IggyPride00
Posts: 6,482
Jan 13, 2013 10:59am
I just saw the link to this video on SI.com and it is crazy.
A half time half court shot by a fan landed dead on the back of the rim. There doesn't appear to be any trickery, but I have never seen anything like that and the odds have to be astronomical of this happening.
[video=youtube;B0410b41Puw][/video]
A half time half court shot by a fan landed dead on the back of the rim. There doesn't appear to be any trickery, but I have never seen anything like that and the odds have to be astronomical of this happening.
[video=youtube;B0410b41Puw][/video]
Azubuike24
Posts: 15,933
Jan 13, 2013 11:29am
Yeah. Should've banked in or bricked.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Jan 13, 2013 11:31am
Weird
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Manhattan Buckeye
Posts: 7,566
Jan 13, 2013 11:42am
Pretty funny it happened at an NBA game, but I saw it happen twice at varsity basketball practice. We used to joke that you stick on defense, not the ball! Given enough shots, you'll stick the ball.
The emcee did a very good job at playing it cool. He acted like it wasn't a big deal.
The emcee did a very good job at playing it cool. He acted like it wasn't a big deal.
GoPens
Posts: 2,339
Jan 13, 2013 12:29pm
If you freeze it at 1:11 it looks like the ball is deformed and sticks to the glass--like it was seriously deflated.
Ironman92
Posts: 49,363
Jan 13, 2013 2:29pm
I've shot a lot of basketball and been around others and haven't seen that before.
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slcoach
Posts: 421
Jan 14, 2013 10:30am
Then how did he bounce it as well as he did?GoPens;1365058 wrote:If you freeze it at 1:11 it looks like the ball is deformed and sticks to the glass--like it was seriously deflated.
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Jan 14, 2013 9:18pm
Had one rest perfectly like this on a FT late in the game at a high school game tonight. Hit the flat part of the rim and bounced straight up and down 5/6 times and then just rested.
It was on a second FT and thus a jumpball. Team hit a 3 and won the game by 2. I would be pissed as a coach.
It was on a second FT and thus a jumpball. Team hit a 3 and won the game by 2. I would be pissed as a coach.
Azubuike24
Posts: 15,933
Jan 14, 2013 9:21pm
That's understandable with a FT, especially with some arc and the bounces off the rim. It's crazy that with the angle and velocity from half court that this sticks there without a bounce.
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Manhattan Buckeye
Posts: 7,566
Jan 14, 2013 9:45pm
It all depends on the ball's rotation, if you put a lot of "English" on it the chances of sticking become much higher.Ironman92;1365167 wrote:I've shot a lot of basketball and been around others and haven't seen that before.
se-alum
Posts: 13,948
Jan 14, 2013 9:57pm
Not real.
gorocks99
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Jan 14, 2013 10:00pm
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Ironman92
Posts: 49,363
Jan 15, 2013 5:42pm
Manhattan Buckeye;1366257 wrote:It all depends on the ball's rotation, if you put a lot of "English" on it the chances of sticking become much higher.
That would beca long way to shoot a knuckle ball.
SnotBubbles
Posts: 4,492
Jan 16, 2013 8:08am
Did he win the prize?
Azubuike24
Posts: 15,933
Jan 16, 2013 11:39am
Free lifetime tickets to the Atlanta Hawks. He politely turned it down.