The Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets entered their Sunday matchup looking to play a quick game, both on a getaway day as they have games in different cities over the next couple of days.
It looked like they were going to get one, then Robert Williams III had to go and ruin it.
Late in the fourth quarter of the matchup, Williams caught a lob and slammed it home. A fairly routine thing in the life of the Celtics center, only this time it was different. Williams broke the rim, knocking it slightly off level and causing a near-40 minute delay.
The workers at Ball Arena in Denver struggled to get the issue resolved, trying to knock it back level before eventually taking the rim off entirely and replacing it with a new one. The Celtics and Nuggets didn't have much to do during the delay, causing for some funny moments.
The Celtics made fun of the entire situation.
Marcus Smart took a seat at the free throw line and didn't move throughout the entire ordeal.
Grant Williams did his best Christian Barmore Jaylen Waddle impression.
Nuggets players played rock, paper, scissors with fans.
Fans pointed out how absurdly long the delay truly was.
In the end, the delay lasted just seconds north of 40 minutes. The Celtics entered it down 13 points with just under seven minutes remaining. What a night at Ball Arena.
