The Charlotte Hornets fell to 6-11 on the young NBA season with a 95-84 loss to the Orlando Magic on Monday night.
As usual, Hornets star LaMelo Ball showed out in spite of a poor performance from his running mates. Ball scored 44 points while adding nine rebounds and seven assists in the defeat.
Ball also made one of the most ridiculous shots of the NBA season, which had fans making plenty of jokes on social media. Ball took the ball at the top of the key, dribbled to his left, crossed over back towards the top of the key and took a one-legged step-back jumper that would make folks at the YMCA proud.
Except unlike those amateur players at the Y, Ball made the shot. Which left the arena, as well as fans on social media, totally baffled. What looked like a bad shot was simply just another three for Ball, who made four of his 11 attempts from beyond the arc on Monday.
Here's a clip of the shot:
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) November 26, 2024
And here are some of the best reactions to said shot, which set social media ablaze.
The LA in LaMelo stands for LA fitness
— MaverickSZN 🇦🇺 (@Maverick_SZN) November 26, 2024
— Dre (@Crotin) November 26, 2024
These the type of moves you develop growing up with 2 older brothers
— Ian Rumpp (@RumppDIDDY) November 26, 2024
That’s not normal lmao
— SleeperHoops (@Sleeper_Hoops) November 26, 2024
Might’ve hit the goofiest stepback ever pic.twitter.com/4fDGgMKCQ6
— Quantay🧞♂️ (@StoryofQuantay) November 26, 2024
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