It was a scene right off the playground during Monday night’s game against the Houston Rockets and Washington Wizards. The teams and the crowd had to sit through a 30-minute delay–all because the rim that the Rockets were shooting at was crooked and couldn’t be fixed. It took 20 minutes just to replace the entire goal, followed by each team getting a new warmup period.
The main question is going to be how the officials or any players didn’t notice that the rim was screwed up before the game even started. Why did it take until 48 seconds into the game to see this major problem? Wouldn’t it have been something to see when the first shot that the Rockets took went an odd direction?
There have been whole goals torn down by massive dunks and backboards that have shattered but finding a crooked rim may be a completely new one to deal with. Hopefully, the Rockets can have a new backup goal system ready to go by their next home game. You don’t want to see this kind of thing again–especially if you paid good money for a ticket…
