Crooked rim causes lengthy delay in Celtics-Nuggets

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This play simply must be seen to be believed. Robert Williams throws down this massive slam dunk so hard that the rim on the basket actually moves and becomes unlevel, leading to an almost 40-MINUTE fourth quarter delay in the game between the Celtics and

An issue with one of the rims at Ball Arena interrupted Sunday's game between the Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets.

With 6:43 left in the fourth quarter, the game was delayed to the rim being crooked after a dunk by C's big man Robert Williams. It took about 35 minutes for the problem to be resolved, then another five minutes for players to warm up before the game resumed.

Scenes from the bizarre delay below:

The workers at Ball Arena failed to fix the problem with the original rim, so they replaced it altogether. The Denver crowd went wild as the workers took their ladders off the court.

The Celtics trailed 110-97 at the time of the delay.

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