Clint Capela has been in the NBA since 2014, but it wasn’t until Sunday that he finally made a shot from behind the arc.
With the Rockets resting Kevin Durant, Amen Thompson, Alperen Sengun and Jabari Smith Jr., Capela got a lot of playing time against the Memphis Grizzlies at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
He took advantage of the opportunity to achieve a minor NBA goal, as he sank his first-ever 3-pointer in the Association early in the fourth quarter of the game.
You can watch Capela’s triple here.
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Capela air-balled his first 3-point attempt in the contest, and thought that he would be pulled after that. But the Rockets drew a play for him to get another 3-point shot, which he delivered on “just like in the dream,” Capela told reporters following the game, via Michael Shapiro of the Houston Chronicle.
The opportunity was simply there for Capela to experiment a bit with his shot selection against the Grizzlies, as the Rockets had already locked up the No. 5 seed in the Western Conference regardless of the game’s outcome.
Despite the proliferation of outside-shooting bigs in the league, Capela remains among the few centers who haven’t really added a 3-pointer to his arsenal.
He finished the meeting with Memphis with 23 points on 9/11 shooting with 13 boards, 3 blocks and 1 assist in 23 minutes of a 132-101 Houston win.
