The WWE star shone in the NBA’s ‘Celebrity Game’, although he lacked a hundredth.
This Friday in Utah, the NBA gave the go to the All-Star with two incredible events; the ‘Rising Stars’, which pits the most outstanding rookies in the league against each other, and the ‘Celebrity Game’which was attended by celebrities of the stature of reggaeton singers Ozuna y Nicky Jamthe rapper 21 Savagethe tennis player Frances Tiafoe and WWE wrestler, The Miz.
Precisely, the latter was the protagonist of the match that had as captains the owner of Utah Jazz, Ryan Smithand the former basketball player Dwayne Wade. And it is that, in the last hundredths of a second and when the score favored ‘Team Wade’ with three points above, the wrestling star left everyone speechless.
The ‘Miz’ grabbed the last rebound with 0.7 seconds left and, from midfield, he threw a triple that went clean to the basketcausing the uproar of his colleagues, rapporteurs, the public, and even his rivals.
The party was total at the Vivint Smart Home Arena in Utah, however, the illusion of the WWE crack would begin to collapse when the referees of the commitment decided to review the play that, to the disappointment of many, it happened out of timeafter The Miz failed to release the ball before the buzzer.
IF THIS WOULD’VE COUNTED FROM @mikethemiz ???? pic.twitter.com/a0WyVfqblN
— ESPN (@espn) February 18, 2023
A canceled ‘triple’ that did not prevent it from being one of the most spectacular moments of the fun match, which had the American football player as MVP DK Metcalf.
This Saturday, the All-Star continues in Utah and will have the exhibitions of dunks, skills and triples.
