Attempting to engage fans during the very slim annual window in which the NBA is irrelevant, the Clippers posted a light-hearted poll on Twitter yesterday.
“What’s your preference?” Los Angeles’ social media team asked, listing dunks, alley-oops, threes, and blocks as the options.
The Blazers responded with some heat, a GIF of DeAndre Jordan air-balling a free throw in a Blazers-Clippers playoff game this spring.
@LAClippers free throws. pic.twitter.com/W0pOAMn1Of
The Clippers swiftly deleted their original tweet.
Where'd that tweet go, @LAClippers? pic.twitter.com/Sj99HpKQ0N
The moment came from Game Four of the first round of this year’s Western Conference Playoffs. That was actually the first of two consecutive free throws that Jordan airballed.
Jordan shot 43 percent from the free throw line last year, and that was one of the best efforts of his career. His free throw woes are an easy punch line. Credit to the Blazers for taking advantage of an opportunity to jab a conference rival.
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