Game Winner

[#olderthanilook]

Not only does the shot beat the horn, it appears there was still .9 secs left on the clock.

The people near the camera are hilarious:

"I'm about to get something amaaaaazing."
"ESPN"
"Yuuuup"
"Oh, they in a zone."
SHOT GOES IN
"Oh, he stooopid."

LOL

[ballgame99]

What's crazy is it looks like they executed just what the coach drew up. Why would they be inbounding it toward the opponent's basket? That makes no sense. Poor kid.

[JetMetFan]

Here's the still. The arrow is the ball after it passed through the goal.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by ballgame99

What's crazy is it looks like they executed just what the coach drew up. Why would they be inbounding it toward the opponent's basket? That makes no sense. Poor kid.

They must have been watching the Lakers/Hornets game and got it backwards....LOL

[bainsey]

Yikes. Poor kid. This would probably be the only time you'll hear a coach insisting that his guy travelled.

What's more: A friend of mine sent me this link via a Deadspin story. The story's headline and text said the kid scored in his "own basket." I emailed the author to politely point out his error.

His reply: "I'm sure you're absolutely correct, but I think I'm going to leave it. 'His Own' just sounds so much more natural, as if it's the one his team defends." Double yikes!

[mutantducky]

story on it
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I had this happen, although not as dramatic and in a JV game. I learned about rules concerning a wrong basket attempt after that!

Team A was up, inbounds pass and player went wrong way and got fouled in the act of shooting and the ball went in. Now, not knowing the rules and it was really close whether or not the ball was in or not, we counted the basket and then had the player go back to the correct end and shoot FTs. I can't remember if it was 1- like an And 1 play, or the correct way which would be bonus.
Anyways good learning experience and bonehead plays can happen at any level. Luckily, for the player his team won the game.

[just another ref]

Couple of interesting comments after the article.


The rule should be changed to out of bounds if you score in the wrong basket to keep this absurdity from happening.


Is it possible for the other team to decline the points?

[scrounge]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Couple of interesting comments after the article.


The rule should be changed to out of bounds if you score in the wrong basket to keep this absurdity from happening.


Is it possible for the other team to decline the points?

I see no reason to change it. The kid scored - just not for his team. Why should the rules save them from themselves for something so fundamental? Now if it weren't already in the rules, I doubt I'd argue for it to be created but already being there? I kinda like that there's a tangible price for such an elemental mistake.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by just another ref

The rule should be changed to out of bounds if you score in the wrong basket to keep this absurdity from happening.

Doesn't the NBA already have such a rule, or a similar rule, in place?