Alex “Poythrees” Poythress did not strike me, on first inspection, as a three-point shooter. Had I inspected deeper, I would have discovered that he shot threes in the D-League, but I did not. So this performance comes as a total surprise to me. It probably does to you as well, unless you’ve been following this dude’s career outside of the NBA. Weirdo.
There’s not much else to say. The 76ers are doing some weird things right now, and you can add “Poythress torching the Pacers (whose coaches can’t even believe what is happening) with a barrage of long-bombs” to their ever-lengthening list of weirdness. After he hit these five triples, he missed two more, so that was kind of sad. Five triples is a mere curiosity; seven triples would have been Yogi Ferrell-esque.