It's not every day that NBA players airball a free throw. It's even more uncommon for them to airball a technical free throw. Los Angeles Lakers Kyle Kuzma may be the first player to do so and the Golden State Warriors bench let him know about it.

After the technical foul on rookie James Wiseman in the second quarter on Monday, Kuzma went to the charity stripe for a quick point. But it wasn't a freebie as he expected as he badly missed the shot, hitting nothing but air. Kuzma got so embarrassed, he just eventually laughed it off.

But not before getting laughed at by Draymond Green and the rest of the Warriors bench (via NBA beat reporter Anthony Puccio).

ESPN's Marc J. Spears has yet to verify the statistics, but he said Kuzma might be the first player in NBA history to airball a technical foul shot.

As expected, fans quickly pounced Kuzma on Twitter with a series of memes and hot takes.

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Airballing a technical free throw is a blooper in itself. But one fan pointed out that what made it worse is that there were literally no fans in the venue. So nerves weren't a factor. Kuzma was just plain bad on that instance.

One Twitter user, however, was nice enough to cut Kuzma some slack. Yes, Kuzma's shot was tragic. But it hasn't taken the top spot for the worst free throw attempt ever.

The embarrassing airball aside, Kyle Kuzma has been having a solid year, stepping up in the absence of star big man Anthony Davis.