The Heat had just taken out their center, Bagley, and sent Stone onto the court.
The substitution left viewers around the world baffled, as well as the commentators at the arena.
The baby-faced commentator, Harper, said in confusion:
"Wait, they're putting Stone in? Spo is actually putting Stone in? In such an important Finals, he's sending out a guy who hasn't played a single game all season? It's not as if the Heat are short on big men. They have Bagley, Zion, and Adebayo, who may be past his prime but is still a second-tier big man in the league."
"With plenty of big men available, they're putting in a rookie who hasn't played all season?"
Van Gundy, the balding commentator beside him, looked just as confused.
Back when Van Gundy had been a head coach, he'd been extremely meticulous. He would never have allowed a situation like this on the court.
He shook his head. "Oh, no. This is insane. If I weren't seeing it with my own eyes, I'd never believe something like this could happen in the Finals—and that a championship-winning coach would make this kind of substitution."
"This is clearly beyond my understanding."
In the third row behind them, a commentator from South Korea was just as perplexed:
"Wait, who's this rookie? Sorry, I don't know his name. Let me look him up. Oh, he's Jabari Stone, a rookie who just signed this year. He went undrafted, and this is his rookie season. His NCAA stats were a little over three points and three rebounds per game. A player like that made it into the NBA? My God, can someone tell me what's going on?"
The Korean commentator had clearly failed to do his homework.
Another commentator said, "Yeah, it's hard to believe a guy like