Shai x Messi: SGA drops greatest Instagram caption ever after buzzer-beater
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a buzzer-beater Monday night to overcome the Portland Trail Blazers at Paycom Center before dropping the greatest Instagram caption of all time, which featured Lionel Messi.
Famous celebrities, including rapper Drake, flooded the comments to praise SGA, while LeBron James and thousands others liked the five-slide post.
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The fifth slide is a picture of Messi, 35, kissing the FIFA World Cup trophy after Argentina defeated France in a penalty shootout Sunday.
"I CLEAN UP NICE BUT IT CAN STILL GET MESSI," SGA captioned his post.
Gilgeous-Alexander, 24, hit a midrange jumper at the buzzer to get a 123-121 home win over the Trail Blazers, making the caption that much more elite.
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NBA players such as Tyrese Maxey, Luguentz Dort and Immanuel Quickley reacted to the buzzer-beater, as well as to the caption.
A large part of why everyone loved the caption is also because SGA has been having an MVP-caliber season.
Even though his team is 13-18, Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging 31 points and six assists per game.
Messi, meanwhile, won his first World Cup and is taking the social media world by storm. His IG message celebrating the championship in Qatar is close to becoming the most-liked post on the platform.
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