An NBA game was overshadowed by a bizarre 35 minutes when officials worked frantically to level one of the rims, which appeared to have been bent out of line by the Celtics’ Robert Williams III after a powerful dunk.
Despite the Denver Nuggets beating the Boston Celtics in a clash of the NBA’s Eastern and Western conference leaders on Sunday, all the talk after the game was about a bent rim. The match-up was overshadowed by a bizarre 35 minutes, according to ESPN, when officials worked frantically to level one of the rims, which appeared to have been bent out of line by the Celtics’ Robert Williams III.
After the break, the Nuggets kicked on to take the 123-111 win, inspired by MVP candidate Nikola Jokic who finished on 30 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists. However, despite the lengthy delay, Celtics shooting guard Jaylen Brown said the rim still looked slightly bent to the left. “They spent all that time trying to fix it, but when we came back, it still looked like it wasn’t even level, in my opinion. So we just wasted all that time,” he told reporters. “That has an effect on the game.
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