Last NBA postseason, the Utah Jazz earned a somewhat surprising and very much exhilarating first-round victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder thanks largely to the heroics of Joe Ingles. Ingles was scintillating on the defensive end, where he pestered Paul George into consecutive disappointing outings and he was solid on O as well as a constant 3-point threat.
That performance earned him more national attention and acclaim than he’d perhaps ever received before. People who’d never heard of him suddenly became aware of him and praised his ability to impact the game dramatically, despite looking like a math teacher as some would come to say.