Boston Celtics center Daniel Theis has been a glue guy for the contenders this postseason, playing some terrific defense in the middle of the paint, hitting occasional threes and rebounding.
On Monday night, during the Celts’ 111-89 win over the Toronto Raptors to take a 3-2 lead in their Eastern semifinals series, he was on the receiving end of an inadvertent kick to the face courtesy of Pascal Siakam. It look painful, but Theis was okay.
That led to a lot of people — including former WWE star Mick Foley — to make the same jokes that Theis was on the receiving end of a WWE kick:
Siakam went full UFC on Theis in the first 👀 pic.twitter.com/AT6lflNzoP
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) September 7, 2020
If you look closely, you can see @pskills43 whisper “I love you” to @dtheis10 before this epic superkick!@NBAonTNT #celticsvsraptors @celtics @Raptors https://t.co/vvh3aoN1fL
— Mick Foley (@RealMickFoley) September 8, 2020
Pascal Siakam hit Daniel Theis with the Sweet Chin Music pic.twitter.com/EvMZb9rYdh
— carlos (@CountOnCarlos) September 7, 2020
Pascal Siakam with a Sweet Chin Music on Daniel Theis #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/VqGa1jeKAZ
— B҉r҉a҉d҉ | 🏴 (@One_Final_Beat) September 7, 2020
Not Theis getting hit with the Sweet Chin Music 😭 pic.twitter.com/PrTzU3ZqTS
— 𝙇𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙙 ☘️ (@LarrysGoated) September 7, 2020
Daniel Theis gotta step in the ring, he’s ready pic.twitter.com/lgyt9LWmQM
— Galvino 🌸 (@CGalvino03) September 8, 2020
daniel theis getting some of that sweet chin music pic.twitter.com/GQG6SNDRPO
— easton (@PurseII) September 7, 2020
(Thanks to Larry Brown Sports for sharing.)
