On Sunday there was a new day of the best basketball league in the world whole; All the teams played what was the last game of the 2024 regular season and the last remaining places to access the playoffs were defined as well as the organizations that will play the Play-In.
But what took the spotlight and all the attention of the general public was experienced in the match between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Houston Rockets when in a situation that generated quite a surprise for the fans who were present at the Crypto.com Arena, the Rockets center was the protagonist of a new quite charismatic and funny in his professional career in the NBA.
What happened to Boban Marjanovic?
There were only 4:44 minutes left in the game in the last period of time of the game and the moment arrived where Boban Marjanovic was visiting the free throw line and the 2.24 meter tall Serbian giant missed his first attempt and at the request of the fans who asked him as much as possible to miss the second shot, the Serbian accepted to favor the crowd present in the Clippers gym.
Why did the Serbian decide to miss the second free kick?
The Clippers organization has a special promotion for fans who attend home games: If a player from the rival team misses two free throws in a row, each of the fans present receives fried chicken from the organization completely free of charge.
The images immediately went viral on social networks. and they gave a lot to talk about in the NBA and you can hear it after the Serbian missed the first free throw “free lunch”, to which Marjanovic agreed to the request and pointed at himself in front of the fans as if to say “I’m going for it.” to do”.
Marjanovic’s NBA career
The 35-year-old center has so far 8 seasons in the NBA and is characterized for being a good shooter from the free throw line and in fact, in the 2024 season he has more than 76% effectiveness. His debut in the league was with the San Antonio Spurs and at the time coach Gregg Popovich had pleasant words to define the Serbian:
“He is much better than I expected when we signed him in the summer. I was surprised by its speed for what it measures. “He handles the ball very well and understands the game very well,” said the historic coach in 2015.
After his time with the San Antonio Spurs teamplayed for the Detroit Pistons (2016-2018), LA Clippers (2019-2019), Philadelphia 76ers (2019) and Dallas Mavericks (2019-2022) before joining the Rockets a couple of years ago.
Playoffs and Play-Ins defined
The league finally defined the teams qualified for the postseason. First place in the Western Conference was much more competitive than expected, since the Oklahoma City Thunder, Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves arrived on the final day with 56 victories. However, the former managed to defeat the Dallas Mavericks (135-86) and secured first place in the standings. For their part, the New Orleans Pelicans, Los Angeles Lakers, Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors will compete in the play-In.
Regarding the Eastern Conference, the leader did not have any discussion at any time. The Boston Celtics beat the Washington Wizards 132-122 and took their record to 64-16 to take first place in the conference and the best record in the entire NBA. Behind them were the New York Knicks and third, the Milwaukee Bucks. Fourth place went to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic (5th) and Indiana Pacers (6th) closed the first places. The Play In will be played between the Philadelphia 76ers (7th), Miami Heat (8th), Chicago Bulls (9th) and Atlanta Hawks (10th).
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