Scheierman exploded in the third for 14 points, which included four 3-pointers - each seemingly increasing in difficulty, until finally, he lofted a 30-foot rainbow step-back jumper over Goga Bitadze that hit nothing but net in a way that only the best shooters on a heater seem able to achieve.
Sandfort, a 6-foot-7 forward who played his college ball at Iowa, has played in 21 games this season with the Oklahoma City Blue, the Thunder's G-League affiliate. He has averaged 11.0 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists as a rookie.
We are concerned that this rise is a backlash to the growing visibility and popularity of the television series Heated Rivalry - and the resulting attention, commentary, and social media discourse it has generated around gay hockey players.
A University of Florida basketball crowd started a brutal chant for an opposing player who returned to college after an unsuccessful stint in the NBA. During Sunday's game between the Gators and the Alabama Crimson Tide, Alabama center Charles Bediako was at the free throw line when the chant rang out across the gym. As he prepared to shoot, the crowd's criticism of the 23-year-old was loud and clear, as G League dropout! could be heard on the TV broadcast.
Less than 10 months after Jayson Tatum first crumpled to the hardwood at Madison Square Garden with a ruptured Achilles tendon, the Celtics superstar forward is close to a return to the parquet. For the first time all season, the Celtics upgraded Tatum from "Out" to "Questionable" in their latest injury report ahead of Friday's home game against the Dallas Mavericks.
