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Pick Mr Clutch - the best player to win a close game at the end

There has been no shortage of thrilling finishes in the Basketball Champions League. Several players have distinguished themselves by having cool heads with the clock winding down.

If your team is trailing by a point and needs someone to score with the final seconds ticking off the clock, which of the following clutch players do you pick to take the shot?

Gediminas Orelik, Banvit

The Lithuanian hit arguably one of the most important shots of his career last week. In fact, he hit two of the most important. First, he caught an inbounds pass with less than two seconds remaining and made a lay-up to tie the contest against Aris. After missing the potential game-winning free-throw, he made amends in overtime by nailing a long, fadeaway jumper at the buzzer to win the game.

Stefan Bircevic, Partizan

Serbia's Olympic silver-medal winner wasted no time putting his name into the mix of the conversation with the man that can hit the clutch shot. His lay-up at the death stunned MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg on Gameday 1 of the Regular Season.

Tekele Cotton, MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg

Talk about ice running through a man's veins, Cotton had plenty of the cold stuff in his blood when he buried a game-winning 3-ball at the death against Dinamo Sassari. That was a real Shocker from the former Wichita State University star.

Davin White, Iberostar Tenerife

White has shown the ability to win games for Iberostar Tenerife by putting the ball on the deck and driving to the basket as he did at Sidigas Avellino while only last week, he drilled a game-winning 3-pointer at SIG Strasbourg in the waning seconds.