As spectacular as Max Strus’s game-winning 60-foot three-pointer in opposition to the Dallas Mavericks was, his postgame feedback checked in as a detailed second. Simply minutes after Strus grew to become the hero of the evening in a 121–119 victory for the Cleveland Cavaliers, the 27-year-old fielded questions from reporters within the locker room.
However Strus needed to interject throughout one query. When requested if he knew {that a} 59-foot buzzer-beater was the second-longest in historical past, Cleveland’s sharpshooter comically reduce off the query to focus on that he heard it was a 60-footer. Even nonetheless, Strus wasn’t impressed, and we are able to thank Will Ferrell’s character within the standard film Talladega Nights for that.
“Yeah, that’s what they only advised me again there. Fairly cool, but when it ain’t first, you’re final, within the nice phrases of Ricky Bobby.” Strus joked, per Mike Lucas of the Final Cleveland Sports activities Present.
Max Strus dropped a Ricky Bobby quote about his 60* foot recreation winner 😂 pic.twitter.com/SJkT0gvgnU
— Mikey McNuggets (@MikeLucasTV) February 28, 2024
The one-liner was good for the fourth-quarter hero who saved his crew on Tuesday evening. Strus additionally knocked down 4 three-pointers in 67 seconds to chop a 10-point deficit to only one with 2:35 remaining and completed the evening with 21 factors, all of which got here from past the arc.
