For hoops fans, few sites are doing more innovative things these days with video than the folks at Hoopism. A couple of weeks ago, it was a clickable visualization of every Slam Dunk Contest moment available on YouTube. Now, they’ve created a similar API-based compilation of the NBA’s greatest shots, from buzzer-beaters to how’d-he-do-that? SportsCenter highlights.

The UI is fairly straightforward, as there are two options for viewing the 65 shots currently represented in the database. You can locate a play based on its court location (i.e. where the player took the shot from) or by year. Just double-click the on-court dot (or description, if searching by year) and the video starts playing in your browser window.

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