Lakers fan who hit $100,000 halfcourt shot says he will use money to pay for wedding
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Los Angeles Lakers fan Mike Bell nailed the shot of a lifetime on Thursday night.
Bell hit a $100,000 half-court shot during a break in action, and plans to spend it wisely.
"We actually just got married in November and spent a good chunk of our savings on the wedding and honeymoon and such, so most of this money is going to replenish that and filling our bank accounts back up a little bit," Bell said via TMZ.
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The Los Angeles Lakers logo on the video board at Crypto.com Arena. (Kirby Lee-USA Today Sports)
"But I’m going to treat myself to something nice, maybe a special pair of Kobe’s or something like that, something definitely to commemorate it."
Bell said, "I spent pretty much the whole third-quarter in the tunnel just kind of like getting ready for it, and so it was kind of down in the area where all the celebrities are walking through and stuff," Bell said.
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The Los Angeles Lakers logo at midcourt Crypto.com Arena. (Kirby Lee-USA Today Sports)
"I’m sitting there trying to focus on like a potentially life-changing shot, and I’ve got celebrity after celebrity walking by me. It was kind of a wild experience. I was trying not to get in my own head about it."
After Bell drilled the shot, he said he "blacked out" in celebration.
"I blacked out man, I blacked out. It’s funny, my wife has been giving me a hard time about how the PA announcer woman, she like asked me how I was feeling, and my response is ‘Go Lakers.’ Honestly, I didn’t hear her question at all, I had no idea what she


