Early candidate for the “Freudian Slip of the Year” award: Mike Breen at 1:46 of this video says “on cue Nowitzki nails a three pointer and he’s got twenty-two” in reference to Kristaps Porzingis’ made triple. Bang! I guess we all know your feeling on the career trajectory of Krispy, Mr. Breen!
Other early candidates include Brian Scalabrine slipping up and saying “I could wreck that guy one-on-one” after Isaiah Thomas hit a jumper, and Joel Meyers lamenting “and the Pelicans lose another one” after the Pelicans beat the Bucks for their only win of the season.
Hard to blame Breen for this one, though. Porzingis had a good amount of Nowitzki-esque banked jumpers in this game, including one off of one foot. Any sane observer, even if they had not heard the comparisons before tonight, would recognize the similarities of Porzingis’ and Nowitzki’s respective playing styles.
Now excuse me while I go watch that “Dirk Nowitzki Rainbow Three” video again.