😱 A 58-Foot Stunner
Max Strus goes Super Saiyan and gives us an all-time buzzer-beater.

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Strus nails 58-foot stunner as Cavs knock off Mavs, 121-119

Just…. wow.

With 4 minutes left, this game was essentially over. Kyrie and Luka were cooking to the tune of 75 combined points, and the Mavericks were up 10 with the W in sight. Then, something magical happened.

Maybe he just had a well-balanced pregame meal, or maybe someone flipped the old “don’t miss” switch that all Heat role players get surgically implanted during the playoffs. Whatever it was, Max Strus went absolutely bonkers. Four threes in 72 seconds to claw the Cavs back (along with a couple of big buckets from Spida), and then a miracle heave over Luka to ice it a few minutes later.

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Thunder pull away from Rockets late, win 112-95

Even though the Thunder (41-17) ran away with it in the end, Houston and OKC still gave us a really fun national TV clash of Western Conference youth movements. Chet put down a ridiculous reverse-oop and Gordon Hayward got his vet legs up there to finish some lobs as the Rockets struggled to find any momentum outside of Alperen Sengun.

Elsewhere

• QUEUE THE SONG! 🗣️🔊 The Magic (33-26) are 9-3 in their last 12, and completely put the clamps on the Nets (22-36) to secure a comfortable 27-point dub, 108-81.

• Rudy Gobert put the moves on fellow Frenchman Victor Wembanyama, and the Timberwolves (41-17) handled the Spurs (11-48), winning 114-105.

• Tyrese Maxey had the Sixers (33-25) hanging around in the second half, but Jayson Tatum took flight (literally) in the fourth to help the Celtics (46-12) pull away for a relatively stress-free 117-99 dub.💪

• The Warriors (30-27) pulled up to the nation’s capital and made short work of the Wizards (9-49) thanks to a patented Golden State third-quarter run led by Klay Thompson off the bench.

• Bradon Ingram is never beating the ‘smoothest player in the league’ allegations. The Pelicans (35-24) star was burying silky middies all night as New Orleans took down the injury-riddled Knicks (35-24) in MSG, 115-92.

• The Blazers (15-42) kept it close against the Heat (33-25) for a while but ran out of gas as Jimmy Butler (22 & 9 AST) stuffed the stat sheet for Miami’s third straight road win.

• Are things clicking in the Motor City? Cade and Co. held the Bulls (27-31) to just 2-of-29 shooting from beyond the arc as new addition Simone Fontecchio helped Detroit (9-49) pull away late.

• Jalen Johnson simply can’t be stopped— the Most Improved candidate dropped 22-13-6 to lead the Hawks (26-32) to an easy 124-97 W over the Jazz (27-32).

• Hornets (15-43) fans… we’ll make this short for your sake. The Bucks won 123-85 as Dame and Giannis enjoyed an early night off.

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