OT- Basketball player scores in own net in Greek playoff game
April 23rd, 2016 at 11:25 PM ^
While everyone always finds this stuff comical, it's hard not to feel for the kid.
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April 23rd, 2016 at 11:30 PM ^
We're laughing with him. Sort of. Besides, he made it on ESPN.com from a Greek league. That's not easy to do.
April 23rd, 2016 at 11:32 PM ^
Are we watching the same highlight? The guy clearly, and consciously purposely put the ball in his own net. He didn't accidentally tip it in, he tried to score. Looks like some shady shit actually.
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April 23rd, 2016 at 11:35 PM ^
I think he gets confused about which net is his. But it's clearly not an accident.
...you are not suggesting that there might be something not entirely above board going on in a Southern European sports league...
Wtf are you talking about? His own teammate dribbled towards his own basket and made a dish to him cutting down the lane. Perhaps instinct just kicked in and he went up with the ball to the hoop? Ultimate blunder - sure. Shady? Um no.
He probably owed some mobster from The Wire known only as The Greek some serious drachma.
is my take. It's like his teammate set him up. Painful to see the light go on in the guy's eyes, though. I would have to start looking for a good shrink. Be a while before you shook that off.
Eh, I don't feel badly. It is hilarious. Half the blame goes to the point guard.
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it's hard not to feel for the kid.
I can sympathize with him a bit but . . . he's 25 and getting paid to play basketball in Europe, so I don't feel that bad for him.
April 24th, 2016 at 11:27 PM ^
He's in a playoff game for the whole Greek nation . . . in a Jr. High School gym.
He's not exactly made it to the top of the basketball food chain.
When your basketball time at Penn State is more glamourous than your time "in the Pros", I feel a little bad for him.
April 23rd, 2016 at 11:25 PM ^
I am reminded of this:
April 23rd, 2016 at 11:36 PM ^
does he get a free-thrown attempt? Haha. That was really weird, all he had to do was hold on to the ball and the game´s over. Talk about a mental breakdown... Poor guy.
Who is credited with the basket? The nearest player on the opposing team?
April 25th, 2016 at 11:39 AM ^
It's a "team field goal," sort of like the team rebound you get when the ball goes out of bounds.
Saw this happen in a high school game a year ago. Kid had just subbed in during a timeout, ball was out of bounds under the basket. The other team's basket, but they were running a full court press and I guess he got confused about which end they were at. He stole the inbounds pass right under the hoop and had slammed it home before anyone had a chance to call him off. A pretty hellacious dunk for a 9th-grader, truth be told, except....
April 23rd, 2016 at 11:39 PM ^
I prefer this one from earlier this season authored by Garlon Green, Gerald Green's brother.
April 24th, 2016 at 12:31 AM ^
Did that count as 1 or 2? Last offensive guy to touch it was shooting a free throw. I'm not sure how the rule works.
Why would it be one?
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April 24th, 2016 at 10:30 AM ^
Cuz it was goal tending
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I think 2. Once it hits the rim it's a live ball.
Side note; isn't that the name of the serial killer that gets on the plane in Con Air that everyone is afraid of cause he ate people?
April 23rd, 2016 at 11:44 PM ^
Go Devils
!
Yup
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April 24th, 2016 at 12:07 AM ^
Double Post
How does one recover from that? Mentally and physically, he was broken down.
I didn't know "The Head Butt" was an official gymnastics move.
April 23rd, 2016 at 11:48 PM ^
Are you sure he didn't play for Boston College?
April 23rd, 2016 at 11:49 PM ^
His teammate didn't help him out, it seemed like he was just as confused.
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I mean he's clearly just going in a circle trying to run out the clock before he gets fouled. When he gets caught he passes to Marshall. It wasn't a good play on his part, but there was some reasoning to it.
April 23rd, 2016 at 11:52 PM ^
I wonder if Paul Coffey would be impressed.
April 24th, 2016 at 12:32 AM ^
I've seen guys tip it into their own hoop on accident before. Never seen a guy score on purpose in the wrong hoop in a college or professional game. For it to be the tying basket at the end of a playoff game is just crazy. Never seen something like that before.
April 24th, 2016 at 12:34 AM ^
For millenia. How is this news?
April 24th, 2016 at 12:37 AM ^
Omg! You're my new best friend!
Hahahahaha
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April 24th, 2016 at 12:55 AM ^
Butt Buddies I presume - NTTAWWT....
Started with the Spartans.
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by scoring in wrong basket"
I think the editor was thinking the same thing as MadHatter, but didn't dare venture as close to the line.
NTTAWWT.
He definitely ain't come to play school.
That's a greek tragedy!
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I don't know how you live that down in the short term. I mean, I suppose you could run back to the bench and shout, "I WANT TO PLAY SOME OVERTIME, DAMNIT! LET'S MAKE THIS INTERESTING!", but I don't know that anyone would believe you. I certainly wouldn't.
I will say though that game-changing mistakes in sports are the worst if you're the one that made it - did that once, albeit at a strictly amateur level in comparison to this.
You can't leave that so open ended!
Give us closure, reveal your sports embarrassing moment. Unless you're holding out for a slow day during ot season and you're going to come out with a most embarrassing moment thread. That could be fun.
Okay, I'll wait.
Yeah, don't leave us hanging!
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that won them some (for them) fairly big game. He swore ever after that he had no idea what he was doing, could easily have run it in from the other direction.
Wow - not sure how to make a thread title to do this one justice. I thought it might just be an accidental tip in or something. That is bizarre. I scored in the other teams basket but it was off of the tip to start the game and I was in 5th grade.
Must have received a call from Buffalo Wild Wings.
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I shot at the wrong basket in a game once. But I was in grade school and I missed.
I'm going to go cry in the corner now.
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New movie based on the game - My Big Fat Greek Loss
April 24th, 2016 at 10:24 AM ^
To be fair, the PG was very-much oriented toward scoring in that basket and fed it to him while driving in. It looks as though The PG was just as confused.
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to run out the clock--can easily explain his actions.
April 24th, 2016 at 11:17 AM ^
Forks up!