He had missed three consecutive mid-range jump shots when a whistle blew a timeout late in the game, so T.J. McConnell took advantage of the opportunity to put up a 15-footer for practice as the players headed toward the benches. It went in, of course. And he reacted as if to say, "Sure you hit one now, why don't you do it when it counts?!"
"That's usually how it goes," he said later in the locker room. "On those nights when I'm not making my pull-up, someone calls a timeout and then I'll make one. But if I'm not hitting my pull-up or making wide open threes, I'm just trying to get people the ball and get stops on defense.