{"id":3627,"date":"2023-05-07T10:15:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T14:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=3627"},"modified":"2023-05-07T05:17:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T09:17:43","slug":"max-christie-earning-rave-reviews-following-game-3-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=3627","title":{"rendered":"Max Christie earning rave reviews following Game 3 performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Lakers Twitter exploded with excitement during garbage time of Game 3 after Max Christie pieced together a nice showing.<\/h2>\n<p>Game 3 of the Western Conference Semifinals between the Lakers and Warriors wasn&#8217;t close. At all. The game was over early in the second half and that meant one thing: Max Christie garbage time minutes.<\/p>\n<p>With the Lakers up by nearly 40 points, Darvin Ham subbed Christie into the game with about six minutes left, and the former Spartan didn&#8217;t disappoint. He finished with six points on 3-for-3 shooting, including an impressive dunk, two rebounds, and two assists.<\/p>\n<p>Lakers Twitter actually lost its collective mind when Christie entered the game and played well.<\/p>\n<p>Some of these takes are awesome.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THIS MAX CHRISTIE PHOTO IS SO COLD ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FY8Ev1n2HU\">pic.twitter.com\/FY8Ev1n2HU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lakers Lead 2-1 (@LakersLead) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LakersLead\/status\/1655051457702363137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wait a damn minute, Max Christie might be him <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p7NORg5gL8\">pic.twitter.com\/p7NORg5gL8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CaptainMB (@capnyuji) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/capnyuji\/status\/1655046756323962892?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MAX <br \/>CHRISTIE <br \/>IS<br \/>HIM <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nbatan0OSC\">pic.twitter.com\/Nbatan0OSC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lane (2-1) (@HoodiDlo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoodiDlo\/status\/1655048598772490246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shaquille Harrison and Max Christie during tonight\u2019s garbage time <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LakeShow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LakeShow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DubNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DubNation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4K0CM9rqKI\">pic.twitter.com\/4K0CM9rqKI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; alex (@4ngelgotchi_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/4ngelgotchi_\/status\/1655049483112288256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nah max christie actually moves me. He gonna be a good nba player<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Le5-6 (@deepyy_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deepyy_\/status\/1655048228553752577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">i know it was just garbage time but every flash i see from max christie makes me suuuuuper excited for him to break into the rotation next year<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; honi (the lebron james of tweet) (@HoniAhm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoniAhm\/status\/1655079323135778817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">shaq harrison and max christie <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/75p8FMRTpt\">pic.twitter.com\/75p8FMRTpt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ?????? ? (@somnialsasuke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/somnialsasuke\/status\/1655047727192096768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Max Christie second year jump gon be special bookmark this tweet<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KO? (@ko_adjepong) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ko_adjepong\/status\/1655048580623904769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Max Christie is nice<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tracy Annan (@tracyannan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tracyannan\/status\/1655048211491352582?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Max Christie is a piece man I\u2019m excited for him<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u2078????? (@33643pts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/33643pts\/status\/1655048498834710529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, Lakers fans lost their minds in the final six minutes of the Game 3 blowout on Saturday night. Christie was not only labeled as &#8220;him&#8221; by a number of fans (Graham Couch, avert your eyes), but he and Shaq Harrison were compared to prime Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen as well as prime Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O&#8217;Neal. Oh, and he was called a &#8220;nice&#8221; piece for next year.<\/p>\n<p>Many fans believe he&#8217;s going to have an Austin Reaves-like sophomore jump. In case you haven&#8217;t noticed, Reaves has been one of the most improved players in the NBA this season.<\/p>\n<p>Christie has grown quite a bit this season and it feels like he&#8217;s going to be a regular part of the rotation in 2023-24. He&#8217;s played 28 total playoff minutes thus far, shooting 5-for-8 from the floor with six rebounds, three assists, and a block with zero turnovers. Christie has been a nice bright spot.<\/p>\n<p>In the regular season, he averaged 3.1 points and 1.8 rebounds on 42 percent shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Max Christie has plenty of room for improvement, but fans are excited about his trajectory, especially after an impressive Game 3 performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lakers fans love them some Max Christie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[59,266,190,189],"class_list":["post-3627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pro-spartans","tag-featured","tag-max-christie","tag-michigan-state-basketball","tag-michigan-state-spartans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3627","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=3627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}