The game of basketball is filled with oddities, abnormalities, and luck just like any other sport. In baseball we’ve seen a routine fly ball careen off of Jose Canseco’s melon and over the fence for a home run. In football, there is the Steelers Franco Harris and the Immaculate Reception.
When it comes to hoops, the most recent event occurred when we saw the amazing Blake Griffin almost decapitate himself on an alley-oop attempt by jumping so high, he smashes his skull on the backboard just last week.
But what about the high school ranks? Even though the footage of this California Prep schooler shattering a backboard is downright awesome, I can do you one better.
For this, let’s show some love for the ladies as I’ll take you to some amazing footage from a junior varsity girls game in Ohio where an unsuspecting young lady attempts to make a pass to her teammate but comes up with the most unbelievably luckiest hoop of her career, as the rock somehow ricochets off an opposing player and falls through the hoop. Unfortunately the refs waved off the shot since it hit the metal supports holding up the backboard but it’s entertaining nonetheless.
Check out the Luckiest Basketball Shot Ever:
Allen Moll has been a lifelong NBA and NCAA College Basketball fan who watches and studies games religiously, and coaches youth basketball in his native Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. Allen also provides content to Bleacherreport.com, Upperdeckblog.com, in addition to being a tenured NBA and NCAA columnist for TheHoopDoctors.com.
