With the Los Angeles Lakers in town to face the New York Knicks, LaVar Ball and the Big Baller Brand have been prominently involved in the Big Apple in recent days. Tuesday evening’s festivities centered on the actual basketball game, however, and the early portion of the second half belonged to Lonzo Ball.
The rookie guard exploded for eight consecutive points to spark the Lakers to a run and, in the midst of that spurt, Ball rose up to throw down a one-handed alley-oop dunk that caused quite a reaction. At the center of the celebration? You guessed it… LaVar Ball.
Lonzo Ball gets up and hammers home the one-handed jam!
The @Lakers lead the @nyknicks 74-71 in Q3 on @ESPNNBA. pic.twitter.com/iEzPnx4gV7
— NBA (@NBA) December 13, 2017
As you can see near the bottom of the ESPN broadcast, LaVar sprang to his feet to express his satisfaction with his son’s dunk and, frankly, this reaction happened to be justified. The best part is that LaVar is going crazy just a few seats down from Knicks superfan Spike Lee.
LaVar Ball is relishing his role as an instigator on the road. He never sits courtside at Staples Center. pic.twitter.com/rebkxEyJ8l
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) December 13, 2017
The younger Ball has certainly produced moments of brilliance in his short NBA career to this point but, in short, it would be accurate to say this may have been the most impressive highlight of his young professional stint and that is noteworthy.
It wasn’t as if ESPN’s cameras purposefully panned to LaVar Ball in the moment to gauge his reaction but, in on-brand fashion, it didn’t matter in the slightest.
