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THE BASKETBALL COURT — Basketball has produced a handful of unexpected and puzzling moments in its storied history.
Chris Webber's timeout technical, the infamous "Malice at the Palace," that thing that J.R. Smith did to produce that iconic Lebron James meme. You get the point.
However, one could argue that none of them are as unexpected or head-scratching as what played out in this video making the rounds online this week. There's not a whole lot of information out there about this game, but it comes from some organized youth contest.
Gotta hate when the bench ruins your fast break pic.twitter.com/KMWE6T8KvM
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) January 29, 2025
We can see in the video, first posted to TikTok by Liam Crutchfield and circulating to sites like Jomboy Media, that No. 14 on the home team secures the ball and facilitates a fast break opportunity. As he races to midcourt, he sees his teammate No. 7 is wide open on the left wing.
Or so we think.
Almost immediately after receiving the ball, No. 7 is trucked by a bench being pushed across the floor mid-action for whatever reason. No. 7 seems to be OK, walking off the fall as he's probably thinking, "What just happened?" at the end of the short clip; the adult sheepishly keeps moving the bench along after acknowledging the disruption.
This one leaves so many questions. Yet, I can almost hear the great Rex Chapman asking the biggest question of all: Block or charge?
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