Pelicans-Kings Game Canceled After Teams Fail to Recover Opening Tipoff
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The Onion Staff
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Summary
A basketball game between the New Orleans Pelicans and Sacramento Kings reportedly ended without being played after neither team could successfully recover the opening tipoff. After 16 failed attempts to gain possession of the jump ball, with the basketball repeatedly going out of bounds, Pelicans center Herbert Jones stormed out of the building. The game was officially called off, marking an unprecedented situation in professional basketball.
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Both the 25-52 Pelicans and the 20-57 Kings failed to gain possession of the opening jump ball and all subsequent tosses, with the basketball caroming out of bounds multiple times before any of the 10 players could get a hand on it.
On the 16th attempt, Pelicans center Herbert Jones reportedly stormed out of the building after accusing the Kings of intentionally missing the tipoff.
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