LeBron James of the Miami Heat reacts after a fan sank a shot for $75,00 which Caramex matched to his charity during a game against the Detroit Pistons. (Photo: Mike Ehrmann, Getty Images) LeBron James' reaction to this fan's shot will make you smile. Michael Drysch, 50, took a halfcourt shot following the third quarter of Friday's Miami Heat home game against the Detroit Pistons. He drained it. He won $75,000. LeBron went crazy. VIDEO: Butler student drills half-court shot to win $18K VIDEO: Russell Westbrook pranks Denver Nuggets mascot James bolted from the huddle to congratulate/hug/tackle Drysch. It was a pretty great moment for everyone involved. There was the shot! There was the tackle! There was the excitement! Drysch might have been the most surprised person in the building. From ESPN: And for what it's worth, James wasn't slacking off as he dropped 23 points, seven assists and seven rebounds in a 110-88 Heat win. After the game, LeBron tweeted: "How about my man Michael with the sky hook from half court for 75k large!!! #wow #awesomeness" Awesomeness, indeed. Tags
Drysch said he had been practicing the shot the past two days and only made it once during his workouts. He received a tip from a friend in the arena tunnel as he was warming up to take the shot.
"They told me to put some spin on the ball, and get it up there as high as I could," Drysch said. "I had made that shot something like 1 percent of the time in my life."
James spent several moments on the court congratulating Drysch before he returned to the Heat's huddle to prepare for the start of the fourth quarter.
Heat guard Dwyane Wade scored a team-high 29 points Friday, but said Drysch hit the biggest shot of the game.
"That was an unbelievable shot," Wade said. "We might need to sign him and bring him back for late-game situations."