The NBA finally started their delayed season this weekend.
Kevin Garnett choked, failing to sink his last shot, then choked an opposing player on the court.
CBS Sports reported:
The Boston Celtics and New York Knicks played four quarters of thrilling basketball at Madison Square Garden on Christmas Sunday, but Celtics forward Kevin Garnett swooped in to steal the headlines in the game’s final moments, for all the wrong reasons.
With New York leading 106-104, Boston inbounded the ball from the sideline to Garnett, who found himself wide open for a potential game-tying buzzer-beater when Knicks wing Bill Walker barreled into Knicks center Tyson Chandler as he chased Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo towards the top of the key. Walker’s inadvertent pick left Garnett with a clean look at a 16-foot jumper — although Walker closed late to contest — but he was too strong, and the shot rebounded off as time expired.
The Knicks therefore escaped with the victory, but Garnett wasn’t done. Walker and Garnett jawed at each other as the other Knicks celebrated, and injured Knicks point guard Baron Davis attempted to step in to separate Walker and Garnett. That move was too little, too late, as the always feisty Garnett used his left hand to grab Walker’s neck and shove him backwards. Davis and others were then finally able to send the combatants back to their corners and the court eventually cleared.