Christian Braun was found guilty of photobombing.
The evidence will live forever. In a basketball snapshot for the ages, he is basically Aaron Gordon’s shadow, lurking in the background at floor level while Gordon ascends into NBA history with his superhuman hops.
The first walk-off dunk in playoff history remained the talk of Ball Arena early this week. Each Nugget seemed to have his own subplot related to Gordon’s opportunistic Game 4 buzzer-beater. In Braun’s case, it was a self-deprecating reaction to the photos.
“I did actually go for it,” he said, laughing, when asked how close he was to attempting the put-back himself.