Los Angeles Lakers big man JaVale McGee played some tremendous defense in the third period of their match-up against the Utah Jazz on Monday. Unfortunately for McGee, it involved his face intercepting a Rudy Gobert kick-out pass.

Here's a look at the play in question:

https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1290480195200102402

McGee absolutely got caught square in the face there, and it is clear that the blow took quite the wind out of him. The Lakers big man had to take a few seconds to get himself together, and it would not be surprising if he was seeing stars at one point. After all, he was barely a meter away when the Jazz All-Star threw out that two-handed bullet pass.

JaVale McGee got caught on no man's land as Rudy Gobert cut to the basket, and it is unclear where he was heading to when he got hit on the face. Anthony Davis had already rotated to cover Gobert on the low block, and based on an initial analysis of the play, McGee could have rotated to Joe Ingles who was wide-open at the 3-point line.

Then again, the Lakers center was able to effectively — albeit unknowingly and unintentionally — prevent the pass from getting to Ingles, so in that respect, he got the defensive rotation right.

McGee has long been a favorite on the hilarious Shaqtin' a Fool segment of TNT's Inside the NBA, so this play could be a candidate. To be fair though, he pretty much had nothing to do with it and it was more of a case of bad luck.

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