This random moment from the NBA All-Star Game is one of a dozen plays that happen in an All-Star Game that you’d ordinarily see spread out over an entire schedule of games any given week. It happened during the All-Star Game, and no one cares about defense in these things so maybe it gets knocked down a peg for that, but forget all of that. Anytime you can get Dikembe Mutombo awestruck, you’re doing it right.

The great thing about the All-Star Game is precisely that no one cares. The whole night, Curry, and LeBron, and John Wall, and everyone else were just throwing shit at the wall to see what stuck. If necessity is the mother of invention, then not giving a fuck is the midwife. There was absolutely nothing to lose in this game, which is why Russell Westbrook was chucking up threes from half court. They don’t always go in, but people just want to see a show, so throw some shit against the wall and see if it sticks. This one stuck.

[TNT]