Josh Giddey's bonkers half-court buzzer beater sinks Lakers to ice insane performance from Aussie star
Aussie NBA star Josh Giddey produced the most insane moment of his career in the final moments of Chicago's win against the Lakers.
With 10 seconds left on the clock, and the Lakers leading 115-113, Giddey pounced to steal a pass from LeBron James before his Bulls teammate Cody White hit a three-point shot.
The Bulls went into celebration mode before Austin Reaves' lay up immediately afterwards handed the Lakers back the lead.
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With three seconds left, and no time-outs to spare, Giddey then did the unthinkable, hitting a shot from beyond halfway to send Chicago into raptures and deliver a 119-117 victory.
On the Bulls' coverage, caller Stacey King went crazy.
"Magic Giddey, g'day mate, somewhere in Australia, Sydney or Melbourne, Paul Hogan somewhere, Crocodile Dundee," he rambled.
Giddey finished with 25 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists. White scored 26 points and Kevin Huerter added 21 as the Bulls won for the ninth time in 11 games. This one was easily their wildest.
The Lakers looked like they had the game in hand, leading 115-110 after Austin Reaves made two free throws with 13 seconds remaining. The Bulls weren't finished, though.
Patrick Williams nailed a 3 for Chicago with just over 10 seconds remaining before Giddey went crazy with the steal and buzzer beater.
Reaves led Los Angeles with 30 points. Luka Doncic had 25 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists. Jaxson Hayes scored 19, and James finished with 17 points and 12 assists.
As CHSN tried to speak to Giddey, teammate Julian Phillips grabbed the mic, yelling "Josh Giddey is a bad man, a bad man".
An ecstatic Giddey then admitted he's never made a game-winner before.
"A walk off half-court like that I've never done before, I don't know if I'll ever do it again but I'll take this one tonight," he said.
The Aussie then confessed he's going to watch the replay "all night tonight" before stating "the win was better than anything, we needed this in front of a packed crowd tonight so I'm happy with it".
Lakers coach JJ Redick said post-game his immediate reaction was "devastation".
"It's a hell of way to lose a basketball game," he continued in his press conference.
-- with AP.
