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Dan Gartland

Lakers Bench Was So Pumped After Fan Drilled Half-Court Shot for $100,000

Los Angeles Lakers guard Max Christie had six points and four rebounds off the bench in the team’s win over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night. The second-year player out of Michigan State has a salary of $1.7 million, which means each game check is worth about $20,000. One Lakers fan went home after the game with a check worth five times that much. 

Before the start of the fourth quarter, 34-year-old Fidel Olmos of Redlands, Calif., stepped out on the court for a simple contest: hit a half-court shot, win $100,000. Olmos fired and nailed the shot beautifully. 

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