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Ben Sheppard wasn’t the outlier as much as just the latest victim.
With 2:27 left in the first quarter of Wednesday’s game with the Pacers, Alex Caruso took Sheppard right, crossed the ball to his left and hit the brakes. It was at that moment that the Indiana defender found out how gravity worked, as Sheppard lost his balance trying to contest the move, fell backwards to the floor, while Caruso hit the pull-up jumper.