Friday, January 29, 2010

Where "Un-amazing" Happens Part 2



Welcome to the unglamorous side of the NBA...
Again...


This is part two...



FRIENDLY FIRE

Luke Ridnour once suffered a cut in the forehead after getting hit by a teammate's elbow... in the pre-game warm-up.

WHITE MAN CAN'T JUMP

The crowd bursts into laughter when Nate Robinson, who is 5'9", won a jumpball against Rafael Araujo... who is 6'11".

DEFENSE-LESS

The Sacramento Kings once allowed Stephen Jackson to shoot 4 three pointers in 4 consecutive possessions in the third quarter. You would think that the Kings learned how to guard him after that shooting spree... but no... Stephen Jackson added one more 3 pointer on the last play of that quarter.

image taken from: AhmBeaux (Flickr)

FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELT

The Milwaukee Bucks' team plane had to make 2 unscheduled landings in the span of one week because of mechanical problems.

LABOR PAIN, NO GAIN

Tracy McGrady, leading scorer of the Houston Rockets, had 21 points by halftime. The team then allowed McGrady to leave for the hospital to be with his girlfriend who was in labor. The Rockets went on to play poorly after halftime and lost the game.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Where "Un-amazing" Happens



Welcome to the unglamorous side of the NBA...




When players have a "bad day at the office"...






TROUBLE DOUBLED



Erick Dampier of the Dallas Mavericks played 10 minutes in one game and 20 minutes the next but in those 30 minutes of action... this is what he produced:



0 points

0 assists

0 steals

0 blocks



10 fouls

10 turnovers




NON SHOOTING STREAK




Kevin Burleson was once seen in the Charlotte Bobcats practice facility working on his jump shot until midnight. Do you know what happened next?


He missed his next 33 field goal attempts... in the span of 2 months.




MISSED OPPORTUNITY




The Indiana Pacers once lost a game because of a buzzer beating shot. They missed 10 free throws in the last 120 seconds of that game. Ouch!




FAR-SIGHTED




Eddy Curry of the Knicks tried missing 4 dunk attempts... in the span of 4 days.




NO DEFENSE




After 3 quarters of play, the Dallas Mavericks as a team have scored 61 points... but the player they were defending (Kobe Bryant) scored 62 points.