A reporter's backward shot gets a high-five anyway

The live-TV basketball mishap shared by Videos that make your day better has added nearly five million views since yesterday.

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Why this story? One of the most watched videos since yesterday, with 4,900,512 views.

Celebrated too early 😅

"Well, I made it," the reporter tells the camera. Behind her, the basketball footage tells a different story.

In the Short "Celebrated too early 😅", she throws a ball backward over her head toward the hoop. It hits the backboard and misses, just as someone playing behind her makes a basket. She raises her arms in celebration, and the man beside her joins in, offering a high-five and a "Great job!" rather than a correction.

Videos that make your day better, a clips channel, reposts the broadcast moment with a caption suggesting he didn't have the heart to tell her. Viewers are discussing his glance toward the camera and his encouraging delivery. Others argue that another ball interfered with her attempt and that her shot might otherwise have gone in. Either way, she returns to the broadcast convinced she has something to celebrate.

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The facts

Channel: Videos that make your day better
Subscribers: 812,000 ▲ 90,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 687,493,612
Channel views, pace per day: 163,622,584 (on a normal day: 67,312,387)
Video published: October 25, 2026
Video views so far: 6,247,343 (2 days online)
Video views, pace per day: 4,899,029 (on a normal day: 1,847,450)

The numbers

The basketball clip added nearly five million views since yesterday. Its first-day comments also came in at more than three times the channel's usual Shorts level.

subscribers

812,000

▲ 90,000 in the last 7 days

total views

5,138,191,535

views per day

163,622,584

typical day: 67,312,387

the video

views

6,247,343

likes