NBA News: Viral Video Of Chicago Bulls' Lonzo Ball Making A Genius Play
Lonzo Ball has the NBA Twitter world buzzing for the incredible play he made during the Chicago Bulls and Memphis Grizzlies preseason game on Friday.
The clip has gone viral, and can be seen in a post that is embedded below from the NBA on ESPN's Twitter account.
The video has nearly 850,000 views and almost 40,000 likes.
In the clip, Ball saves the basketball from being a turnover and throws the ball off of Grizzlies center Steven Adams.
Therefore, the ball went out of bounds, last touched by Adams, and gave the possession back to the Bulls.
Ball has always had a supremely high basketball IQ, and he makes other players around him better.
The point guard finished the game with five points, six rebounds and seven assists, and the Bulls won 118-105 to finish the preseason 4-0.
As a 20-year-old rookie on the Los Angeles Lakers in 2017-18, he averaged 7.2 assists per game, and has a career averages of 6.4 assists per game.
The former UCLA star is entering his fifth season in the NBA, and has played for the Lakers, New Orleans Pelicans and now Chicago Bulls.
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