Hell freakin’ yes, bay-bee. The goddamned NBA is back. The good game. The holy court. The ole’ round ball bonanza. And though the season is but a mere handful of games old, the Minnesota Timberwolves have already given us a highlight that’ll no doubt wind up on end-of-season sizzle reels next year, at the expense of the much-hyped Oklahoma City Thunder.
OKC, behind their All-Star lineup boasting the likes of Russell Westbrook, Paul George, and Carmello Anthony, brought the Wolves to the Thunder’s home court of Chesapeake Energy Arena for a matchup you would, at least on paper, to heavily favour the home side.
Apparently no one told that to Andrew Wiggins.
With under ten seconds left on the clock in the last quarter and the Thunder trailing by two, Carmello Anthony buried a go-ahead three that would’ve put opposing sides on the canvas 99 times out of 100.
Enter: Wiggins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIBkv0v1p2E
Sweet merciful crap that is ice cold.
That play capped off an insane back-and-forth closing sequence that sent Twitter fizzing into borderline-hysterics.
Russ with a game tying 3. The KAT with the go ahead runner. Then Melo with potential game winning 3. Then Wiggins banks in winning 3. Whew.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) October 23, 2017
KAT’s reaction to Wiggins’ game-winner. 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/77wyt0uZWQ
— SLAM (@SLAMonline) October 23, 2017
“WIggins is overra—” pic.twitter.com/aCkTwCTuuF
— AMP Agent ⚡ (@CallMeAgent00) October 23, 2017
TFW Wiggins steals your game winner pic.twitter.com/z1K11zHmPB
— Karlos Elguea (@CElguea) October 23, 2017
Reporter to Wiggins: “Did you call glass?”
Wiggins: “Nah, I didn’t.”
Karl: “He called game.”— Timberwolves PR (@Twolves_PR) October 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/SheaSerrano/status/922272481683148800
Carmelo Anthony knew Andrew Wiggins was going to hit this. 😂 pic.twitter.com/rhaTEIBQyu
— NBA SKITS (@NBA_Skits) October 23, 2017
HUH-YUGE.
That’s a 115 -113 win for the Wolves and definitely one for the ages.
For what it’s worth, Andrew Wiggins’ stats so far this year?
Andrew Wiggins so far this year
• 26 points, 5 rebounds
• 21 points, 5 rebounds
• 27 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, game winner26/53 FG’s
— Shane Young (@YoungNBA) October 23, 2017
Pretty good.
