In what was an otherwise forgettable game against the Denver Nuggets Friday night, Dallas Mavericks center Salah Mejri made the play of the game. It wasn’t a block or dunk, though. With 8:51 remaining in the first quarter, Maxi Kleber dished the ball to Mejri in the corner. Gathering himself, the Tunisian big man dribbled once, took a stutter step back behind the three-point line, lined up his shot, and released. Swish.
“It was lucky,” Mejri said after the game.
When you consider that it’s only the second three he’s knocked down in his career (your move, Ben Simmons), it’s easy to assume that fortune was in his favor.