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Joe s title of singles has become popular, he once beat the Nuggets with 1.3 seconds of riding and shooting archery. He has been a 7-time NBA All-Star

11:10am, 13 May 2025【Basketball】

Joe Johnson, the "Atlanta Hawks" who is famous for singles skills and buzzer-beating victory, started from the 10th pick in the league, but with unremitting efforts and extraordinary heart, he wrote a brilliant and tough NBA career.

He mostly grinded on the bench for the first few years with the Boston Celtics and the Phoenix Suns, but never stopped his desire for the main position. It was not until the third season that Joe Johnson finally secured his starting lineup, breaking through the 10-point mark per game, soaring to 16.7 points; in the "Fast Tornado" Phoenix system, he quickly evolved into a top scorer, and that season he made the fourth most 177 three-pointers in the league with a shooting rate of 47.8%, jumping into the top outside ranks. Entering the playoffs, he felt better than usual, averaged 18.8 points per game, and his three-point shooting percentage was as high as 55.6%. In the summer of 2005, Joe Johnson joined the Hawks with a $70 million luxury contract, becoming the absolute core of the team. In his first season, he averaged 20 points per game again; the following year, he was selected as the All-Star with 25.0 points, leading a bad team in rebuilding to return to the playoffs eight years later. Facing the Celtics' Big Three, Joe Johnson was not afraid. He averaged 20 points per game in that series and shot 44.4% from three-pointers, of which 35 points in the fourth game won the respect of the entire league.

At the peak of his career, Joe Johnson scored 1,978 three-pointers, and was the first in the history of the Eagles; his 8 key buzzer-beating finals tied with Kobe in history, second only to the God of Basketball. The "1.3-second horse-riding archery kills the Nuggets" has become a classic - with only 1.3 seconds left in that game, he received the ball and turned around, made a jump shot, and gave the team a 19-point victory, which also made countless fans go crazy.

Today, Joe Johnson has long retired, but his label of "King of Singles", his cold touch at countless critical moments, and the "super big heart" that is fearless of pressure will be forever engraved on the monument of NBA history.