Khris Middleton Set Up A Malik Beasley Three On Accident

The Milwaukee Bucks were in Charlotte Friday night to take on the Hornets in an in-season tournament. Milwaukee ended up escaping with a 130-99 win to move to 2-0 in Group B, and as a bonus, we got one of the funniest assists of the season from Khris Middleton.

Unfortunately, Middleton wasn’t officially credited (at least from what I can tell) with an assist on this one, although he certainly did everything you needed to do to get an assist . Middleton got into position for a step-back jumper just inside the arc, only for the ball to slip out of his hands as it went up toward him. The good news was that Malik Beasley – who had made six of his 10 threes that night – was standing right there, so the ball landed in his hands for what ended up being a wide open three from the top of the ball. ‘bow.

The looks on Middleton and Beasley’s faces were great, but the best reaction clearly went to Robin Lopez, who was sitting on the floor near the bench and laughing so hard he fell on his back with his leg extended in the air . Not only should this be on the books as a help, but more teams should find a way to incorporate this exact thing into their playbook, one way or another.