That's another great one!

I had never seen that one before, great commentary.

Typical case of early celebration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdEdg...eature=related

^ WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW HAHAHAHAHA

What a douche.

haha he went so early on that celebration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iFkw7oj-9Q

It's hard to even blame that guy. It wasn't like he just deflected it, he put that ball into orbit.

ya, pretty cool one though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4GtW...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5bqF4VDSx4

I'm suggesting the Russians went to the scorer's table and said "we want to call a time out right before he shoots the second free throw, wait for our word...." And waited. And then tried to sneak it in. And failed. It's quite common in professional sports. It's called "icing." Get it?

Roller skating one is awesome douchey. I found it kind of unsatisfying because I'm not really that happy for the other guy because he's a competitive roller skater, anyone else?

lol reasonable point

What I don't get is how the Russian's controlled the hands of the scorers and forced them to push the button against regulations (while the shooter was mid-throw). You can't seriously be suggesting that scorers are automatons that just push the buzzer button whenever some coach tells them to.

If you're trying to argue that they wanted to have the timeout between freethrows, that is perfectly legal and not "angle-shooting" at all.

Jfc. I don't know exactly who said what to whom when. Maybe they told them before the first free throw "we want to a time out right before he shoots the second free throw." Maybe they didn't. Maybe they were waiting by the scorer's table and between free throws said "time out, time out!" And the scorer's buzzed it a half second too late. How hard is that for you to grasp? The point is, they were trying to ice by calling the t.o. as late as possible, thereby messing with the US player's throwing rhythm. THIS IS HOW ICING WORKS. Except it backfired bc he made the shot anyway but the late buzzer resulted in them getting screwed on their inbounds play.

And the fact that it is legal is what makes it angle-shooting. If it wasn't legal, it wouldn't be angle shooting; it would be cheating. Since I don't want to take an other four posts to explain to you what angle-shooting is like I just did with "icing," here's the wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheatin...Angle_shooting

And even a quote from said wiki, cause that's how nice I am to slow people!

im sure if situation was reversed usa team would of done the same thing. more celebration fails, less angle shooting imo

This is in german, but pretty legendary:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTX1r1oy9DA

Last Day of the german soccer season 2001. Schalke 04 was champion after winning their last game, not knowing Bayern München`s game went on for 4 minutes overtime...so brutal.

But beeing a Bayern München fan, pure gold.

Article in english:

http://bundesligafanatic.com/?p=3044

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V3De...layer_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH1H13nl01M

Also, I can't find a video of this, but Plaxico Burress as a Steelers rookie. Down something like 24-7 in mid-fourth quarter, he makes a meaningless catch across the middle, jumps up, spikes the ball, and signals the first down. But of course, he wasn't touched, the ball is live, and he's left wondering why all the Jaguars are running the other way.

nice thats nice

I live in the UK and dont even follow NFL but i was wondering last night how Desean Jackson hasn't been mentioned! The videos of his premature celebrations are so funny

I understand what icing is. It's just not angle-shooting. The quote makes that clear. The rules specifically state that a team that calls a timeout before the free throws can choose to take the timeout between the two free throws. When it is explicitly stated in the rules, that's not an angle shot.

What's even more farcical about your rant is that "icing" had absolutely nothing to do with the outcome of this game. The US player made the free throw...

BTW by your "definition" teams angle shoot each other in every single close game that has ever been played.

Stop tarding up this thread please.

Runner smells victory, but tastes asphalt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKdB_...eature=related

Put it in the books!