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Nik Stauskas gets awesome accidental nickname: Sauce Castillo

Philadelphia 76ers v Sacramento Kings

SACRAMENTO, CA - MARCH 24: Nik Stauskas #10 of the Sacramento Kings shoots the ball against the Philadelphia 76ers on March 24, 2015 at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2015 NBAE (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images)

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During last night’s Kings-76ers game, Nik Stauskas made a 3-pointer that would change his life forever.

Play-by-play man Marc Zumoff called it:

Stauskas hitting the three

The closed caption, though:

Sauce Castillo hit the three

Deadspin has video here.

With the help Andrew Unterberger, Sauce Castillo began to become a capital-T Thing.

Stauskas embraced it:

He even retweeted Omri Casspi and Jason Thompson mentioning it:

His teammates calling him Sauce Castillo boosts the nickname, but it’s hard to top the inclusion of it on his Basketball-Reference page. It’s official now.