Rather than struggle in silence, Maxey made the particularly inspired move of asking for Instagram's help. Thankfully, he must have gotten the information he needed because he got his can of pumpkin open, seemingly to feed his dogs. Those poor pups might have an upset stomach if pumpkin is on the menu.

Few defenders can contain Tyrese Maxey on the court — but an aluminum can absolutely locked down the Sixers' star guard. The big picture: During a nearly 13-minute Instagram Live video, Maxey went viral by making light of being flummoxed about how to use a can opener to open pumpkin-pie filler to feed his dogs.