NBA player finds, uh, creative way to distract opposing team's free-throw shooter

This new distraction method probably won't catch on.
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Jacob Lauing
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Well, this is a new one.

When Utah Jazz forward Derrick Favors stepped to the line for free throws on Thursday night, Raptors center Lucas Nogueira decided to — ahem — adjust his uniform, we guess? Instead he ended up pulling his shorts all the way down.

Whether it was meant as an intentional distraction or not remains to be seen. Either way, it definitely worked. Favors missed the shot.


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Toronto would go on to win, 101-93, but Nogueira is the true victor of that game.

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Jacob Lauing

Jacob is Mashable's Sports Intern. He graduated from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, where he studied journalism and served as editor-in-chief of Mustang News, Cal Poly's student newspaper. Some of Jacob's favorite activities include watching baseball, playing music and eating bagels.

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