In a game full of subtext, ranging from the trade rumors swirling around Russell Westbrook, Buddy Hield, and Myles Turner (that may have started back when dinosaurs still roamed the earth) to the bold (all too often rehashed) comments Bennedict Mathurin made last summer about the confidence he has his in game while calling out LeBron James, Andrew Nembhard was an afterthought, listed as questionable for Monday’s match-up against the Los Angeles Lakers after missing four-consecutive games with a bruised left knee.
And yet, long before he buried the Lakers with a triple at the buzzer, bringing cause for raucous celebration from anyone and everyone (including Kevin Pritchard!