Scores Are A-Rising

The new ball has finally paid off for the league. Everyone’s been saying it gives shooters a much kinder roll.

Well, the first big shot was made this season because of the ball in the Nets/Wizards game last night. With 2.6 seconds left and the Nets needing a 3 to tie, Vince Carter’s 3 hit the back of the rim, stuck, and rolled in. According to the shooter himself:

Would the old ball have gone in on Carter’s last-gasp tying shot?

“If it would’ve hit like that? Heck no,” he said. “No way.”

Somewhere, David Stern is popping expensive champagne from I’d say, circa 1950.

Nets 105, Wizards 93 (OT) [NBA.com/video]
Recap: Nets at Wizards [ESPN.com]

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By Tas Melas at 12:01 am on 11.13.2006 — Tags: New Ball for 2006

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4 Responses to “Scores Are A-Rising”

  1. Sean at 1:52 am on 11.13.2006

    That was some serious bullshit…

  2. Unsilent Majority at 11:40 am on 11.13.2006

    I hope the cork hits vince right in the vagina

  3. Choking on my lunch at 12:50 pm on 11.13.2006

    “I hope the cork hits vince right in the vagina”…that is pure comedy gold!!

  4. coach at 1:02 pm on 11.13.2006

    i wonder how vc feels about the new ball now .
    hw was (is) one of the harshest critic of it.

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