As expected, Saturday's marquee matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics produced an instant classic. What not too many fans saw coming was the fact that Patrick Beverley was going to play a major role in the final outcome of the game.
Beverley came up clutch for the Lakers as they nearly escaped with a huge win against the bitter rivals in regulation. It wasn't long before Beverley went from hero to zero after a couple of major blunders at the end of the fourth quarter.
With less than a minute remaining in the game and the Lakers down one point, Beverley hit a clutch go-ahead trey to give LA a two-point lead:
Patrick Beverley with a CLUTCH 3 to put the Lakers up by 2, 102 ā 100!
Less than 50 seconds on the clock in the 4th špic.twitter.com/nNBULkpO7E
ā LakeShow (@LakeShowCP) January 29, 2023
On their next possession, the Lakers had a chance to win the game. With the score tied at 102-102, Anthony Davis missed a corner trey. Out of nowhere, Beverley crashed the board and threw down an emphatic two-handed putback slam to once again give the Lakers the lead:
PATRICK BEVERLEY SHOW IN THE GARDEN š¤Æpic.twitter.com/UfznvZzpNr
ā ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) January 29, 2023
That should have won the game for the Lakers. Only, it didn't.
The clock was down to 14 seconds with LA now up three points. Jaylen Brown ended up scoring a crucial put-back lay-up to bring Boston to within one. Apparently, he got fouled on the play, too. The culprit? Patrick Beverley. Brown would go on to sink the extra free throw to send the game to OT.
Jaylen Brown gets the bucket to fall and a late whistle for the 3-point play opportunity špic.twitter.com/0RpUsPsqdg
ā ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) January 29, 2023
That wasn't all she wrote for Pat Bev, though. He also got himself whistled for a technical foul right before overtime after deciding to bring a camera to the referee to show make his point about their non-call on LeBron James.
Patrick Beverley took a professional camera to show the officials the missed foul call on LeBron James in the final seconds of Lakers-Celtics.
He got hit with a technical foul for it.pic.twitter.com/yNNf7vnOc9
ā ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) January 29, 2023
Talk about a wild, wild sequence, right? Well, that's Patrick Beverley for you.
In the end, the Celtics escaped with a thrilling victory, 125-121.
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