Believe it or not,  Damian Lillard isn't the league's only player to ever close out a postseason series with a game-winning shot at the buzzer. The Portland Trail Blazers' superstar rather, is simply the only one to do it since the turn of the millennium. In the afterglow of another instant-classic shot by Lillard, these are the six walk-off buzzer-beaters in NBA playoff history, ranked.

6. The Shot II – Game 4, 1993 First Round

Four years after first breaking the hearts of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Michael Jordan did it again. But this time, with two championship rings to his name, no one was surprised when Jordan sent Cleveland home; everyone knew exactly what to expect.

5. Lillard's Legend Is Born – Game 6, 2014 First Round

The first walk-off game-winner in nearly 20 years is the easiest shot on this list, but that hardly makes it much less significant. In just his second year in the league, Lillard was already establishing himself as one of the game's most feared closers. And by sending the Houston Rockets home with a buzzer-beating triple, taking the mic and proudly shouting “Rip City!” to an adoring Moda Center crowd, Lillard not only introduced his penchant for late-game heroics to a national audience, but began crafting his aura as a Blazers legend.

4. Stockton Finally Sends The Jazz To The Finals – Game 6, 1997 Western Conference Finals

The Utah Jazz had appeared in the Western Conference Finals three out of the previous four seasons, each time failing to advance for the chance to compete for a championship. With John Stockton and Karl Malone now firmly on the downsides of their Hall-of-Fame careers, skepticism that Utah would ever break through the Western Conference was at an all-time high as Houston's super-team of Hakeem Olajwuon, Clyde Drexler, and Charles Barkley stood in the way.

After taking the first two games of the Conference Finals, were the Jazz really going to fall just short again? Stockton, brilliant throughout the series, answered that question decisively, with the aid of a defensive gaffe that still haunts Barkley.

3. Sampson Dethrones The Lakers – Game 5, 1985 Western Conference Finals

The Los Angeles Lakers, led by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson, had won three of the last seven championships and made five of the last six NBA Finals. They went on to win back-to-back titles in 1987 and 1988, too. But in 1986, the Lakers had absolutely no answer for the Houston's twin towers, Hakeem Olajuwon and Ralph Sampson.

This is by far the most difficult shot on this list – an airborne 12-footer that was caught by Sampson with his back to the basket, over the top of one of the greatest defensive players in league history.

2. Lillard Silences Thunder With 40-Footer – Game 5, 2019 First-Round

Paul George called it a “bad shot” after the game, apparently unaware that Lillard had made all four of his previous bombs from 30 feet or more against the Thunder. But Lillard knew he was within his shooting range, and knew exactly time it was, providing arguably the most jaw-dropping series-winning shot of all time, and joining Jordan as the only player ever with multiple NBA postseason walk-offs.

1. The Shot – Game 5, 1989 First Round

Before the six championship rings, before Jordan Brand, and before becoming the global icon that would change professional sports forever, there was “The Shot” – perhaps the most iconic moment in league history, and the only buzzer-beater on this list that ended a do-or-die elimination game.