When Oklahoma City purposely fouled him twice in a span of 21 seconds, Dereck Lively II made four big free-throws, leaned on the words of his mom, Kathy, one...
The Thunder purposely fouled the Mavericks’ 20-year-old rookie twice in a span of 21 seconds, but on Mother’s Day eve, leaning on the words of his mom and Kyrie Irving, he made all four attempts.
“We came back to the bench,” Irving said, “and I was just like, ‘’Man, you don’t have to do all that. Just let them foul you. Take it as a compliment and go up there and knock down your free throws, man. We believe in you. We know you put in a lot of reps.’"
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