Portland's Maurice Harkless Could Lose $500k If He Misses 3s vs. Pelicans

Harkless did not shoot a single three-pointer in the final three games of the regular season to preserve his percentage.

This was the case with Portland's Maurice Harkless, who had a $500,000 bonus coming his way if he shot better than 35% from three-point range.

Around three and a half minutes later, the ball swung to Harkless where he stood wide open on the left wing. He entered the season finale at 35.1 percent, so one miss would have sent him below the 35-percent mark. Not one of them was from behind the three-point line.

Portland booked the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference playoffs by winning three of their final four games, but guess what didn't happen during that span?

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Since the Blazers ended up losing to the Pelicans by three points, some may question whether Harkless's reluctance to shoot threes cost his team the game, but that's not fair since the Blazers weren't exactly trying to win on Wednesday night.

All he had to do was not shoot a 3-pointer in his last four games. The regular season is over now.

"Would you?" Harkless asked a CSN NW reporter. Moe Harkless is the exception to that rule. Harkless averaged a career-high 10 points and 4.4 rebounds per game this season for the Trail Blazers.