With an airline boarding announcement blaring over the intercom in the background, Jay-R Strowbridge raised his voice as he explained which task presented the biggest challenge.
A night earlier, the journeyman guard nailed the game winning three-pointer with 1.9 seconds left to lift the Memphis Hustle to their first NBA G League playoff victory in franchise history. And now, Strowbridge was with his teammates on a commercial flight, pushing through a travel day that started at 5 a.m. the next morning, to take them from northern California to southwestern Texas.
