The New Orleans Pelicans had a three point lead over the Knicks late in the final seconds of Sunday’s game at Madison Square Garden when Lonzo Ball made a really bad defensive decision that led to a tie game and a trip to overtime, where the Knicks rolled to a 122-112 win.
With the Pelicans leading by those three points, Knicks guard Derrick Rose drove down the wide open lane in the final seconds and kicked it out to his teammate, Reggie Bullock, who hit the game-tying three pointer.
Rose was able to find Bullock because for some reason Ball dropped down on Rose, even though a two-pointer wouldn’t have hurt the Pelicans.
Check out this defensive blunder:
REGGIE BULLOCK SENDS IT TO OT! pic.twitter.com/BaE1uUOHOD
— ESPN (@espn) April 18, 2021
Not great defense there.
Ball’s teammate, Steven Adams, was not impressed:
The reaction of the normally stoic Steven Adams to Lonzo's blunder says it all. pic.twitter.com/58u131D6cD
— Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) April 18, 2021
Twitter ripped Ball for it:
lonzo ball’s thoughts when deciding to leave reggie bullock open in the corner pic.twitter.com/B20CS4m0Pl
— buckets (@buckets) April 18, 2021
Lonzo Ball’s defense on Reggie Bullock game tying 3 be like: pic.twitter.com/9v6ttjTpO4
— Danny Armstrong (@DArmstrong44) April 18, 2021
Lonzo wyd leaving the best 3 pt shooter with 2 seconds to go smh
— Zachary (@ZachTweetsBall) April 18, 2021
that was stupid
— Kristian Winfield (@Krisplashed) April 18, 2021
