Austin Reaves felt sick to his stomach, the ball more than halfway in before it somehow popped out in the biggest moment.
Nine days ago, Reaves was watching the Players Championship when Wyndham Clark’s 17-footer for birdie to force a playoff somehow rimmed in and then out of the cup.
“What happened to him,” Reaves said, “it was disgusting.”
As he walked through the back hallway at Fiserv Forum Tuesday, a reporter showed Reaves a similar image to Clark’s putt. The ball was in the basket, but not yet through the rim. The clock was off.