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On Wednesday night, the Memphis Grizzlies found themselves in a tough matchup down in San Antonio. The Grizzlies needed overtime to come away with a 2-point win over the Spurs.
The game featured an incredible performance from a pair of stars on the Memphis Grizzlies with Ja Morant and Desmond Bane each putting up 32 points in the game. The game also saw the Spurs nearly make an incredible comeback at the end of overtime.
They trailed by 9 points with less than 90 second left in the extra period and cut the lead to one with just 14.3 seconds left in the game. They came up just short, though, missing at the buzzer in OT just like they did in regulation.
Despite all of the excitement in the game, it seems fans didn’t learn of one of the game’s more interesting developments until afterwards.
After the game, Steven Adams revealed that Jeremy Sochan was pinching him on the last play of the game and even pinched his nipple.
Memphis Grizzlies center Steven Adams claims Spurs’ Jeremy Sochan pinched his nipple
Steven Adams’ side of the story, told with a smile: “In the last play of the game, he was messing me around — pinching me and stuff. I was like, ‘Get out of here, dude!’ … He punched my nipple. I was like, ‘Get out of here, ya dirty bastard!’ Trying to break my concentration.” https://t.co/JhvUQfNrPP
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) November 11, 2022
I guess that’s one way to keep a defender occupied while your team is trying to either tie or win a game as time expires.
Sochan has already worked his way into consistent minutes for the Spurs after they drafted him in the top 10 of the most recent draft. He made his presence felt in this game with 13 points, including the bucket that cut the Grizzlies’ lead to 1 in OT.
Fans just didn’t realize he also made an impact on Steven Adams’ chest in the game.