Chicago Bulls swingman Doug McDermott might have momentarily forgot which sport he was playing Thursday night against Miamias he performed a perfect form tackle on Heat big man Hassan Whiteside.
McDermott did play a variety of sports as a kid – including football – so it’s entirely possible that he had a brief schoolboy pigskin flashback.
McDermott only got a technical foul and was not ejected for the play.
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