Two of the NBA's shortest players face off in best jump ball ever
The NBA is amazing for a lot of reasons but Sunday night, it gave us a new one: a rare small guy jump ball.
During the second quarter of Sunday's game between the Phoenix Suns and the Boston Celtics, Suns guard Tyler Ulis, who stands at 5'9", went up against Celtics star Isaiah Thomas, also 5'9", for a jump ball.
It was tremendous.
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The internet was here for it, too.
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But they weren't done.
Thomas (35 points scored on the night) may have won the jump ball but Ulis (20 points) would get the ultimate revenge. With the game tied at 106-106, Thomas lost his handle on the ball and Ulis scooped it up and nailed a three-pointer as time expired to clinch a 109-106 victory for the Suns.
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The NBA, still faaaaaaaaaaantastic.
Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.
