The buzz inside the La Defense Arena was already electric when Alejandro Davidovich Fokina walked to the net, eyes blazing with adrenaline and a hint of mischief. Moments earlier, he had sealed yet another hard-fought victory against a Frenchman at the Paris Masters. And in a move straight out of the NBA playbook, he placed his hands together beside his tilted head, as if going to sleep, and performed Stephen Curry’s iconic ‘ Night, Night ‘ celebration. What did his opponent, Arthur Cazaux, say about the Spaniard’s post-match celebration, though?

Fokina’s actions marked the second time in two years that an international star has come to Paris and done the ‘ Night, Night ‘ celebration in front of a Parisian crowd. Curry did a similar thing when Team USA sealed

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