We’ve all been there. Stuck at a holiday function and roped into a boring conversation with one eye on the television as a game comes down to the wire.
Charles Barkley was all of us then, as the Celtics and Nets traded buckets in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals on Easter Sunday while the NBA on TNT panel did its best to preview the Bulls-Bucks series. Barkley was holding it together like a pro, too, until Jayson Tatum spun around Kyrie Irving to drop in a game-winning layup at the buzzer. At that point Charles did what all of us would: scream in excitement and completely disrupt the room.
"UNBELIEVABLE!"
The Inside crew reacts to Jayson Tatum's clutch game-winner in Boston. pic.twitter.com/vsHp3yLl4e
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) April 17, 2022