Gerald Henderson Took It Upon Himself To Teach DeAndre Jordan How To Shoot Free Throws...Sorta

When trash talk goes wrong. I love the idea, but you can’t fail in execution much harder. When you’re at the line and pointing out the 44% free throw shooter to get into his head, you have to bury it right in his face. It’s like when Hot Sauce in And1 would bounce the ball off people’s faces, it didn’t matter if he didn’t drain the shot right in their disgruntled grill. Gerald Henderson probably should have had to leave the game for missing the free throw. In his defense, he is a career 79% shooter from the line, and DeAndre is a career 42% shooter from the line, so there was a ton of merit in the trash talk. You just have to finish the job. Have to, have to, have to.

And DeAndre ultimately got the last laugh. No, he didn’t bury foul shots in Gerald’s face. In fact, he went 6-16 from the stripe, a lofty 37.5%. But the Clippers did win when this 4th quarter sequence went down:

Awesome end of game sequence there. And shots to CP3 for ruining another Plumlee’s night by putting it right through his legs. Sure, it was Redick who made the shot, but you can’t topple an empire all in one day.