Andrew Nembhard hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to beat the Lakers on Monday and also made life hard on LeBron James, showing his talent on both ends.
LOS ANGELES -- Tyrese Haliburton told Andrew Nembhard he needed to get a picture of his buzzer-beating 3-pointer on his social media accounts as soon as humanly possible. Before he left the locker room. Before he texted back anyone who was blowing up his phone. Before he even called his mother.Because the shot Nembhard hit to beat the Lakers 116-115 on Monday night at Crypto.com Arena had several layers that made it even more awesome than your average buzzer-beater.
Nembhard didn't even find out he'd be playing until Sunday. He bruised his left knee in a win at Houston on Nov. 18, tried to play at home the next night against the Orlando Magic and found that wasn't the best idea. The Pacers gave him a week to recover, they still listed him as questionable on the injury report Monday, and Carlisle did not insert him back in the starting role he held when he left. Nembhard didn't enter the game until the last 2:43 of the first quarter.
"I just wanted to be physical with him throughout the game," Nembhard said."Just make his looks tough. I know he's a great player, great passer. I just wanted to try to make him take some fadeaways. I just tried to play hard really." Nembhard didn't attempt a single shot in the first half, but he hit on two of his three attempts in the third quarter. Then in the fourth, Haliburton found him on the break for a pull-up 3-pointer with 2:11 to go that brought the Pacers back within one point after they'd trailed by 17 earlier in the quarter and by nine less than a minute earlier.
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