One well-dressed Atlanta Hawks fan walked away from another home loss a winner on Thursday night. While the Hawks didn’t fare so well against the Detroit Pistons, a fan in a killer Hawks jacket/shirt combo walked away with $10,000 after he hit a half-court shot with ease.
A man named Norman became a hero during a commercial break when he stepped up and nailed the half-court heave. Norman was asked what he would do with the 10 grand if he made it, and he had a simple answer: “Enjoy Christmas.”
“And I’m going to enjoy it with him,” the in-arena host joked.
But perhaps that was the motivation this swagged out Hawks fan needed to summon his inner Steph Curry, because his half-court heave was absolutely perfect. Though the shooting motion is a bit more Lonzo Ball or a shot putter than Steph, where the ball ended up is what matters here.
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Seriously, what a shot. I don’t understand how the mechanics of that worked at all, but it was perfect. He threw it with, like, the entire half of his body. Did he practice like that? Did he just wing it and it happened to all work out? I have so many questions.
I also desperately want to see this man’s Christmas. Norman is going to have the time of his life.
Hell yeah, Norman.
Moments like these are the best argument for the premium version of League Pass that there is. As fun as regional commercials can be, there’s truly nothing better than in-arena games played by random folks like yourself. For every fan screwing up gigantic skee ball by only going for the $500 slots there’s a guy crushing half-court heaves in Hotlanta.
