If you want to watch something truly absurd, check out the end of the TWolves-OKC game last night. It was somehow the most TWolves way to lose and the most Chris Paul way for OKC to win at the same time. I'll set the stage. Wolves are up 2, 1.1 seconds left. Karl-Anthony Towns gets the ball and is fouled. He misses the first. And then things get CRAZY.
Here's the first video. The Wolves try to get defensive subs in the game, including Jordan Bell, whose jersey is apparently at least partly untucked. The Wolves have already gotten a delay of game warning this game (not that I'm bitter, but it was Steven Adams complaining that got that one called, as well, when KAT was unwrapping a knee icepack...). So Chris Paul freaks out at Scott Foster (relatedly, he's gotta be one of the two or three most disliked refs in the league). You can see him pointing at the beginning of that video, yelling "jersey untucked!" over and over. And Foster CALLS THE DELAY OF GAME. With 1.1 seconds left and nobody even close to ready for the free throw! This is technically the rule: you can't enter the court without your jersey being ready to go. But in the circumstances, man, that's a wild call. Because it's the second delay of game, it's a technical. OKC hits the free throw, and are down 1 with KAT at the line for one more.
You can hear the (truly excellent) Minny broadcasting team of Jim Peterson and Dave Benz saying at the end of that video that KAT should miss the second. I don't have video of this one to hand, but he tries to do just that. And fails. The ball rolls around and goes through. OKC gets the ball out of bounds down two, still with 1.1 seconds left.
And then
this happens. Steven Adams launches it down court for Schroeder running a fly pattern, Jeff Teague Jeff Teagues it all up (why was he in the game?! That needs to be Treveon Graham guarding, there. Ryan Saunders has been good overall this year, but that's a major mistake), and the game is going to overtime.
The shellshocked Wolves are a mess and get blown out in OT. What a way to lose. I've never seen anything like it. Chris Paul exploiting a completely meaningless rule during a deadball situation to scheme his team to a W is the most Chris Paul thing ever. And of course the Wolves lose a game like this. Of course. We're going to miss the playoffs by one game this year. I can just feel it.