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It was not the best game for the Mexican Juan Toscano on Friday night: he only made one shot from the field and finished with 4 points while his Golden State Warriors were out of the NBA playoffs .
This when falling in overtime 117 – 112 against the Memphis Grizzlies despite the relentless efforts of Stephen Curry in the last game of a “playoff” before the start of the playoffs this Saturday .
But Toscano-Anderson , the man born in Oakland but who plays for Mexico (his maternal family is originally from that country), at least got a memorable shot. Juan made the dunk that every Mexican has dreamed of doing in the NBA .
JUAN T
💪💪 💪 pic.twitter.com/J3HJZY21 uu
– Golden State Warriors (@warriors) May 22, 2021
It was the middle of the first period when after a 3-point attempt by Curry bounced off the Toscano rim he went up ahead of a Grizzlies player, took the ball in the air and on the same flight gave the thunderous hammer blow that brought thousands of fans to their feet in the Warriors arena.
wayyyyy up @ juanonjuan 10 || # DubNation https://t.co/WqQRhSQXeO pic.twitter.com/v9sYCMZxL1
– Golden State Warriors (@warriors) May 22, 2021
Toscano finished with 4 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 4 turnovers in 32 minutes. His season ended with averages of 5.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists in minutes.
Keep working.
Keep grinding. pic.twitter.com/bZfcK9KaTw– Golden State Warriors (@warriors) May 22 , 2021
Golden State, which had lost dramatically to the Lakers on Wednesday in his first chance to win a playoff ticket, he survived in regular time this Friday, but limited in talent and with no gas in the tank he could no longer in overtime.