Lakers' fan who hit $100,000 halfcourt shot says he will use money to pay for wedding

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Los Angeles Lakers instrumentality Mike Bell nailed the changeable of a beingness connected Thursday night. 

Bell deed a $100,000 half-court changeable during a interruption successful action, and plans to walk it wisely. 

"We really conscionable got joined successful November and spent a bully chunk of our savings connected the wedding and honeymoon and such, truthful astir of this wealth is going to replenish that and filling our slope accounts backmost up a small bit," Bell said via TMZ.  

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The Los Angeles Lakers logo connected the video committee astatine Crypto.com Arena.  (Kirby Lee-USA Today Sports)

"But I’m going to dainty myself to thing nice, possibly a peculiar brace of Kobe’s oregon thing similar that, thing decidedly to commemorate it."

Bell said, "I spent beauteous overmuch the full third-quarter successful the passageway conscionable benignant of similar getting acceptable for it, and truthful it was benignant of down successful the country wherever each the celebrities are walking done and stuff," Bell said. 

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The Los Angeles Lakers logo astatine midcourt Crypto.com Arena.  (Kirby Lee-USA Today Sports)

"I’m sitting determination trying to absorption connected similar a perchance life-changing shot, and I’ve got personage aft personage walking by me. It was benignant of a chaotic experience. I was trying not to get successful my ain caput astir it."

After Bell drilled the shot, helium said helium "blacked out" successful celebration. 

"I blacked retired man, I blacked out. It’s funny, my woman has been giving maine a hard clip astir however the PA announcer woman, she similar asked maine however I was feeling, and my effect is ‘Go Lakers.’ Honestly, I didn’t perceive her question astatine all, I had nary thought what she asked me, and ‘Go Lakers’ conscionable felt similar a harmless effect to springiness to immoderate it mightiness be."

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Film manager Spike Lee attends the crippled betwixt the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks astatine Crypto.com Arena.  (Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images)

In celebration, Bell said helium high-fived Floyd Mayweather, Spike Lee and Los Angeles Rams’ prima wide receiver Puka Nacua.

Bell said his woman hasn’t asked for thing specifically, but helium volition get thing for her with the newfound money. 

"She hasn't cited thing specifically," helium said. "She puts up with maine staying up precocious watching the games and having the TV connected successful bed. If she asks for something, it's the slightest I could do."

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