The Biggest Choke of the Season?
Going into last night’s game, Joe Johnson was shooting 100% from the free throw line in “clutch” situations as defined by 82games.com. But with 2.7 seconds left on the clock, he back-rimmed a free throw that would have tied the game. Ultimately, it cost the Hawks the game.
December 18th, 2008 at 11:32 am
JCARR says:
I quote Joe Johnson, “F*CK”.
December 18th, 2008 at 11:35 am
JCARR says:
And it’s not his fault as a team they shot 20-27. Including 4-7 from Marvin Williams an 80% free throw shooter.
December 18th, 2008 at 11:36 am
izzy says:
Remember sometime back, i forget exactly what the article was, where we wondered if he was a top 10 player? I believe this kind of screams “NO!” Dudes got heart, and mad game… but do we think (as much as it pains me to say) Kobe would miss in a sitation like this?
Probably not.
December 18th, 2008 at 11:39 am
QQ says:
The Hawks had this game on their hands. But they instead chose to fuck the half court game and shoot hundreds of threes.
December 18th, 2008 at 11:49 am
IGP says:
haha JCARR, he definitely said that after the miss.
December 18th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Mamba says:
Yep JCARR you nailed it, saw that loud and clear lmao,
What a shame you have to feel for the guy, I tell you what though Atlanta sure does give Boston fits, especially at Phillips, Just watching that game reminded me why I hate the Celtics so much – Love KG’s game but he is such a punk,
Not even a huge Hawks fan, I just wanted to see the Celts go down – that game Dec 25th will either make or ruin my whole Christmas, Eff the C’s dude
December 18th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
s.bucketz says:
ahhhh…that happened to me once…against a much better team(one of the teams from paterson,nj) i hit the freethrow to tie it but missed the go-ahead…this jus brought bak bad memories
December 18th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
E$ says:
You would think ATL would get tired of being in the History Books
December 18th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Detroit Dave says:
Shit happens!!! I still fucks with Joe Cool. He choked, but I will take him on the Pistons!
December 18th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Vince says:
its not choking, its bad luck. one in every few shots ends up touching the back of the rim. it happens and its not choking.
December 18th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Joe Johnson says:
CAHAAAACK!!!!
That’s me choking.
December 18th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
fallinup says:
Shit happens. Joe is still money. I doubt he’ll do that too much.
December 18th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
dapro says:
Yeah he mos def said “F*ck”
But did any catch Pierce saying “I told you he’d choke” while grabbing his throat going into the huddle?
December 18th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Sho-Nuff says:
I thought Pierce said “Coke”….LOL.
Pressure vs. pipes, pipes always win.
December 18th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Ian says:
the portland game vs the clippers was the biggest choke by far. steve blake shooting 95% missed like 3-4 free throws in the final 30 secs
December 18th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
PL says:
Does anybody know who KG was trying to beef with in the stands under Atlanta’s basket at the end of the game? I swear they broke a huddle from a timeout and he looked directly into the seats and said, “Don’t even look at my face BITCH!” or something to that effect. He was acting all douchey right after Bibby’s prayer clanked too, screaming at the same people. Cassell was laughing about it.
December 18th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
BEdger says:
@ Ian, that was exactly the choke job I was going to go with, but he was 94% and missed 4 out of 5…..by far the biggest choke job of the season so far