When the Oklahoma City Thunder were in the middle of intentionally fouling him in the tensed fourth quarter during Saturday’s
Lively said: “It was like, ‘Alright, you’re going to disrespect me? I’m going to come up and I’m going to knock them down.’ “
And that’s exactly what a very confident Lively did.
After missing three of four free throws when he was intentionally fouled, Lively blew up the Thunder’s hack-a-Lively strategy when he knocked down four consecutive free throws in the frantic final moments.