>> HE DID, HIS SON WHO HAS SICKLE CELL ANEMIA WAS BEING HONORED AT THE GAME THAT NIGHT, AND WATCHED FROM THE SIDELINES AS HIS FATHER MADE THAT $10,000 SHOT. >> THIS IS THE MOMENT. PLEX PLENTY OF TIME ON THE CLOCK. LET’S GO. LET’S GIVE THEM SOME ENCOURAGEMENT. >> GERMELLE SCOTT SENIOR WON 10 GRAND MONDAY NIGHT. SINKING THE POTAWATOMI HOTEL & CASINO JACKPOT SHOT BEFORE A SELL-OUT CROWD OF MORE THAN 17,000 FANS. >> ONCE I KNEELED DOWN AND LOOKED I SAID OH YEAH IT’S GOING IN. >> BEFORE THAT THE MILWAUKEE FATHER OF THREE REMEMBERS BEAMING AT THE FISERV FORUM JUMBOTRON AS IT FEATURED HIS 7-YEAR-OLD SON. GERMELLE JR. HAS SICKLE CELL ANEMIA, AND ON THIS NIGHT, THE MACC FUND, MIDWEST ATHLETES AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCER, HONORED HIM AS THEIR STAR OF THE YEAR. >> IT WAS A NIGHT FOR HIM ONE OF THE BUCKS STAFF ASKED IF I WANTED TO GO FOR THE JACKPOT SHOT. I SAID SURE, WHY NOT, SIGN ME UP. >> SCOTT WHO PLAYED IN HIGH SCHOOL BUT HASN’T PICKED UP A BASKETBALL SINCE 2015 SAYS HE FELL RIGHT BACK INTO THE RHYTHYM. FIRING OFF A LAYUP, FREE THROW, AND 3 POINTER BEFORE LANDING THE MONEY SHOT. ALL IN FRONT OF HIS SON. >> I WAS JUST THINKING IF IT WASN’T FOR YOU I WOULDN’T BE HERE RIGHT NOW, SO YEAH HE’S GOING TO HAVE A NICE CHRISTMAS . >> HE MUST HAVE BEEN GOING NUTS. >> YEAH, I CHECKED THE RECORDING, SAYING DADDY MADE IT DADDY MADE IT. >> QUICKLY BECOMING DAD OF THE YEAR - BANKING TEN-THOUSAND DOLLARS WITH NOTHING BUT NET. >> I STILL CAN’T BELIEVE HE HADN’T PICKED UP A BALL IN YEARS. SCOTT SAYS HE ALSO HAS A DAUGHTER WHO HAS SICKLE CELL ANEMIA AS WELL. IS HE PLANNING ON DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL WITH THE MONEY FOR THE KIDS? >> THAT’S RIGHT. HE WORKS TWO JOBS TO PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY, HE IS GOING TO USE THE MONEY TO GIVE HIS KIDS

Father of three sinks half-court shot, wins $10,000 at NBA game

Updated: 1:22 PM EST Nov 28, 2022

A father of three is celebrating with his family after sinking a $10,000 half-court shot at the Milwaukee Bucks game on Monday. Germelle Scott Sr. was initially at the game with his family, celebrating his 7-year-old son, Germelle Scott Jr. Scott's son has sickle cell anemia. The MACC Fund (Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer) was honoring him as its star of the year at Monday's game. "It was a night for him," Scott said. "I said, 'Sure, why not? Sign me up.'"While at the game, Fiserv employees asked Scott if he wanted to try to make the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino Jackpot Shot. Scott played ball in high school, but said he hadn't picked up a basketball since 2015. Once he got on the court though, Scott said he fell right back into the rhythm of the game, making a layup, free throw and three-point shot before landing the money shot. Scott said outside of landing the half-court shot, his favorite memory of the night was seeing his son on the Bucks jumbotron. "I was just thinking if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be here right now, so yeah he's going to have a nice Christmas," Scott said. "I checked the recording. He was cheering, saying, 'Daddy made it. Daddy made it. Daddy made it.'"Scott works two jobs to help provide for his family. He said in addition to getting them some nice Christmas gifts this year, he plans on using the rest of the money he won to start his own business.

MILWAUKEE —

A father of three is celebrating with his family after sinking a $10,000 half-court shot at the Milwaukee Bucks game on Monday.

Germelle Scott Sr. was initially at the game with his family, celebrating his 7-year-old son, Germelle Scott Jr.

Scott's son has sickle cell anemia. The MACC Fund (Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer) was honoring him as its star of the year at Monday's game.

"It was a night for him," Scott said. "I said, 'Sure, why not? Sign me up.'"

While at the game, Fiserv employees asked Scott if he wanted to try to make the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino Jackpot Shot. Scott played ball in high school, but said he hadn't picked up a basketball since 2015.

Once he got on the court though, Scott said he fell right back into the rhythm of the game, making a layup, free throw and three-point shot before landing the money shot.

Scott said outside of landing the half-court shot, his favorite memory of the night was seeing his son on the Bucks jumbotron.

"I was just thinking if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be here right now, so yeah he's going to have a nice Christmas," Scott said. "I checked the recording. He was cheering, saying, 'Daddy made it. Daddy made it. Daddy made it.'"

Scott works two jobs to help provide for his family. He said in addition to getting them some nice Christmas gifts this year, he plans on using the rest of the money he won to start his own business.

Giannis Antetokounmpo ended one of the greatest NBA Finals ever with 50 points and a championship Milwaukee waited 50 years to win again.Antetokounmpo had 50 points, 14 rebounds and five blocked shots as the Bucks beat the Phoenix Suns 105-98 on Tuesday night to win the series 4-2.It was the third game this series with at least 40 points and 10 rebounds for Antetokounmpo, a dominant, debut finals performance that takes its place among some of the game's greatest.He shot 16 for 25 from the field and made an unbelievable 17-of-19 free throws — a spectacular performance for any shooter, let alone one who was hitting just 55.6% in the postseason and was ridiculed for it at times.He hopped around the court waving his arms with 20 seconds remaining to encourage fans to cheer, but it was way too late for that.Their voices had been booming inside and outside for hours by then, having waited 50 years to celebrate a winner after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson led the Bucks to the championship in 1971. In a season played largely without fans, the Bucks had 65,000 of them packed into the Deer District outside, a wild party that figured to last deep into the Midwestern night. Confetti rained down inside as fans chanted "Bucks in 6! Bucks in 6!" — which began as a hopeful boast by a former player turning out to be a prophetic rallying cry.The Bucks became the fifth team to win the NBA Finals after trailing 2-0 and the first to do it by winning the next four games since Miami against Dallas in 2006.Chris Paul scored 26 points to end his first NBA Finals appearance in his 16th season. Devin Booker added 19 points but shot just 8 for 22 and missed all seven 3-pointers after scoring 40 points in each of the last two games.The teams that came into the NBA together as expansion clubs in 1968 delivered a fine finals, with the last three games all in the balance deep into the fourth quarter.The Bucks won them largely because of Antetokounmpo, a two-time MVP in the regular season who raised his game even higher in the finals and was voted the NBA Finals MVP.The Larry O'Brien trophy was presented to the Bucks by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. This story will be updated shortly.