“Wasted entire Spurs hard-fought efforts” NBA Fans condemn Keldon Johnson’s for missing easiest game-winning layup against mighty Grizzlies

Keldon Johnson missed the chance to become the hero for his team, instead he could be one of the most scrutinised player by the San Antonio Spurs fans. On Wednesday night, the Memphis Grizzlies were at San Antonio for a regular league game with the Spurs where they edged out the home team by a hairline score of 112-111. The Spurs’ loss has now pushed their rivals into the play-in position in the western conference.

The game was intense between the Grizzlies and Spurs, no team was getting the chance to take a big lead as the game was full of back and forth. Even till the last second, it was not confirmed in whose favor the game will go. In this whole situation, Keldon Johnson got the opportunity to bring the victory for the Spurs but when he tried to put a point through a simple layup, he missed it has the ball rimmed out, and all planning by head coach Gregg Popovich to draw a perfect misdirection failed.

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Gregg Popovich reacts to Keldon Johnson messing game-winning layup vs. Grizzlies

At the postgame conference. Coach Pop discussed Keldon Johnson’s miss during the crucial moment, where he encouraged the entire Spurs team to learn from the experience and even asked the team to move on and prepare for the next upcoming game on Friday.

Gregg Popovich said, “It didn’t go in, but it’s like I told them, if that’s the worst thing that ever happens in your life, you are going to live a pretty easy life. So, get over it and come and play Friday. Screw that. But I am proud of them.”

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Keldon Johnson’s mistake bring the Los Angeles Lakers back into the business

The Spurs’ loss has pushed them down to a 31-45 record, which also caused them the 10^th seed in the western conference and their rival the Lakers have regained the spot for the qualification in the play-in tournament. Although the Lakers only have a half-game lead, it can be enough to eliminate the San Antonio Spurs from the tournament and their dream to give a memorable farewell to Greg Popovich might get ruined.

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