During the third quarter in Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the Heat and the Nuggets, Bam Adebayo released a thunderous dunk for Miami.
Denver was leading the game at the time but Miami was in the midst of a strong comeback effort. The dunk was so strong, meanwhile, that Adebayo may have actually created a crooked rim on the court.
Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic was immediately able to point out that something was apparently wrong with the basket. Take a look at this very strange possession to see how it all unfolded at the Kaseya Center in Miami on Friday:
Crooked rim; Game 4; Heat; Nuggets pic.twitter.com/KxkUbyNChq
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At one point, Jokic tried to take matters into his own hands and fix the rim himself.
Unfortunately, however, Jokic was not successful in this attempt.
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After the stoppage of play, NBA officials needed ladders to come and check out the rim to see if it was level and safe to continue to play.
All things considered, it caused a seven-minute break in the action during the third quarter.
The ladder is out to fix the rim. pic.twitter.com/iH7FJ2ZZ8i
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Denver, however, then continued an impressive performance for the remainder of the third quarter and had the advantage on the scoreboard leading into the fourth.
Curiously, however, this was the third time that a Nuggets game was paused due to a crooked rim so far this season, per The Athletic.
Overall, this was a strange series of events in the NBA Finals.
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