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‘Man of the people’ Boban Marjanovićic intentionally misses free-throw to win fans fast food

Boban Marjanović scored 13 points in 12 minutes of the fourth against the Clippers.
Boban Marjanović scored 13 points in 12 minutes of the fourth against the Clippers. Photograph: Gary A Vasquez/USA Today Sports

Move over Al Michaels and Johnny Most, we have a new Hall of Fame candidate in the announcing booth – all because Boban Marjanović wanted to give fans free chicken.

The Los Angeles Clippers lost 116-105 to the Houston Rockets in the final game of the NBA regular season on Sunday night, but LA fans still had plenty to celebrate. Rockets forward Marjanović, a former Clipper and star of John Wick: Chapter 3, intentionally missed a free-throw late in the game to ensure the home crowd would receive free chicken sandwiches as part of a Chick-fil-A promotion.

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