Kent Bazemore was the hero of Wednesday’s 94-93 win over the New Orleans Pelicans when he sank the game-winning shot with 2.1 seconds remaining.
After the game, Bazemore said the original play the Atlanta Hawks attempted was to get the ball to Ersan Ilyasova in the corner for the final shot, but Bazemore said when he had the ball in his hands and saw the clock winding down, he took the shot.
It felt good coming off his hands.
“My 3s were kind of off tonight but everywhere else I felt good,” Bazemore said. “You watch those games and the Kobe Bryants and Kevin Durants of the world and Michael Jordans and those guys and they get the ball and get to their favorite move and I just tried to do that.”
Bazemore finished Wednesday’s win with a team-high of 20 points.
The Pelicans attempted to inbound the ball with one-second remaining in the game, but failed to score.
