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Kyle Lowry’s Priceless Reaction to Teammate’s Bold Claim Led to Funniest Press Conference of the NBA Playoffs

The Heat were feeling good after Game 1.

Andy Nesbitt

Kyle Lowry’s Priceless Reaction to Teammate’s Bold Claim Led to Funniest Press Conference of the NBA Playoffs
Kyle Lowry’s Priceless Reaction to Teammate’s Bold Claim Led to Funniest Press Conference of the NBA Playoffs /
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The Heat beat the Celtics in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday night and moments after the win, they also won the award for the funniest postgame press conference of the playoffs thanks to Kyle Lowry and his priceless reaction to one of his teammate’s bold claims.

Lowry was looking at his phone during the press conference when he heard Miami center Bam Adebayo call himself a “phenomenal passer.” Lowry immediately called him out on that but Adebayo then showed him the stat sheet from the game and pointed out that he had more assists than Lowry. 

This is all a lot of fun: 

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The Heat are definitely feeling good being up 1–0 on the Celtics. Game 2 is Friday night. 

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ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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