Forget Jontay Porter, forget Shohei Ohtani, and forget all the other sportsbook scandals.
We almost had Chick-fil-A-gate on our hands Sunday afternoon.
The scene was Crypto.com Arena (you know, the Staples Center), where the Los Angeles Clippers were hosting the Houston Rockets. The game was meaningless for the upcoming NBA playoffs, with the Rockets’ hopes for the Play-In Tournament already dashed and the Clippers locked into the fourth seed in the West.
In the fourth quarter with the Rockets leading 105-97 with fewer than five minutes left in the game, Rockets center Boban Marjanovic stepped up to the free throw line. He's a career 76.2% shooter from the charity stripe, and he … missed the first one.