PHILADELPHIA - There must have been a lot of confused NBA fans around the country as the ESPN broadcast went to commercial break after the first quarter.
Not because the Dallas Mavericks, minus MVP candidate Luka Doncic, held a seven-point lead over a Philadelphia 76ers squad that entered Friday night with the NBA's best home record. Dallas, after all, had served notice of just how dangerous the Mavs could be without their 20-year-old superstar by snapping the Milwaukee Bucks' 18-game winning streak on Monday night on the road.
But folks had to be wondering who the heck that was who hit the 25-foot pull-up to beat the buzzer at the end of the quarter.