Lu Dort is one of the NBA's most gritty, physical defensive players.
He broke out a whole new strategy on Sunday when his Oklahoma City Thunder were taking on the Toronto Raptors.
Toronto big guy Sandro Mamukelashvili caught the ball in the paint and was preparing to rise up toward the rim.
Dort rotated over and leaped off the ground, ready to potentially block a shot.
Mamukelashvili saw Dort coming, though, and didn't release the ball.
That led to Dort landing on the center's shoulders.
Mamukelashvili did a real solid to Dort by essentially not moving and allowing Dort to figure out his way down, versus flipping over a player who tried harder to play through the contact.
It's certainly quite the moment:
Lu Dort GOT STUCK on his shoulder going for the block 😭😭
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 26, 2026
Mamu’s a real one for catching him 💯 pic.twitter.com/m4wQrS6KF3
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It was actually the Raptors who got the last laugh.
Toronto stunned OKC on the Thunder's home floor, 103-101.
Dort will just be glad he didn't get flipped over and land in a much worse way after a play like this, where so many things could've potentially gone wrong.
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