The Sacramento Kings were thrilled to get a win over the Houston Rockets, finishing a four-game road trip with the right spirits after winning a close one against the Dallas Mavericks and putting the Rockets to bed with a Nemanja Bjelica game-winner.
Bjelica had 17 points on the night, capping it off with a deep three to beat the buzzer and secure the win over the outstretched arm of P.J. Tucker.
A miscommunication found Bjelica open from 33 feet out with one second left, just enough time to let out a rainbow jumper to crush the Rockets' hopes:
BIG SHOT BJELICA FTW pic.twitter.com/LSSMCgyxxd
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 10, 2019
Following that deep bomb, the Kings' Twitter account had no mercy on the Rockets, who had their protest of a double-overtime loss against the San Antonio Spurs last week denied on Monday:
https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings/status/1204241763910578176
Houston has come off as petty rivaling the league about its officiating, first doing it ahead of a second-round matchup against the Golden State Warriors, protesting a 2018 Western Conference Finals Game 7 in which they found 81 potential missed calls and non-calls that could have changed the outcome of the game in their favor, and most recently arguing that a James Harden dunk that wasn't counted in the fourth quarter could have arguably given them a win against the Spurs.
Teams are reveling in beating the Rockets, who are 15-8 this season after adding a superstar point guard in Russell Westbrook to team up with James Harden.
Bjelica's shot was plenty reason to celebrate, but the final tweet to troll the Rockets was the icing on the cake.
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