The play was drawn up for AR with Maxi as the screener. Maxi set a good screen, AR got a good look, shot just rimmed out….how people are not understanding this is baffling.
Putting Maxi Kleber in for the first time in the game on that Lakers possession down 3 with 12 seconds left over Rui is one of the most confusing substitutions I think I’ve ever seen?
Bam just had the grossest historic game ever.
He became the first ever player to score 70 while shooting under 50% on FGs (20/43).
He attempted 43 free throws and made 36, both the most ever.
He played 42 minutes & his team intentionally fouled to prolong a 30-point blowout.
It’s disrespectful apparently when someone in the NBA gets a late basket as time expires when the game is over but it’s not disrespectful that a team can extend a game up 27 to manufacture an extra dozen possessions by fouling and creating an extra 15 points for a player 🤦♂️
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