It's short for Maximum Strus
An epic Cavs game-winner over Luka.
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Bonaparte Before the Sphinx; Jean-Leon Gerome; 1886
The greatest and most consequential shot of 35 feet or more in the NBA since the Double Bang. Ladies and gentlefolk: Max Strus, 59 feet, at the buzzer, for the win.
It’s the second-longest buzzer beater of the modern era, behind Devonte’ Graham’s 61-footer in 2021. That epic shot by Graham sent the Pelicans to 9-21 and the Thunder to 8-19. Not exactly high stakes.
Cavaliers vs. Mavericks, meanwhile, is a potential Finals preview. And much like Graham, Strus hit his shot after an epic would-be game-winner by the Mavericks: a Luka Doncic no-look to P.J. Washington under the rim after a bit of a scramble. Chaos breeds opportunity. Just pure adrenaline and instincts led Evan Mobley to pitch it back to Strus and Strus to unleash the shot over the outstretched fingers of Doncic.
All net.
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