Big dunk leaves rim crooked, delays Celtics-Nuggets game

Denver coach Michael Malone called the situation “a buzzkill.”

BUCKET LIST: Play is halted between the Denver Nuggets and the Boston Celtics as workers repair the rim during the fourth quarter at Ball Arena on Sunday. Picture: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

The rim was bent, nobody seemed to know how to fix it and for 35 minutes Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets players struggled to stay warm in a bizarre scene Sunday night that left Celtics star Jaylen Brown fuming.

Boston’s Robert Williams III seemed to be the culprit, after he hung on the rim following a thunderous dunk with 8:06 left in the fourth quarter. Soon after, that rim was leaning a bit to the left.