# Guy's half-court shot lands on rim **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 15, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-half-court-shot-lands-on-rim/647333 "2013-01-15T23:43:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-half-court-shot-lands-on-rim/647333/1 "2013-01-15T23:43:57Z")
[http://www.stuffwecomeupwit.com/incredible-half-court-shot-gets-stuck-on-the-rim/](http://www.stuffwecomeupwit.com/incredible-half-court-shot-gets-stuck-on-the-rim/) Even though the shot didn’t go in, they gave him the money. 🙂 If they hadn’t, they would’ve lost more than $1,000 (the prize) in good will, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-half-court-shot-lands-on-rim/647333/2 "2013-01-15T23:56:05Z")
I’ve seen balls get lodged between the side of the rim and board. But this was definitely the first time I saw a ball wedged between the top of the rim and the board. Was that a regulation ball? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-half-court-shot-lands-on-rim/647333/3 "2013-01-16T03:20:59Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > I’ve seen balls get lodged between the side of the rim and board. But this was definitely the first time I saw a ball wedged between the top of the rim and the board. Was that a regulation ball? Yup, definitely regulation ball. I think he just threw it up with a lot of backspin and it twisted right in. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-half-court-shot-lands-on-rim/647333/4 "2013-01-16T03:24:25Z")
But he stepped over the line – no good!!! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-half-court-shot-lands-on-rim/647333/5 "2013-01-16T03:48:27Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Yup, definitely regulation ball. I think he just threw it up with a lot of backspin and it twisted right in. If you look at the view from behind the backboard, the ball was presses pretty flat against the glass. I wonder if it was inflated fully. Of course, it looks like he was dribbling it just fine beforehand. It was surprised at the way it just _stopped_. If it was a movie or a TV show, I would’ve guessed the ball started there and they pulled it off and then played it in reverse. ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-half-court-shot-lands-on-rim/647333/6 "2013-01-16T06:51:36Z")
One grand? That’s it? Sheesh, for a shot like that, give him _at least_ that much! ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-half-court-shot-lands-on-rim/647333/7 "2013-01-16T15:21:36Z")
I still can understand how that happened. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-half-court-shot-lands-on-rim/647333/8 "2013-01-16T20:20:46Z")
> [@DKW](#): > > One grand? That’s it? Sheesh, for a shot like that, give him _at least_ that much! I thought it made the Falcons look awfully cheap too. $1000 for a shot with maybe a 1 in 20 shot? Weak sauce Atlanta. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-half-court-shot-lands-on-rim/647333/9 "2013-01-16T20:26:02Z")
And somehow he even got the ball quadrant with the NBA logo to display perfectly. I mean what are the odds on that? One in three? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-half-court-shot-lands-on-rim/647333/10 "2013-01-16T21:26:21Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > I thought it made the Falcons look awfully cheap too. $1000 for a shot with maybe a 1 in 20 shot? Weak sauce Atlanta. [Nit-pickey]Hawks[/Nit-pickey] ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-half-court-shot-lands-on-rim/647333/11 "2013-01-16T22:01:35Z")
At Univ. of Alabama basketball games if you hit a free throw, 3-point shot and a half-court shot in a minute you win free BBQ for 20 people. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-half-court-shot-lands-on-rim/647333/12 "2013-01-16T22:06:49Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > [Nit-pickey]Hawks[/Nit-pickey] :smack: > [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > At Univ. of Alabama basketball games if you hit a free throw, 3-point shot and a half-court shot in a minute you win free BBQ for 20 people. 😉 In Alabama? That’ll easily run you more than a grand!