“He caught the ball and he was face up, so Pascal decided to lay off, which I understand – that’s probably the right decision.”
With a three-point lead late in the game, one could argue that the smart play would be to foul a player before they can get a potential game-tying shot off.
But, when Jaylen Brown rose up for the tying basket with 6 seconds to go in Boston’s 133-128 win over Indiana in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Indiana’s Pascal Siakam chose not to go for the foul.
Lakers star LeBron James tweeted that he would choose to foul when up three points every single time. J.J. Redick said that he agrees with James. Dick Vitale tweeted that Indiana had the game won and never should have allowed the shot.
