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‘Oh My! Oh My!’: You Can’t Miss a Half-Court Shot Any Better Than This Atlanta Hawks Fan

Jan. 14, 2013 9:30pm Jason Howerton

A fan missed the shot of a lifetime during halftime of the Atlanta Hawks’ Friday night game against the Utah Jazz. Shooting the “money shot” from half-court for $1,000, Kevin (the Hawks fan) somehow landed the ball on the back edge of the rim, defying the laws of physics and becoming somewhat of a YouTube sensation. The video of his incredible shot currently has nearly 170,000 views.

“The ball was obviously a bit deflated from NBA standards; either that, or our man Kevin managed an against-all-odds dead-on corner wedge between the rim and the backboard,” Yahoo! Sports blogger Jay Busbee writes.

Enjoy:

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melving
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 2:48pm
if the shooter was white then it would have been called off. !!!!!!!!!!!!
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- gary kilmer
  Posted on January 16, 2013 at 6:38am
  that’s silly
  
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RinkyDink34
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 2:35pm
Y’all know dame well if the White guy didn’t give the Black guy the win Racism would have been the call.

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NigelTufnel
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:32pm
If you look at the last replay of this shot you can see a 5″x3″ flat spot on the ball as it came to rest against the glass. This being sad there must be a flat spot on the bottom of the ball where it came to rest on the orange plate fixed to the rim giving the ball a nice flat foundation. The shooter used heavy back-spin so the ball hit glass first and then wedged itself due to its flatness against the bottom plate. This basketball had to be fairly deflated to allow two flat spots.

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JediKnight
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:16pm
Seems some of the Blaze editors don’t understand the laws of physics. This may be a rare occurrence, but it certainly does happen and it doesn’t “defy” the laws of physics when it does.

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- rickfromthecape
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:59pm
  You’re right. I’ve done this in my driveway, and I’ve seen it happen in a high school game. If you notice the ball bounces fine before he takes the shot. Glad they gave it to him. That was tougher than getting it in!
  
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Liberalismsamentaldisorder
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 11:27am
That ball HAD to be half flat for that to happen.
That being said, I predict a change to these types of events;
A thousand bucks if you make it.
2000 if you can pull off leaving it on the rim.

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- OutOfTheAether
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:22pm
  I’m glad they gave it to him, but he should have gotten double for sticking it like that LOL
  
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ElJefe77
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:16am
None of this matters. His foot crossed over half-court before the ball was released nullifying any chance of winning. Watch the video again.

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Frank_Wall
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:03am
Strange shot – nice that they gave him the prize in the end.

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- NoIntelligentLifeOnThisPlanet
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:13pm
  Only after a second shot made it in and lots of outrage that they were NOT going to pay off.
  
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whatsitallabout
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 9:39am
Nary.

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Eastinfection
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 7:40am
“defying the laws of physics…..”

This didn’t defy the laws of physics…
it ILLUSTRATED the laws of physics.

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yesnut
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 7:32am
All I saw was a cheerleader shaking pom poms…. Was there something else?!?

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Strat-M16
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 7:20am
We are the country of medals for participation; no score keeping, “everyone wins, no one loses”. The guy stepped over the line by three feet and missed the shot, but still gets the prize! The woosification of the USA.

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- beekeeper
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 7:30am
  Seriously, this is a private organization attempting to give a prize to one of it’s best customers, a season ticket holder… This isn’t a sign of the collapse of society, it’s someone catching a break for an unexpected and entertaining result.
  
  You know, it’s certainly possible that the ‘competition’ rules allow for either judge’s discretion or this very case was considered.
  
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- 1fever
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 9:12am
  Good Lord man, not everything is about Politics…just sit back and enjoy something for once.
  
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DrKev
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 6:53am
BEST COMMENTS IV SEEN ON THE BLAZE thanks guys

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NoMoMrNiceGuy
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 6:53am
RIGGED – just like major league sprots – and congress and the white house ! Rigged I tell ya – DOH !

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MisterSarcastic
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 6:20am
This is a conspiracy. A CONSPIRACY, I TELL YA!!!

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dont-care-anymore
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 6:13am
go NBA … and take the NFL with you …. meh

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NO_MORE_OBAMA
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 5:44am
Nothing worse than a middle age white guy trying to sound cool.

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- eddiebuck
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 5:39pm
  Uh huh,a black and white middle aged illegal guy trying to be the Prez.
  
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Daddymac10
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 2:47am
The computer graphics (CG) they used to pull this off was better than Hollywood..

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Winedude
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:23am
You’re kidding! People are paying real money to watch a collection of pituitary freaks shove a one foot ball through a two foot hole? ABSURD!!!

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- ArteVandellay
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:48am
  Wino – what sport league do you like to spend your free time waching NFL, MBL, or College Football??? Let me guess,none of the above becuse there are too few anglos right?
  
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- CatholiConservative
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 7:35am
  Artev- I don’t know if you are serious about our comments- but I feel it behoove s me to note that blaze readers- unlike huffpo& nytimes readers have this cool new thing called a sense of humor ( basically one says something- occasionally in hyperbolic fashion to elicit a humorous response) also unlike the left; most conservatives don’t really factor race into much of anything we say or do- people are people.
  
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- ArteVandellay
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 11:47am
  CathCosv – Get off your high horse buddy it was half in jest. By the way read some of Wine’s comments and you may not lump him into that great conservative humorist bunch you claim to be a part of.
  
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- Seneca
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:12pm
  Catholic… Have to agree with Art, Winedude is nothing but a liberal troll. He uses sarcasm in lieu of a coherent argument. His post are nothing but “Paulbots” or liberal diatribes.
  
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Zeus is THE Lord
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:22am
Lordy, that ball traveled with the direction and speed of well…Sherman’s March to the Sea

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lid.smoker
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:49pm
Probably the guy is a pot head and had so much marijuana tar on his hands that the ball got sticky and stuck to the backboard. You could light that ball on fire and get the whole arena high.

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Spitfire1938
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 10:28pm
Gort, Klaatu barada nikto

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GoodStuff
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 9:51pm
The NBA is still around?

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- mercenary4freedom
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:42am
  I hate basketball.
  
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miniskunk
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 9:42pm
Good to see the judges were good sports about it and gave him the prize anyway. If it hadn’t gotten stuck it would have fallen in anyway.

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- beekeeper
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 7:32am
  With a prize of $1,000, the negative press from refusing the win would have been much worse than writing the $1,000 check.
  
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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 9:35pm
*******.

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