{"id":2772,"date":"2023-04-20T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=2772"},"modified":"2023-04-20T04:03:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T08:03:21","slug":"xavier-tillman-hilarious-post-game-interview-moment-tnt-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=2772","title":{"rendered":"Xavier Tillman has hilarious post-game interview moment on TNT (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Xavier Tillman was shocked that he was chosen for the TNT post-game interview and had a hilarious moment on live TV.<\/h2>\n<p>When you think of the Memphis Grizzlies, two players usually come to mind: Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. That may have to change, however, as Xavier Tillman played the role of hero on Wednesday night as the Grizzlies bounced back from a 1-0 series deficit to beat the Lakers without Morant.<\/p>\n<p>Tillman finished with a team-high 22 points and a game-high 13 rebounds while out-playing Anthony Davis on both ends of the floor. He added three assists and shot 10-for-13 from the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, Tillman was clutch.<\/p>\n<p>It was great to see Tillman and Jackson Jr. out there dominating like they did back in their Michigan State days.<\/p>\n<p>Tillman&#8217;s performance was so impressive that he earned the post-game feature interview on TNT and kicked things off with a hilarious moment. Just watch:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Xavier Tillman on if he thought he&#39;d be doing the Postgame interview<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Hell&#8230;. I mean Definitely not&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C2vle7qlmt\">pic.twitter.com\/C2vle7qlmt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; x &#8211; Alex ? (@Dubs408) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dubs408\/status\/1648870121870589953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of course Tillman is the kind of guy to correct himself before he&#8217;s about to swear in front of millions of people, but not one would have blamed him if he did. He just had the performance of his career in a critical playoff game against LeBron James and Anthony Davis. He caught the attention of NBA fans everywhere with his performance and put the team on his back.<\/p>\n<p>An underrated part of the video above is Jackson Jr. noticing Tillman being interviewed by TNT and fist-pumping in celebration. He was happy to see his friend and college teammate thriving on the big stage.<\/p>\n<p>Now that Xavier Tillman is one of the most talked-about players in the NBA Playoffs right now, along with <a href=\"http:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/draymond-green-suspended-for-game-3-vs-sacramento-kings\/\">Draymond Green<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/jaren-jackson-jr-becomes-youngest-nba-dpoy-ever\/\">Jackson Jr.<\/a>, he could see an increased role with Memphis going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe we&#8217;ll see another candid Tillman moment after a Game 3 win in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can you not love Xavier Tillman?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[59,190,189,241],"class_list":["post-2772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pro-spartans","tag-featured","tag-michigan-state-basketball","tag-michigan-state-spartans","tag-xavier-tillman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}