Gerald Wallace Pulls off Magical Air-Ball Layup While Standing Under Basket

Gerald Wallace should be commended for standing right under the basket and managing to miss every last part of the hoop, because it was spectacular. 

The Brooklyn Game (h/t The Basketball Jones) brings us a video that epitomizes Game 6 for the Brooklyn Nets; it wasn't pretty, but they got the job done. 

With a little over 10 minutes to go in the fourth quarter, Andray Blatche finds Wallace down low all by himself. I mean, there wasn't a defender for several area codes, so we know Wallace wasn't hit on the arm or something else that would account for the next hilarious moment. 

Wallace has what is essentially a two-foot chip-in, but manages to send an air ball clear over the hoop and to the other side, where he is waiting for his own horrible shot. 

Honestly, I'm not even mad; that's amazing. 

Game 6 was essentially the kind of contest that would forgive such an egregious error. As ESPN reports, the game was fluid and uptempo only to turn into a laboring slugfest in the second half. 

The Nets managed outlast the Bulls, 95-92, forcing the series back to Brooklyn for Game 7. So go ahead and crack a smile, Nets fans. 

This shot may be the ugliest of the playoffs, but it did you no harm in the end. I still want to know how a trained professional botches a shot that horribly. 

You really have to work hard to miss so badly. Wallace, you have taken my feeble brain to the brink of understanding. 

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