Paolo Banchero had a pretty memorable Summer League game on Saturday against the Sacramento Kings, although the Orlando Magic rookie took the L in his exchange with Neemias Queta.
Queta had a big game for the Kings, with his most important play coming in the dying seconds when they were down by six, 87-81. He banked a triple to cut the Magic's lead to three before Keegan Murray stole the ball off the inbounds pass and delivered the game-tying triple to force overtime.
At one moment as the Magic and Kings played the extra period, Banchero talked trash to Queta and said he wasn't supposed to hit the triple. The sophomore big man, however, hit back at the top-rated rookie and highlighted that he doesn't know him at all.
Paolo Banchero: "You wasn't supposed to hit that three-ball."
Neemias Queta: "You don't know me, bruh." pic.twitter.com/gF52bPA2h3
— ESPN (@espn) July 9, 2022
Now that's a big W for Neemias Queta. He handled the trash talk pretty well, with Paolo Banchero unable to respond. After all, the Kings big man was right.
The Magic ended up winning the contest in double OT, 94-92. However, Queta and the Kings can certainly be proud of their performance. Sacramento was down by as much as 18 points, but they almost won it and embarrassed Banchero and Orlando.
Queta finished with 23 points on top of eight rebounds and three assists. Meanwhile, Banchero had 23 for the Magic as well, and he was all over the floor with six boards, six dimes, four steals and two blocks.
The next time the Magic and Kings meet, here's to hoping that we'll get to see Queta match up with Banchero.
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