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Last night was insane in the NBA. We got a furious Lebron James screaming at the end of the game.
Then, a big trade between the New York Knicks and the Toronto Raptors, and Detroit finally getting a win to snap the streak of 28 straight losses, which they couldn’t believe it.
But first, we gotta talk about what happened to Lebron.
Trailing by 4, the Lakers get a clutch stop and run up in transition. James finds Vanderbuilt underneath but he misses the bunny and you can see that Lebron is deflated right here and doesn’t even get back.
The Timberwolves will use that as they have an advantage down the court so Anthony Edwards penetrates and finds Mike Conley all alone for the three.
7 point game with just 35 seconds to go it’s all over right? Well, not if Lebron James is playing on your team. Out of the time out he takes it inside, takes the contact scores and gets the foul.
To make matters even worse, Mcdaniels also gets a technical and gives the Lakers an opportunity to cut the lead down even more in this dramatic finish.
So after the free throws it’s only a 1 possession game, all they have to do is get a stop. But nobody expected that this was about to unfold in the final seconds…
Woooow Lebron miraculously ties the game, only to find out that the refs called it a 2 and will review it. But after watching it himself, James is more than confident that the game will be tied.
And then the situation escalates and all hell breaks loose.
In this crazy ending, now the Lakers have to foul and they put Anthony Edwards at the line but the drama continues because he misses the first free throw giving the Lakers 1 final chance at the end.
Not the final shot that this game deserved but still, a dramatic finish that nobody could have predicted. And the drama continued after the game with the visibly upset Lebron and his postgame interview that was lowkey hilarious.
Moving on to Detroit where the Pistons are desperate to snap the 28 game losing streak.
Cade is taking over in the fourth scoring 14 points to give his team a comfortable lead in the finish.
And with 40 seconds to go they have a 10 point lead, the fans can already feel the win.
But then…
Ooh boy, are they really gonna do it again?
In a free throw shootout on both ends, Detroit comes out with a 7 point lead with just 24 seconds to go, but it’s still not over.
Out of the time out we got some more free throws as Toronto wanted to extend the game as much as possible.
And Detroit almost did the unthinkable because…
Are you kidding me?! The Pistons almost lost the ball underneath their own basket but all is well because Bogdanovic is at the line now and he makes the free throws, the fans are already celebrating but they’ll have just one last heart attack…
Watch the complete panic and chaos that the Pistons are in. Oh my God what do we do?! Just launch it as far away as possible and hope that time runs out whiiiich thankfully, thankfully for them it does and Detroit finally breaks the streak as Cade Cunningham is in total disbelief on his knees trying to comprehend what went on for him and this team for the last 2 months.
Yeah, it’s been exactly 2 months since they got their last win on October 28th before this one on December 30th.
The Raptors are now the butt of all jokes in the league, but they were in the news before this game even started.
To summarize this trade real quick, I believe that this is a good deal for both sides.
For my Knicks, I feel like they admitted that RJ Barret was not going to be their future franchise player even tho they kind of paid him to be that.
So they got one of the best defenders at a crucial position which is that athletic wing spot.
When guys like Tatum, Lebron, Paul George come to town the Knicks now have a legit defender to put on them, and when Mitchell Robinson comes back next season, I expect the Knicks to be a top 3 defense in the league.
This was the first domino in my opinion and they will be more aggressive either by the end of the trade deadline in February or in the off season.
For Toronto, instead of trading for picks, they decided to get some proven young assets in return and I fully expect them to finish things off by trading away Siakam as well, to see how their team really looks like. But it seems that they chose to re-tool the roster and go young instead of a full rebuild through the draft.
Scottie Barnes is only 22 Rj Barret is 23, and Quickley is 24 years old, so by giving the keys to these young guys and moving away the veterans, they will have the freedom to continue to develop. Keep an eye on Paskal Siakam now because he should be next.
BTW speaking of my Knicks, I had to suffer through this taunting from Tyrese Haliburton.