Already playing in his 10th season in the NBA this year, Golden State Warriors‘ forward Kevin Durant has seen a lot of tough shots made and understands how difficult it is to make a half-court shot under any situation.
During his team's home game against the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night, one fan was selected to try and heave a three-pointer from the the half-court line to win $5,000. The fan made it and got a huge applause from the crowd inside Oracle Arena, and even brought a huge smile to Steve Kerr.
This lucky fan won 2 nights at @TheMirageLV, then hit a half-court shot to score $5,000 ???????? pic.twitter.com/mxePjsPiQL
— GoldenStateWarriors (@warriors) December 21, 2016
However, during the post-game interview, Durant was surprised the fan, who was wearing his jersey when he took the shot, only received that amount when others in the past have won a car or at least $10,000. He acknowledged the difficulty of it and was happy that the fan made it.
Kevin Durant on the halfcourter from the fan: "I'm kinda upset he only got $5,000 on it." ($20K in OKC) Then shouts out PR man Ray Ridder pic.twitter.com/eQfyyfIBRz
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) December 21, 2016
Durant's reaction may serve as an eye-opener to the sponsors of these promotions to give more to fans who make half-court shots in the future. It's definitely not the easiest of baskets to make and something that doesn't happen on every game.
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