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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
H-to-the-Izzo (Dreams Comes True)

Three chosen to play H-O-R-S-E
Rookie of the Year Kevin Durant and O.J. Mayo, a favorite for this season's award, highlight the field for a H-O-R-S-E competition during All-Star Saturday night. Atlanta Hawks guard Joe Johnson is the other competitor in TNT's special event, the network announced Tuesday. Johnson will play in the All-Star Game, while Durant and Mayo were selected for the rookie challenge.

The contest will take place outdoors at the NBA's All-Star Block Party on Saturday in Phoenix before TNT televises the All-Star Saturday night festivities.

If a player makes a shot in H-O-R-S-E, the next competitor must make the same shot or receive a letter. A player gets an 'H' for his first miss and is eliminated once he has all five letters of the word.

Players will have 24 seconds to execute their shots, and an NBA referee will rule if they're done properly. Dunking won't be allowed.

Definitely rad news, I say. More so than a dunk contest even. Amusing to me it took them so long to come up with the idea, but it's definitely a dream fifteen years in the making: ever since Bird battled Jordan in 93's McDonald's HORSE commercials, I've wanted to see real NBA stars battle it out on something ridiculous.

Here's the original commercial:

Labels: basketball, curiosities, memories, old flames

posted by Nihilist Loves Hate, Hates Everything at 2/10/2009 05:37:00 PM 0 comments

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