Basketball: Steven Adams' incredible last-second pass helps Oklahoma City Thunder beat Minnesota Timberwolves in NBA

Steven Adams has produced one of the plays of the NBA season to help his Oklahoma City Thunder side pull off a miraculous victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves this afternoon.

Up by two points with 1.1 seconds to go, the Timberwolves were hit with a delay of game due to big man Jordan Bell having his jersey untucked. That gave the Thunder a technical free throw, which Danilo Gallinari sunk to reduce the deficit to one.

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However, with the Thunder having no timeouts, all Timberwolves big man Karl-Anthony Towns had to do was intentionally miss a free throw – as once the Thunder grabbed the rebound, they would have had no time left to get a shot off.

Instead, he made the free throw – and that's when Adams produced a piece of magic.

Adams hurled a one-handed, football-style 'Hail Mary' pass down to the other end of the court, where Dennis Schroder reeled it in and immediately threw up a layup, which went in, to send the game to overtime.

In overtime, the Thunder made no mistake with their unexpected second chance at victory, cruising home to take an eventual 139-127 win.

Adams' play set social media alight, with many viewers stunned at the incredible last-second effort.

Schroder said the play was something he and Adams had been working on.

"We had been talking about it a couple of times before. I just lose my man, try to sprint as fast as I can, and he made a hell of a pass."

It was part of an excellent all-around game for Adams, who ended with 22 points on 9/13 shooting to go with 11 rebounds, two assists, two steals and four blocks.

The Thunder move to a 9-12 record with the victory, while the Timberwolves slip back to 10-11.