jarrett Jack knew that something had to be done and launched a 3/4 court shot to try and take the lead. When I say “launched” I’m not using it to mean “he took a shot from far away,” I mean that he literally f**king put a basketball into a space shuttle and launched it at goal.

See that little orange spot at the top of the image? That’s the basketball. Here’s the clip, which may be the worst attempt at a buzzer beater ever.

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You know your video has gone mainstream when a Chuck Norris parody account is your highest-rated comment. Anyway, remember the flipping cheerleader who drained a half court trick shot? She’s back to do it again, this time with the Harlem Globetrotters, a Flip Video camera and some cataracts-causing video editing. Enjoy. (via Bob’s)

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I went to my first (and last, technically) New Orleans Hornets game on Tuesday, and one of the highlights was watching Hugo sink a no-look, behind-the-back shot from half court. That was then immediately topped by THIS lady, who has gone viral with the ultimate combination of search terms: Cheerleader Half Court Trick Shot. Okay, maybe if I was going for “ultimate” I’d work “video” and “boobs” in there, but you get the idea. (via IASID)

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On Friday night, the Miami Heat laid a 22-point drubbing on the Detroit Pistons, and that’s not news because we expect the Heat to beat a 10th place team by more than 110-88 every single time. What is news, though, is that I think we just heard the dying breaths and gasps for relevance of the remaining people who really, really hate LeBron James.

I’m not naïve enough to believe that there aren’t people who still hate the self-proclaimed King, but after his random act of awesomeness during Friday night’s halftime routine at the American Airlines Arena, it’s kind of hard to not at least like the guy. In case you haven’t already watched it 20 times, a fan was brought to the half court line for a chance to win $75,000, and he put up one of the most atrocious hook shots that we’ve ever seen.

But science be damned, the ball went in, that fan won himself a giant check and James rushed him from the bench and tackled him to the ground in celebration.

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A guy went for a $1,000 shot from half court at an Atlanta Hawks game, and while I can’t really say he made it, I CAN say he nailed it. This is the kind of shot where if $1000 is up for grabs, you give the guy who did it 2. (via Cosby Sweaters)

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