Robert Covington was defending Fox, and his hand was up, but he was clearly out of position. “Uh … what?” he chuckled before giving an innocuous answer.Ī little later, when almost everyone had cleared out, an NBA photographer showed Fox a picture of his big shot. In the home locker room after beating the Sixers, Fox was merrily retelling how he delivered Sacramento’s third win of the season when a reporter asked how he felt about taking that shot because “shooting is your weakness.” Fox thought about it for a second, then smiled and laughed that one off, too. Of course, even after making that real-world shot, Fox still had to answer questions about his jumper.
Game, Fox wins it for SAC 109-108 to snap 5 game win streak.Įmbiid: 22 PTS, 15 REB. The crazy part about the whole simulation was that they either didn’t know or didn’t care that Fox hit an actual last-second game winner-on an NBA floor, not a studio reproduction of one-the week prior against the Sixers. Next, they’ll strap poor Markelle Fultz to a chair on live television, pin his eyelids back, and force him to watch Jayson Tatum highlights on a loop. Trade him.”įox handled it with a smile and a laugh, but as hazing rituals go, it was pretty cruel. Naturally, the old guys fell all over themselves and one of them-it was hard to tell who-yelled, “Trade him.
He grabbed the ball, took a few steps inside the arc, hoisted a slow-motion shot near the left side of the foul line, and … clang. They were not.įox, to his credit, played along. It initially seemed like maybe they were kidding. Before they threw to commercial, Webber said “we’re gonna make him shoot one here” while Thomas shouted “game winner” over and over, like a human record player that kept skipping. The interview went pretty well for the 19-year-old until the surprise ending. "The best reward, for sure, was playing John (Wall) or Russ." took the court with the #PlayersOnly crew! /rRP46iPVKn- NBA TV November 15, 2017
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