Cavs' Max Strus nails 59-foot game-winning shot to shock Mavericks

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Cleveland Cavaliers forward Max Strus averages nearly three made 3-pointers per game, and the most crucial make of the season came Tuesday night against the Dallas Mavericks.

The sequence began with 8.3 seconds remaining in the game and Dallas in-bounding the ball from the far sideline. Luka Doncic recovered a loose ball and found P.J. Washington under the basket for an easy lay-up and a one-point lead with 2.6 seconds left on the clock.

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Cleveland Cavaliers guard Max Strus, #1, watches his game-winning basket, next to Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic, #77, at the buzzer in an NBA basketball game on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Strus took the ball out of bounds. He passed it to Evan Mobley before receiving it back. From 59-feet, Stus launched a desperate prayer toward the basket.

And it went in.

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Strus’ Cavaliers teammates mobbed him after the shot as the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse was jubilant. Cleveland won the game 121-119.

Strus said afterward he knew he had to get the ball up in the air and knew the ball was going to go into the basket as it left his hands.

"The last five felt pretty good," he said. "I felt a rhythm, and it’s fun when you do that. Every time I shot it, I felt like it was going in, and it was. Same with the last one."

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Max Strus, right, is doused by teammates as they celebrate his game-winning basket against the Dallas Mavericks in an NBA basketball game on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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