mobile app bar

‘Giannis Antetokounmpo was in LeBron James’ worst nightmare’: Skip Bayless explains why Bucks star missed game-tying free throw vs Celtics

Amulya Shekhar
Published

'Giannis Antetokounmpo was in LeBron James' worst nightmare': Skip Bayless explains why Bucks star missed game-tying free throw vs Celtics

Skip Bayless found the perfect situation to take shots at both Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James at the same time.

The Boston Celtics won a hard-fought game against the visiting Bucks 122-121. Jayson Tatum hit a stupendous bank shot on a step-back 3-pointer over Giannis with 0.4 seconds remaining to put them up 2. Giannis had an opportunity to tie and possibly win the game after he got fouled.

The Bucks received 2 free throws, with the opportunity to get the ball inbounds if the second went in. Giannis stepped up to the plate looking pensive.

He knocked his first one down with a perfect swish, and it seemed then that he would tie it all up. But his second attempt rimmed out, giving the Celtics with the W.

Also Read: Giannis Antetokounmpo free throw percentage: Why Bucks star missed game-tying free throw against Celtics with 0.4s left?

Skip Bayless roasts LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo at the same time

Many casuals would tell you this was a choke by the Greek Freak. Skip Bayless catered to that camp and added his own dig at Giannis with a couple of tweets, the first one saying:

“Giannis found himself in LeBron’s worst nightmare scenario: down 2 at Boston shooting 2 free throws to force overtime with .4 left. Made the first, left the second short.”

Also Read: ‘He didn’t call glass, he called game!’: Jayson Tatum hits incredible stepback over Giannis, leads Celtics to 122-121 win over Bucks

Neither LeBron nor Giannis have the best record in this kind of clutch situation, unfortunately. LeBron has missed game-tying free throws on at least 3 occasions in his career, while Giannis had one such meltdown against the Heat in the bubble.

All of this is just ammunition for Skip to play on his show tomorrow morning.

About the author

Amulya Shekhar

Amulya Shekhar

x-iconfacebook-iconlinkedin-icon

Amulya Shekhar is a sports junkie who thrives on the thrills and frills of live sports action across basketball, football (the American variant works too), parkour, adventure sports. He believes sports connect us to our best selves, and he hopes to help people experience sports more holistically.

Share this article